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The high-profile cases currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court will be presented by some of the country's very best attorneys, but with so much at stake, being the "best" requires flexibility – not a "canned argument," says Houston's Richard O. Faulk, Litigation Chair at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. "One of the biggest mistakes is thinking you are so prepared that you know exactly what you're going to say. But once you're there, it is not your argument anymore. It's theirs," says Faulk, who has presented oral arguments before the Court. "You're engaged in a conversation with people who are even more prepared than you are – because it's their court and they are going to make the decision. You can't be inflexible. You must engage them in an active dialogue." Faulk recently participated in mock U.S. Supreme Court arguments on climate change tort liability hosted by the Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Center at the University of Houston Law Center. For more information, contact Rhonda Reddick at 800-559-4534 or rhonda@androvett.com.