A litigator’s willingness to risk everything shapes his colleagues’ fates.

Evidence

Conway watched him go. He knew the case wasn’t over until Schlichtmann said it was. When Schlichtmann was out of earshot, Conway said, “He’s willing to take everything a step further than anybody else. God knows, he loves the edges. If he decides to go to trial, I’ll be there. But I hope he doesn’t. God, I hope he doesn’t.” — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 2597

Categorization

• APHORISMS: Conway’s diagnosis — ‘he loves the edges’ — is a compact piece of wisdom about what it costs to work alongside someone who treats risk as a virtue.
• XREF: connects to: Attorneys treat contingent fee cases as a risk-and-reward portfolio. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 743