Keywords: conflict of interest, self-serving bias, motivated reasoning. 1 Introduction In many situations, professionals are called upon to play dual roles that require different perspectives. For example, attorneys embroiled in pretrial negotiations may exaggerate their chances of winning in court to ...
In their filing, the DA's attorneys accuse the defense of trying to conflate media attention with personal financial gain and failing to take into account the negative attention Willis has received, such as "ongoing personal security threats, racial slurs, sexual invective, and attacks." The f...
UNDER PARENS PATRIAE PROSECUTORS MUST BE FAIR AND INTERESTED, BUT UNDER DUE PROCESS THEIR INTEREST NEED NOT BE INVOLVED. WITHOUT A COMPLETE PARENS PATRIAE SYSTEM, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS CAN ACT: (A) IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD; (B) AS CLASSICAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS; (C) IN THE BEST ...
Instead, attorneys, judges, mental health professionals and mediators have a tendency to handle the case from the viewpoint of how clients ought to behave rather than understanding how it really is. As professionals, we often want the parties to just find a way to get along. However, because...
First of all he’s intelligent, he knows the law, he knows the personalities involved—the attorneys, judges, the “players”) and he knows the downside of using the court system… He’s not shy about telling the parties the difficulties in using the court system and lauding the benefits...
In their filing, the DA's attorneys accuse the defense of trying to conflate media attention with personal financial gain and failing to take into account the negative attention Willis has received, such as "ongoing personal security threats, racial slurs, sexual invective, and attacks." T...