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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowCivility. Courtesy. Respect. Professionalism. These are words that should be synonymous with “Advocate” but in a world of high stakes, strong opinions, and a general, societal decline in basic manners, how can attorneys fight the good fight while living up to these ideals – especially if the other side doesn’t? We set out to find examples of lawyers who model the way while providing excellent representation.
Getting Along is Not Wrong, an initiative of the IndyBar Standing Committee on Professionalism, is the impressive collection of such positive and compelling behavior. Check out the newest entry below, and find new installments online at indybar.org/blog.
Tina L. Korty, Indiana Department of Insurance
When I was a young attorney, I was at a mediation in John Van Winkle’s office. It was one of those cases that was probably worth a certain amount but, because the people receiving the money were not the actual injured parties, we really wanted to pay less than that. There was also some concern about the precedential value of paying that much in this case. It was a struggle for both me and my client, and we shared this with John.
John simply said, “You know, it’s been my experience that when you do the right thing, things seems to work out in the end.” I don’t remember the names of the plaintiffs, the details of the case, how much the amount of money they wanted was, or anything else about that mediation, but I often remind myself of John’s simple words.•
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