Civility does not mean weakness. Civility, kindness and love are found on the path to justice for Tennessee personal injury lawyers. Many lawyers in Tennessee are uncivil to witnesses, other lawyers, and the parties. Incivility of attorneys usually arises out of insecurity, fear, and incompetence and has no place in the profession.

Who do we admire: Jesus Christ, Ghandi, Mother Teresa, or Hitler, Mussolini or the Devil?

Civility to all parties to a lawsuit is the only way to insure that justice will occur from the facts. I have been tested by extreme incivility in cases, however, that is not the norm in Tennessee. When lawyers are arrogant or hateful to our clients, a witness or equals, they lose.

Juries are very smart and usually, it has been my experience, will not reward this behavior.

Caring, Compassion, and Love for our clients make for the best Tennessee personal injury attorney. Personal injury attorneys who represent truck accident victims and car accident injury victims need to be well versed in the law, including evidence and the Rules of Civil Procedure. However, this attorney feel that what separates the mediocre attorneys from the great Tennessee trial lawyers is love for oneself, love for humanity, and most of all, love for our clients.

Fancy lawyer tricks, legal maneuvering, and slickness do not impress this Tennessee personal injury lawyer. I do not believe in meanness, hate, or wickedness as ways to win a personal injury case either. I believe that love, goodness, and righteousness make a great trial lawyer to represent truck accident or car accident injury clients.

Caring is contagious and if the lawyer cares for his clients, it will show. Love does not mean weakness and the lawyer must be firm. When we love, believe in our client’s cause, and care for them as one of God’s children, no amount of meanness, hate, or insurance company tricks can stop us from obtaining justice. This, in my opinion, makes for a great personal injury lawyer in the State of Tennessee and throughout the nation.

Much of trial practice and life leads lawyers to remove themselves from humanity with legal technicalities. As lawyers, we can learn a lot from other great leaders, including Mother Theresa.

Mother Theresa had a copy of the following poem hanging on a wall of the orphanage she founded in Calcutta. The original author is unknown.

People are often unreasonable,
Illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind,
People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful,
You will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
People may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
Someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
They may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
People will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
And it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
You see in the final analysis,
It is between you and God;
It is never between you and them anyway.