“Can I take lead on this next dep” said a former president of the trial bar. “No” I said. “We are prepped and ready to go.” “Can our group go first” said another. “No” I said. “We have taken the lead since the beginning and will go first.” I even took someone’s associate out into the hall and told her not to ask any more deposition questions as we went around the room. Because she was not doing a good job and undermining our strategy.
That consortium of plaintiff attorneys even sent an emissary over to complain to my partners that I “was out of control” because I shut down the mediation and walked out. It didn’t take an Einstein to realize that I was not destined to be voted most popular ever again. Trial lawyers can hold grudges for a long time and are cliquey as all get out.
The case was tried not for self glory. But because the defendants were not offering enough money to pay for killing, maiming and traumatizing our 50 clients.
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