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I've worked w/Venkat before. He's always this good... He's the kind of lawyer, like grellas and Douglas Choi at http://tangolaw.com http://tangolaw.com that mak
by rubyrescue 14y ago
I've worked w/Venkat before. He's always this good... He's the kind of lawyer, like grellas and Douglas Choi at http://tangolaw.com http://tangolaw.com that makes you excited about the artful practice of law. When done well, responses like this are like a perfect movie review - so well crafted that the review itself becomes art.
- larrys 14y ago"He's always this good... ...When done well, responses like this are like a perfect movie review" How is his win record or success with settling or preventing lawsuits? In the end isn't that the thing that matters? (I ask the question regardless of the outcome of this particular event).
- TallGuyShort 14y agoThat is A thing that matters, but I think a lawyer that's committed to playing fair is important, even if the opposition doesn't think so.
- rubyrescue 14y agoi think of three skills of a good lawyer (at least the skills i value): a) skill at writing clear, concise contracts. b) skill at understanding acceptable tradeoffs - do we really need to spend extra legal time on X? what are the consequences if we do or don't? c) skill at responding to and diffusing adversarial situations like this
- Tyrannosaurs 14y agoThat is, I suspect, a metric as useful as bugs fixed. Good lawyers take tough cases you're more likely to lose. With that measure you're as likely to find someone's who cherry picks slam dunks as a genuinely good lawyer.
- wging 14y agoIn that vein, you may also enjoy Blue Jeans Cable's response to Monster: http://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/index.htm http://www.bluejeanscable.com/legal/mcp/index.htm
- anton000 14y agolol, its as if this came from some movie where a some new up and coming fighter unknowingly messes with a retried but still sharp ex-champion, and instantly gets his ass handed to him.
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