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Legal Writing Techniques: How to Emphasize or De-Emphasize for Affect

By Michael Simkin on September 27, 2019
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Attorneys primary tool is language.  How you say something is critical.  Attached here is a cheat sheet of how you can think about framing and focusing your argument.  Click here:

Emphasize facts or De-emphasize facts

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