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depending on the type of case there’s
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usually there’s some different types of
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advice in a family case probably the
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most important is to get off social
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media one of the biggest problems that
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I’ve found is that clients that are
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going through a family dispute be it a
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divorce a modification perhaps even
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facing termination of parental rights a
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lot of times they are very very anxious
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and looking for support unfortunately in
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our culture nowadays people seem to
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reach out with social media and most of
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the time the posts or the information
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that’s being provided is not necessarily
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as private as one would expect or
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anticipate and so their posts sometimes
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done and the heat of the moment or when
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they’re very emotional or upset are then
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taken out of context and used against
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them so I definitely encourage people to
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journal I would just prefer that it
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would be done in the old fashioned way
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with pen and ink as opposed to online
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and in the litigation context when a
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client asked me what’s the best thing
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they can do to help their case what I
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like to tell them is just to conduct
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themselves as if the judge the jury the
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opposing counsel and even myself are
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with them at all times just kind of
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watching what they do hearing what they
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say and participating in what they’re
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doing because what we want to make sure
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is that when you’re in a litigation
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context that you conduct yourself in the
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most favorable way that you possibly can
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a lot of times very very good people can
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put themselves in situations that can be
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taken out of context and used against
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them and so what we try to do when we’re
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in litigation is to make sure that our
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clients don’t knowingly put themselves
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into a compromising position
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