so when we learn that we need to go to

the battle or war

and when settlement just does not look

like it’s possible for whatever reason

the first

first thing that we do is really

strategize it’s important to have a

strategy and stick to that strategy as

to how you’re going to approach the case

there are too many documents too many uh

swaying of issues that you need to be

focused on what your strategy is how

you’re going to approach it and then

what you’re going to do about it and

then the second part of it is

preparation

if we’re going into battle we are going

to be prepared we’re going to have all

of the documents that we need all of the

analyses that we need we’re going to

have our questions and argument prepared

ahead of time it’s not just going to be

on the fly we don’t shoot from the hip

we come to court prepared we come to

court exactly knowing what we think our

best case and worst case scenario is

going to be and then we’re going to put

on our case and i think also what’s

really important about this is

um knowing your judicial officer so it’s

important to know if your judicial

officer wants you to put on 50 witnesses

and a million documents to provide

evidence to the court of what’s going to

happen or if your judicial officer wants

you to streamline your case present

certain

declarations and rely on other

statements to put on your case because a

judicial officer can get frustrated with

a complex case um or a high conflict

case and and you need to know that ahead

of time going in there so you are on

that correct side of that judge and

putting on the evidence the way they

want it to be put on