Practice law long enough, and you will generate a list of folks who wish you ill. Some will be parties who have suffered as a result of your work in a courtroom. Some will be lawyers unable to accept that there are winners and losers in intellectual combat. Some will be former clients, whose expectations you could not meet. You might even have your life threatened from time to time. The world, you learn, is an unforgiving place.
Wise lawyers shrug it off. You do your job. You fight. You win. You lose. And at the end of the day, you pack your briefcase and head home to rest up for another day. Our system of justice is, after all, adversarial. Good lawyers have enemies lists.
