I had another paragraph explaining the mentor/lawyer comment that I deleted. Oops. :-) What I meant is that I have a really good lawyer who has seen a ton of s

I had another paragraph explaining the mentor/lawyer comment that I deleted. Oops. :-) What I meant is that I have a really good lawyer who has seen a ton of situations before, and usually when something is new and unique to me, it's not new to him or his partners, and I can lean on their decades of experience to help me navigate what represents a new situation for me. It's not about CYA, or "lawyering up" (quite the opposite). It's about having them tell me how they've handled things in the past. Just like a mentor. Good corporate counsel is all about conflict resolution and avoidance. :-)