It may surprise you to hear an attorney say this, but we would prefer to help people avoid going to court. Sure, our firm has extensive bench and jury trial experience with complex cases dealing with breach of contract, personal injuries, wrongful death, business litigation, and fire cases. Our client list also includes people who have been sued and those pursuing claims, and in many instances, civil litigation was unavoidable and necessary. But ask any of our attorneys which wins we take the most pride in, and you’ll quickly hear stories about how we avoided civil litigation entirely and still helped our clients achieve their goals.
Simply put, not all disputes must result in a lengthy, drawn-out, and expensive trials. Many can be settled out of court, and as you will see below in these 12 thought-provoking quotes about avoiding civil litigation, we are not the only legal experts who feel this way.
In fact, many of the greatest minds in our nation’s history argue that the best choice is to avoid civil litigation wherever possible.
12 Thought-Provoking Quotes About Avoiding Civil Litigation
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker, the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.” — Abraham Lincoln.
“Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.” — Robert Louis Stevenson.
“Litigation is notoriously time-consuming, inefficient, costly, and unpredictable.” — Charlie Munger.
“In the strange heat all litigation brings to bear on things, the very process of litigation fosters the most profound misunderstandings in the world.” — Renata Adler.
“Never cut what you can untie.” — Joseph Joubert.
“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” — Plato.
“When anger comes, wisdom goes.” — Hindi proverb.
“The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.” — Sandra Day O’Connor.
“Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.” — Max Lucado.
“Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.” — Ambrose Bierce.
“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.” — Jean de la Bruyere.
“I was a litigation lawyer, following the crowd off the proverbial cliff, when I pressed the pause button.” — Robin S. Sharma.
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