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So what kind of negotiations are you dealing with? Who are you

negotiating with typically? So in any given case, especially cases with children, there's

usually an element of negotiation with the opposing counsel or opposing party, as well as with

my own client. And to extent with the court as well, once you get to the

trial stages and in various aspects of the hearings. But people often think about with

attorneys that the negotiation is always with the opposing side. And oftentimes in my practice, it can be with my own client that I'm doing a lot of the

negotiation, whether that's coming up with a settlement offer that we're going to send

to the other side or with really just bringing my client down to an attainable goal, that can often be a challenge,

you know, particularly once we get into later stages of a case, if we're heading into a trial

and my client has a position that may or may not be attainable, it can be really difficult

to reason with them without sacrificing

their goals to try to make them see the pros and cons of what offer may or may not be on the table,

the benefits of accepting an offer and knowing the outcome as opposed to taking that risk and leaving the

decision up to the court if you go into a trial setting. And those can be a particularly challenging

when people feel like they're not getting all it is that they want. And sometimes clients have

very realistic, attainable goals, and there's

very minimal negotiation between myself and the client. And other times, the emotions can be so high

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