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Lessons For The Young Attorney – From An Old Attorney: Lesson No. 4 (Practicing Family Law In “Never-Never Land”)

“Never-never land

Meaning:  A utopian dreamland.

Origin:   The term ‘never-never land’ is now usually applied with a sense of dismissiveness – used when someone is dreaming unrealistically about a utopian future.”  …

Welcome back, my young colleague … but it’s been a while since I visited with you, and that’s been entirely my fault.  You see, I’ve been spending a great deal of time recently in “never-never land”, and, if you don’t mind, I’d like to share with you what I learned during my time there (I’ve often traveled there over my professional career, and I’ve learned many of these lessons the hard way).

Let’s start:

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