Originally from Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation

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Years ago, when I was a kid lawyer, I attended a continuing legal education program that featured two of the best judges in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas discussing how they settled cases.

The first Judge, G. Fred DiBona, a very self-assured man, remarked at the outset that he had recently settled three cases in the range of $4 million–$6 million. Those were enormous sums of money back then. (And still pretty hefty amounts.)

He went on to say, “I think of these cases as bull elephants pushing their way forward toward my courtroom. It is so satisfying to go out there with a big gun and bring them down.”