When you are looking at bringing a lawsuit or defending one, what are you looking for? Are you looking to carpet bomb the other side, or are you aiming for a business-like solution to a problem. While you want your lawyer to be aggressive, keep in mind that needless rudeness promotes silly retaliation from the other side, and that gets expensive.
Also, you need to know that 96% of the cases in Los Angeles County settle, and that judges will fight both sides to get the matter resolved. The system simply is not built to have all cases go to trial. You should consider the analogy of the starting pitcher, who has done his job if he pitches seven productive innings.
Keep in mind that intelligent jurors are also going to be asking “why are we here?” There are occasions where the analogy is more like football, where the starting quarterback takes the game on his shoulders, all the way to victory. Fancy way of saying, “know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em.”