Florida defense attorney takes measured approach to his work
Defense attorney Justin Saar is never tempted to rise to the bait. Regardless of any “shenanigans” a plaintiff’s attorney may pull in order to rattle his cage and gain an advantage, Saar prefers to remain in calm waters.
“I don’t get excited,” he says. “There’s no reason to get frenzied about cases. I treat it like a marathon, slow and steady.”
The measured approach has served him well in his 13-year career and allowed him to establish a reputation as a straight shooter.
“If I say something, I mean it,” he says. “I try to be honest with opposing counsel so that when I draw a line in the sand, they know I stand by my word.”
An equity partner at Ogden Sullivan Stover & Saar, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., Saar employs his composed demeanor to distill cases to their essence, from where he says they can be resolved.
It also helps that he is conscientious about maintaining good relationships whenever possible with attorneys on the other side of the bar.
“It’s always been easy for me to make friends,” he says. “I enjoy people. I enjoy talking with people. Even when I’m dealing with a difficult plaintiff’s attorney, after they get done pounding their chest, I ask about their family or if they have any weekend plans to cut through the tension.”
“I don’t get excited,” he says. “There’s no reason to get frenzied about cases. I treat it like a marathon, slow and steady.”
The measured approach has served him well in his 13-year career and allowed him to establish a reputation as a straight shooter.
“If I say something, I mean it,” he says. “I try to be honest with opposing counsel so that when I draw a line in the sand, they know I stand by my word.”
An equity partner at Ogden Sullivan Stover & Saar, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., Saar employs his composed demeanor to distill cases to their essence, from where he says they can be resolved.
It also helps that he is conscientious about maintaining good relationships whenever possible with attorneys on the other side of the bar.
“It’s always been easy for me to make friends,” he says. “I enjoy people. I enjoy talking with people. Even when I’m dealing with a difficult plaintiff’s attorney, after they get done pounding their chest, I ask about their family or if they have any weekend plans to cut through the tension.”
Mark Berman
Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP, New York, New York
Ganfer Shore Leeds & Zauderer LLP, New York, New York
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Fears of a nuclear war are not as far-fetched as it would seem
For those who lived through 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the recent nuclear saber-rattling by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin evokes fears of the darkest days of the Cold War era between the two superpowers.
Putin, who was just a 10-year-old boy when the former Soviet Union took the world to the brink of Armageddon, is acting like a juvenile now by flexing his country’s military muscles by suspending the last major nuclear arms treaty (START, short for New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). His one-two punch delivered last week also included threats to unleash weapons of mass destruction if the U.S. and its allies decide to up the ante in sending arms and advanced military equipment to aid Ukraine.
Putin, who was just a 10-year-old boy when the former Soviet Union took the world to the brink of Armageddon, is acting like a juvenile now by flexing his country’s military muscles by suspending the last major nuclear arms treaty (START, short for New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty). His one-two punch delivered last week also included threats to unleash weapons of mass destruction if the U.S. and its allies decide to up the ante in sending arms and advanced military equipment to aid Ukraine.
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