Significant Career Lesson From a Partner at Lagarias Napell and Dillon LLP
Peter, a Partner at Lagarias, Napell & Dillon, LLP, learned that "you cannot win every case," a crucial lesson impacting their advocacy by enabling them to counsel clients toward "acceptable and reasonable" outcomes instead of solely pursuing "the perfect result." The rise of mediation, allowing for compromise and settlement, further highlights this pragmatic approach to legal practice.
Law, Legal Practice, Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Negotiation
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Peter Lagarias
Partner
Lagarias, Napell & Dillon, LLP
UC Berkeley
UC San Francisco - Law (formerly Hastings)
Political Science, American Studies
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Honors Student, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. The importance of understanding that not every case can be won, and learning to counsel clients towards acceptable and reasonable results rather than solely pursuing a 'perfect' outcome.
2. The value of compromise in legal practice, highlighting that it's crucial to consider settlements and alternative dispute resolutions.
3. The significance of mediation as a tool for dispute resolution, emphasizing its role in facilitating settlements and its evolution as a key development in the legal field since the interviewee's early career.
Transcript
What is one lesson you've learned that has proven significant in your career?
I think that you cannot win every case. You can strive for a just result and seek it, but you have to understand that there are a lot of gray areas in life, including in law.
Once you've learned that, I think you can become a better advocate. You can sometimes counsel clients on a result that is not perfect, but it's very acceptable and reasonable.
If you go to trial, one side is going to win and the other side is going to lose. So sometimes you want to compromise.
There's been a big development in the law since I started called mediation. Mediation is a process where both sides get in front of a third party called a mediator. They can't decide the case or force anyone to do anything, but they try to convince people to reach a settlement. Mediation is a wonderful development that's happened since I've been a young lawyer.
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