Emotional Intelligence Might Be Your Missing Litigation Tool

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Partner Ronald Machen, Chair of WilmerHale's Litigation Department, and Senior Associate Brittany Llewellyn, authored a Bloomberg Law article about the importance of cultivating emotional intelligence, or EI, for success as litigators, making it a key complement to their legal knowledge and analytical skills.

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Originally published on 27 October 2025 in Bloomberg Law

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Emotional Intelligence Might Be Your Missing Litigation Tool

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