You Never Can Tell
Here in the Trenches, we say "You never can tell," an awful lot. You never can tell what piece paper may be most important. You never can tell if that mild mannered person harbors an exciting alter life. You certainly never can tell what a judge might do, or what testimony or piece of evidence they find most important. Yup, here in the Trenches, you never can tell. You also never can tell when a seed you've planted will take root. If you read my old blog, amazingly called "Family Law - Life in the Trenches (note the hyphen)," you know that I am a big proponent of alternate ways of resolving disputes, like mediation and collaborative practice. I even teach collaborative practice to other professionals and at law school. I talk about mediation and collaboration all the time, especially collaborative practice. Did I mention that it is all the time? One of my friends has been subjected to more explanations of collaborative pr...
