lawyers

Lawyers advocate for their clients.

They present facts and law in support of their position.

Success for one side usually means the other side loses.

Key Truths – Lawyers

  • Lawyers represent their clients, not the truth.
  • Their duty is to advance their client’s position within the system’s rules.
  • Advocacy means framing the facts and law in the client’s favor.
  • For most claims, a lawyer can be hired to tear them apart.
  • Skilled lawyers shape how a case is perceived.
  • A good lawyer with bad facts can often defeat a bad lawyer with good facts.
  • An outmatched or unprepared lawyer can lose a strong case.
  • Lawyers challenge the other side’s evidence, arguments, and credibility.
  • Expert witnesses can be hired to support most positions.
  • The best lawyers look for ways to exclude evidence that harms their client.
  • Settlements are often driven as much by negotiation as by law.
  • The lawyer you hire affects the outcome of your case.
  • Legal representation is a profession and a business.
  • Like any profession, some lawyers are better than others.
Waylon holding sign about lawyers shaping how a story is told and influencing legal outcomes

Two lawyers can argue the same facts and law and get different outcomes.

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