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well the
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fundamental and foundational pillars of
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Parker Daniel’s keyboard when we started
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the firm and
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have uh been maintained ever since the
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beginning are relationships
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responsiveness and results the three Rs
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they’re critical to the practice of law
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in our judgment we focus on every day
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and we try to bring them to every case
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uh that we handle relationships is
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critical it’s not just the handling of
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the legal work it is who our client is
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getting to know our client very well uh
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understanding uh their
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objectives understanding the importance
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of the issues that they have brought to
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us to them and the context in which they
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brought them but getting to know them as
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well and often times on a personal level
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I can’t tell you the number of clients
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I’ve had over the years who are now
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close personal friends of mine and years
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after their matter has been completed a
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number of them I will catch lunch with
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once a month once or uh uh every
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quarter and it really is enjoyable but
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it’s important to the case too
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responsiveness uh when I uh got out of
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law school the law firm that I started
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with a large Law Firm here in the Twin
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Cities had that as one of its most
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important
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Cornerstone uh requirements that is
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immediate responsiveness to
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clients and I recall a story from my
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father who had his own business and had
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a close relationship with his attorney
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for many decades and once his attorney
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got large enough and uh much more well
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known my father used to tell me that he
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would not get phone calls as
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frequently uh from his lawyer in
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response to calls he had
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made and he
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ultimately terminated that relationship
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and went on to a law a lawyer that uh
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respected his time as much as my father
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respected the lawyer’s time and I’ve
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never forgotten
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that it it is an issue of respect but
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also it adds to the
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value uh of the lawsuit or the legal
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matter that you’re handling and often
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times to the consequence or the outcome
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that res uh results and that gets me to
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the issue of results at the end of the
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day uh the law and our judicial system
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and particularly in litigation it comes
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down to results you need to figure out a
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way within the rules and and zealously
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representing your client how to win the
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case how to achieve their objectives and
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we focus on results