Law Practice
Dec. 4, 2012
An international incident
It sure is funny the way things turn out.
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice
2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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It sure is funny the way things turn out. Strike that opening sentence. Instead, how about "A chance encounter on a warm day in August led to an unexpected Thanksgiving dinner, which in turn led to what might have been an international incident"? Now I have your attention.
Openings are important. It drives me nuts to see a judicial opinion or any written piece that begins: "At the outset.....
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