Persuading judges, opponents and others is a skill that requires experience and a number approaches, some of which I address here, here and here. As a Fairfax, Virginia, criminal lawyer, I know how essential it is to skilfully engage everyone we aim to persuade. Today,...
Persuasive engagement and well-cultivated vibrations persuade in criminal court. Manipulation is not what persuades, as I have learned time and again as a Virginia criminal lawyer. ...
Jurors are yanked from their jobs, families, and other obligations to be paid a pittance to render verdicts on monumentally critical criminal and civil matters. If the criminal defense lawyer does not appreciate this state of affairs, it is at his client's peril....
We achieve more satisfaction and success with life when we engage fully with life but do not try to hold onto anyone or anything, no more than a river tries to hold onto anything. The river instead takes the path of nature. This is the...
