Why Should I Care? How to Raise the Stakes of Your Motion

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Why Should I Care? How to Raise the Stakes of Your Motion

The best preliminary statements make judges care about your case. Judges are not just umpires calling balls and strikes—they also care about the real-world effects of their decisions. To raise the stakes of your first paragraphs, ask yourself: “What would keep this judge up at night?” Whether it's the fear of creating unworkable precedents or encouraging bad behavior, lean on pragmatic arguments and common to show why ruling for your client is also the right thing to do.

Even discovery battles have real-world practical consequences. Learn here how to up the ante in your motion's first lines. 

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