What are your basic principles of business?
Having integrity and credibility. They’re priceless commodities. I know lawyers who’ve crossed the line and who never get back. So I’m very careful about not allowing clients who are unscrupulous to get me involved in their own sinister activities.… Clients walk out of my office [along] with huge fees because I just didn’t want to get involved in representing them ... because their view was “I can compromise anyone if the price is right.” Perhaps one of the keys to being good at this profession is having extraordinary compassion for human failure, for weakness, recognizing that the best of us aren’t perfect, we make mistakes, and that doesn’t mean your life should be over or that you should forfeit everything. And also believing in people’s fundamental goodness. Giving people the benefit of the doubt, caring about the people I represent, it’s all a priceless part of what makes me good at this.

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i know lawyers who’ve crossed the line and who never get back.