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Law Practice,
Civil Litigation

Mar. 22, 2022

Man plans, and God laughs: The emotions of litigation

Over the past year, I have written about myriad litigation-related topics — yet, I have never written about the litigants themselves.

Over the past year, I have written about myriad litigation-related topics — yet, I have never written about the litigants themselves. I am not a doctor, psychologist or psychiatrist, nor do I have any specialized mental health training. What I have is almost three decades of dealing with litigants both as a lawyer and bench officer. These are my observations.

Calm down — it’s only money,” or so the colloquialism...

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