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Meet Walter V. Williams
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the part of practicing law that i like
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best is being able to
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tell a story or a narrative to a jury
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and having that story or narrative be
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consistent with their own life
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experience so that they’ll
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actually listen to what i have to say
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the problem that every lawyer has when
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they walk into a courtroom is that
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the jurors
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have no idea why they’re there they’ve
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been pulled away from their daily lives
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and and they want to know that it’s been
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for a good reason when i was younger and
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wanted to be
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a writer in college i had a i was
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studying english and english literature
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what i realized is that i didn’t really
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have
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many life experiences that gave me
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an opportunity to tell a story that
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would be compelling to to anybody but
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practicing law and being able to tell
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somebody else’s story
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and now having had a life full of
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personal and professional experiences
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i feel very qualified to tell those
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stories in a way that hopefully juries
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will
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they’ll find compelling and and they’ll
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find to be uh
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worth listening to
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the biggest piece of advice i give to
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every client before i
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engage is
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make sure that filing a lawsuit is
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something you want to do
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for a lot of people
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being involved in litigation is a
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is a life-changing event
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it’s expensive
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it’s time-consuming
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and it has an emotional element that is
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really difficult to to measure
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the other piece of advice i give to
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people is
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be very careful about
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whether or not you settle a case
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because if you don’t settle it
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you will get a
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outcome you are certain to be frustrated
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with even if it’s exactly what you
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wanted at the outset and the reason for
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that
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is that it’s not the dollars that are
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written on the judgment
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it’s not the
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attorney’s fees that may get awarded
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it’s the feeling ultimately that you
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have at the end of it
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that really is going to dictate
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how you
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uh value whether or not the experience
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was worth the effort
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Austin, TX commercial litigation attorney Walter V. Williams discusses the most rewarding aspect of his practice and shares the one piece of advice that he repeatedly gives to his clients.
