About Cynthia A. Norton

Take Care of Your Cup of Credibility

When I was in private practice, I was the lawyer who received calls at all hours of the day and night from panicked colleagues—lawyers who had made mistakes, had ethical dilemmas and so on. As a judge, I can no longer dispense advice directly, but I offer some of the wisdom I learned in practice.   Never Spill Your Cup of Credibility As I like to put it, every lawyer is born with a cup of credibility. You can only lose it; once gone, credibility can never be replenished. Clients and …