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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 2, 2012

Denial promotes injustice: the grave reality of our courts

We have to stop saying "it won't happen to me or my clients." By Brian S. Kabateck of Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP


By Brian S. Kabateck


Denial is a defense mechanism people use when faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and reject, insisting instead that it is untrue despite significant evidence to the contrary. While lawyers are skilled at the art of persuasion, when confronting the grave reality that courts throughout California and the rest of the country are under assault from massive budget cuts, the self-soothing persuasion and denial that it will not di...

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