I don’t know why this is so freaking hard for lawyers to say. Why do we hold ourselves to the impossible standard of knowing everything, all the time? Is it ego? Fear of failure? The truth is I don’t know. There, I said it again, and it didn’t hurt.

Dear Vice President Biden, I feel your pain.

Wisdom can come from any source, even the movies. Take The Godfather, for example. The crime family saga offers three tips that resonate with my Stoic sensibilities.

In this wide-ranging Zoom cast, Top Gun Anita Ventrelli explains how she gives gold medal client service, her minimalist approach to trial advocacy, and how she "hides the vegetables in the mashed potatoes" to get cases settled.