If the other side is offering 85% of what you want, take it.

One thing we’ve learned after years of trying cases is that the ball takes funny bounces.

There is no such thing as a slam dunk case.

We’ve won cases we should have lost and lost cases we should have won.

There is an old curse that goes, “May your case be decided by a piece of paper that flies through an open window at the courthouse during your trial.”

Here’s another one, “May you have a case in which you know you are right.”

So be careful, and remember, “A man, or a woman, who stands on principle sometimes loses their cents.”

A good settlement is one in which each side gives up 60%.