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the most important thing to be
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successful in the courtroom is the work
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that’s done outside the courtroom before
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you ever get to court
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and here at the jackless law group i’m
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amazed at how
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often we win cases because of the first
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interview
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that the lawyer does with the client
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that’s why i
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insist and we always have the lawyer do
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the intake
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so many other firms you’re dealing with
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the paralegal you miss
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important information that that way so
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preparation before you get into the
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courtroom and a try lawyer who can
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anticipate
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almost anything that’s going to happen
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in the courtroom someone who knows the
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judge how they may rule and evidence
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your issues
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a lawyer that has prepared to know how
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to handle
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if the evidence goes this way with the
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judge’s ruling or if it goes that way
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how you going to handle that you need
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somebody who’s going to be really quick
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on their feet
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and you need somebody as a lawyer who
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really understands
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the client and that comes from
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totally working with the client
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understanding the client talking to the
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client
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what’s important to the client what
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hobbies have been affected
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how’s your work life been affected
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talking to neighbors talking to people
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in the bowling team the client
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understand how that person’s life has
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changed you can’t
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present to a jury how something is so
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life-changing
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if you don’t understand that from the
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client’s perspective so i think that’s
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the most important thing of all
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is talk to the client listen to the
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client
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i think the most humbling award that
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i’ve received is for the law firm
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not for myself individually and that
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award was we were honored as the number
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one
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personal injury trial law firm in the
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entire country
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on top of that i’ve won in a single year
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lawyer of the year attorney of the year
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trial lawyer of the year personal injury
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trial lawyer of the year
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it’s tremendously satisfying but it’s
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something i could never do if i didn’t
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have the greatest staff in the world
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behind me