tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post116043402327701976..comments2024-01-15T05:32:24.873-05:00Comments on The Jon Rowe Archives: Jonathan Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1160439837093974832006-10-09T20:23:00.000-04:002006-10-09T20:23:00.000-04:00I'm headhunter for lawyers, not one myself. I had...I'm headhunter for lawyers, not one myself. <BR/><BR/>I had one case where I had a job on offer for a litigator I knew. It would have paid $100K more than he was making.<BR/><BR/>He didn't want to pursue it because he was in the middle of a lawsuit against a contractor who made a wall fall down on the lawyer's house.<BR/><BR/>A year later, the contractor had disappeared and there was no one to collect the judgement from. Meanwhile, the job had been filled.<BR/><BR/>I, amateur that I am, had attempted to advise the litigator from the first that no one ever really wins a lawsuit. You'd think he'd have known better.<BR/><BR/>A principle I've learned in the cutthroat world of dealmaking is that the honor that your current deal is regarded with is directly proportional to the parties' interest in doing the next one. The only way to ensure good business is the prospect of more of the same.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com