Employment Litigation- Counsel And Their Clients Must Learn To Keep Stress In Check
For obvious reasons, it is often easy for both the lawyer and the client to get consumed with the details of a particular case. Most times, the client has been wronged by his or her employer and not only is the client's pride on the line, but his or her financial security as well.
It is far too often that I find my blood pressure rising when talking to my adversary, much the same way my client's blood pressure must rise when they relay their employment story to me.
Unfortunately, it sometimes takes tragedy to put things back in perspective. I received a call yesterday letting me know that a client of mine had passed away from a heart attack at fifty one years old. While stress is an inevitable part of litigation, we should always remember that we cannot become consumed with it.
