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GOOD LAWYERS.
A Good lawyer will have character, and by forecast reach results, if possible, before suit is
brought, and if claim is sued will
1. He will not quarrel with a Court, but be so armed with ready proof and law as to convince
the Court and jury of his claims. He wins who convinces.
2. He will open up his case with care and great clearness before evidence, and know that his
facts may not be. as clear to Court and jurors as to himself, as "All men are eloquent in
what they know."
3. He will be frank, just, fair, and reasonable, and win by these methods and his clear proof
and presentation of facts and circumstances. How many lawsuits are comprehended?
4. A good lawyer will be a gentleman, and not a loud-spoken boaster of what he can do. He
will rather prove what he can do by doing it. Grant's victories and not his reports of them,
made him famous.
5. He will wire and 'phone freely, go to the scene of a failure, gather his facts at first hand,
and he first, if possible, on the premises in replevins and attachments. Men pay best for
superior skill in law matters.
6. He will possess the power to please and return pleasure, as success depends "upon the
number he can make himself agreeable to." Past nothing so pleases in business as a fitness
and skill in one's chosen profession. These are his storehouses of fortune as a lawyer.
7. He will be alert, well-informed, friendly and convincing in manner, and withal a sincere
man in business, by such means attracting clients and insuring confidence. This is the
method of Choate, Edmunds, Carter, Harrison, and used by most excellent lawyers.
8. A good lawyer will of course be honest, keeping clients' money apart from his own,
remitting promptly, and will be able by using his genius to serve his clients in
emergencies; by counsel and Court work, will preserve their rights and estates as a sacred
trust, as did Lincoln, Waite, Matthews, Porter, Seward, and Hendricks. Such lawyers and
all leaders of the Bar have exemplified integrity in their lives as well as their practice.
TACT IN COURT by JUDGE J. W. DONOVAN




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(Browne v. Dunn (1893) 6 R. 67, H.L., In general a party is required to challenge in
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