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How to create a winning law firm RFP

August 25, 2017, 8:30 am CDT

Judge shouldn't be booted from case because of Facebook friendship with lawyer, appeals court rules

August 25, 2017, 8:00 am CDT

Lawyer settles suit over her detention for refusing to speak during traffic stop

August 25, 2017, 7:00 am CDT

Former Pennsylvania bar chief is detained in courthouse scuffle; no charges filed

August 24, 2017, 3:03 pm CDT

Christian group sues Southern Poverty Law Center over hate-group designation

August 24, 2017, 1:25 pm CDT

Some data about anti-Trump website subscribers must be turned over to federal prosecutors: judge

August 24, 2017, 12:25 pm CDT

Federal judge tosses suit claiming Zillow 'Zestimates' violate appraisal law

August 24, 2017, 10:53 am CDT

Ohio Supreme Court justice goes on Facebook to slam Browns players who kneeled during anthem

August 24, 2017, 9:42 am CDT

In the Magazine

From the August 2017 Issue

Clemency Calling

Lawyers volunteered for what may have been the largest pro bono project ever

Problem Clients

A Utah lawyer has quietly studied violence against attorneys for two decades

Question of the Week

Tell us about a client who truly helped with his or her case

Taylor Swift's "blunt, powerful testimony" in her recent trial grabbed headlines and ultimately contributed to a favorable jury verdict. A Denver DJ had alleged that Swift fabricated an allegation that the DJ groped her and that cost him his job. He sought $3 million in damages.

Swift's lawyer, Venable partner J. Douglas Baldridge, told Law.com that Taylor is not only a "principled person" but a great client. "She listens, she's a very quick study. ... She contributed to the defense."

Baldridge says he encouraged Swift to share what she was honestly feeling, and her "unflinching, even antagonistic testimony" came from that "to brutally brilliant effect," Law.com said.

This week, we'd like you to tell us about a client who truly helped with his or her case. How did you work together to get a favorable result? How is this client an example for all witnesses to follow?

Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week's question: How have you dealt with job-related stress?

Featured answer:

Posted by IPMama: "In my 40s and suffering under an abusive, sexist, alcoholic senior partner, who went so far as to listen in on my phone conversations, I took took up taekwondo. It helped tremendously to imagine his face on every paddle I kicked and punched. The bonus was an incredible workout and training in self-defense. I finished with a first-degree black belt and a job change."