James W. McElhaney advises you to pare down your presentation in his article in the ABA Journal: "Killing Your Case with Clutter: Too many details can keep you from telling a really good story."
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Tough to know where to draw that line on how many facts to offer up.
Posted by: Ron MIller | September 07, 2012 at 01:18 PM