In a recent article, Maricopa County Bar Association President Norma C. Izzo wrote the following comment:
“The legal profession exists largely, if not exclusively, because of conflict. Unlike many other professions in which conflict may arise at intermittent times during one’s career, an attorney’s role is almost exclusively grounded in conflict – managing, mitigating, and overcoming conflicts.”
While I do concur with these sentiments, I am quick to always remind clients and prospective clients that conflict does not equate to rudeness, violence or skulduggery. Sadly, in our times of political derisiveness and tweeted one-line zingers, wholeheartedly profound observation advocating assertively.