We're All In This Together

There's a little known secret here in the Trenches, and because I like all of you, I'll let you in on it.  We talk - to each other.  That's right, the Trenches is kind of like a small town.  Those of us who toil in it on a regular, exclusive basis, all know each other.  We know who practices a lot in one county or another.  We know who tends to represent what kinds of clients.  We know who tries a lot of cases, and who tends to settle them.  We know who does military cases, who does a lot of work in assisted reproductive technology, and who does juvenile cases.  When one of us has a case or a client with which we are unfamiliar, we know who to call.  We know who will share what they know with us and we call them.  That happened today.  A colleague here has a case in a county in which I practice a lot and she has rarely practiced; I have a case with a new judge before whom my colleague has appeared.  So we shared information to help us both help our clients.  Sometimes we're on the same side; and sometimes we are on opposite sides.  All the time, we want to help our clients, and by sharing information, we are better able to do that.  Here in the Trenches.