I don’t hand over the keys to this column space lightly. But when I read the story that Vern Winters had to tell, I had a feeling it would strike a chord with Litigation Daily readers.

Winters, 59, as many of you now know, went from co-leading a team at Sidley Austin that took home Litigator of the Week honors for a big IP trial win for Amgen less than two years ago to stepping away from his practice to deal with idiopathic polyneuropathy, a painful nerve condition in his feet.