if your career is dedicated to just one

type of case you you only represent the

defendants or you only represent the

plaintiffs I think there’s a tendency to

see things and shade things through a

certain lens because that’s your whole

body of experience so once you sort of

switch sides and start handling cases

for the other side of the case it really

opens your eyes to the challenges and

the opportunities and I think being on

the defense side you certainly have an

appreciation when you get to the

plaintiff side that every case does have

a monetary value ultimately and you

understand the pressures that the

defense side sees in a case and you also

understand the often unwillingness of

the defense clients to ultimately take

the case to trial so I think that can

help you be a little more aggressive in

representing the plaintiffs because

ultimately we want to get the cases to

trial because that’s really where our

skill set is most useful and where we’ve

been most successful