Why your therapist’s records might be subpoenaed in court tomorrow The air in a deposition room always smells like ozone and mint. It is the smell of high-voltage anxiety and a failed attempt to mask it. I have sat across from hundreds of litigants who believed their private conversations were protected by an invisible, unbreakable…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. We were in a high-stakes family law litigation matter involving a multi-million dollar estate. The client had tucked away a substantial crypto-currency wallet, thinking the digital veil would protect them. Opposing…
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The ghost in the settlement conference The air in a high stakes deposition smells of ozone and mint, a sterile scent that masks the underlying tension of a multi-million dollar dispute. I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence.…
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The smell of stale black coffee is the only thing that keeps a trial lawyer sane when staring at three years of unredacted 1040 returns at 3 AM. If you believe your spouse is being honest about their net worth just because they signed a document under penalty of perjury, you have already lost the…
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The office smells of stale black coffee and the ozone from a laser printer that has been running for six hours straight. You sit across from me, looking for comfort, but I do not have any for you. Your case is currently a ship taking on water because you think the person on the other…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They felt the desperate need to fill the room with words. They wanted the defense attorney to understand their pain. Instead of providing the cold, hard facts of the abuse, they…
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The coffee in my mug was cold, but the realization for my client was colder. I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence, but that was just the symptom of a larger rot. Their downfall began months earlier when…
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I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They tried to explain away a text message instead of letting the text speak for itself. They talked until they tripped over their own logic. In the world of high-stakes litigation,…
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The deposition disaster that ended a seven figure claim I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. They began to ramble about their spouse’s character instead of focusing on the bank statements sitting on the table. In family law…
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I smell like strong black coffee and the cold air of a courthouse corridor at 8:00 AM. Your case is failing. It is failing because you believe the truth matters more than procedure. In my twenty-five years of litigation, I have seen a thousand clients walk into my office with a righteous cause and leave…
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