Clark Hudson

The punishment for one officer being AWOL should be the same for another officer who is AWOL, but very different from the punishment of an officer who didn’t run his three miles in time.

“Most of the lessons in the military are basically people lessons — how to handle people in a consistent manner, particularly people that you’re working with,” said Clark Hudson, an attorney at Neil Dymott and a former Marine. “If they know what you expect and you’re consistent with what your expectations are, it makes the working relationships easier.”

In his legal career, whether he’s dealing with a client, judge or opposing parties, he tries to approach them in a consistent manner so they can understand who he is, what he expects, what he intends and how he operates, Hudson said.