# Mgr. Jan Vytřísal — Attorney, Partner | IUSTORIA > Mgr. Jan Vytřísal, Attorney, Partner. The key to reality belongs to those who interpret it. - Canonical URL: https://www.iustoria.cz/en/team/jan-vytrisal/ - Markdown URL: https://www.iustoria.cz/en/team/jan-vytrisal/index.md - Language: en - Content type: team - Author: Mgr. Jan Vytřísal ## Content # Mgr. Jan Vytřísal Attorney, Partner The key to reality belongs to those who interpret it. Leads the firm's litigation practice and business strategy. Represents clients in commercial disputes and criminal matters — from the initial assessment of whether a case is worth fighting to the verdict or settlement. Nine years of experience as a radio moderator and editor show in the courtroom: he argues precisely, clearly, and persuasively. He builds his cases as firmly on the statute book as on the psychology of decision-making. At home he keeps hundreds of volumes on law, psychology, and management — from Kahneman and Tversky through Argyris, Schön, and Schein to the classics of the Harvard Negotiation School — and draws on them in the strategic preparation of every significant dispute. His default is courtesy and respect; when he sees injustice, he doesn't pull punches. Beyond legal practice, he studies power dynamics — both through law and through social simulations he designs as part of the GAGOO platform. He perceives reality isomorphically: the same principles that govern litigation also apply to business negotiations and team dynamics. In his remaining free time, he writes books. E-mail vytrisal@iustoria.cz Phone +420 777 366 857 Czech Bar Association Reg. No. 20461 Company ID (IČO) 01563971 Data box (datová schránka) vdzd7ap LinkedIn Mgr. Jan Vytřísal Specialization ## Services I focus on Highly specialized service War Room Learn more Dispute Resolution Learn more Risk Prevention Learn more Blog ## Articles by this author Strategy Game Theory Negotiation ### Chess, Poker, Monopoly — and Snakes and Ladders: Four Games You Play in Court Without Knowing It Law looks like a system of rules. It runs more like four different games at once — one with full information, one with hidden information, one fought over resources, and one decided by a roll of the dice. A dense popular-science look at what game theory, behavioural economics and the sociology of law say about positions, bluffs, capital accumulation and faith in „justice" — from Kotov and von Neumann through Kahneman and Galanter to Schelling. Read more Strategy Ethics Legal Practice ### The Lawyer as Illusionist: Magic, Therapy, or PR — What the Client Actually Needs Clients come to a lawyer with problems the law cannot answer. Instead of a therapist, a mediation worker, a crisis-PR specialist, or a conflict coach, they hire a lawyer — and the lawyer tries to perform magic. A dense popular-science look at what therapeutic jurisprudence, Edgar Schein, Russell Ackoff, and modern crisis communication say about this borderline role. Read more Strategy Psychology Litigation ### The Psychology of the Parties: How a Judge Decides, What Each Side Wants, Doesn't Know It Wants, and Says It Wants The court is not a justice machine, the client doesn't really know their own interests, and the other side is lying most to themselves. A dense popular-science look at what current research says about the psychology of everyone in a legal dispute — from Danziger through Burton and Argyris to Stone, Patton & Heen. Read more Strategy Negotiation Game Theory ### You Don't Negotiate with Terrorists: The Irrational Adversary Is Vermin Classical game theory assumes a rational actor. But what if the person on the other side wants not to win, but to destroy you — even at the cost of their own ruin? A dense popular-science look at what game theory, evolutionary biology and clinical psychology say about the irrational adversary — and which strategies remain when Harvard isn't enough. Read more Strategy Negotiation Litigation ### Statutes Are Just the Foundation: Psychology and Tactics in a Legal Dispute Why the best lawyers don't read only the statute book — a popular-science look at what behavioural economics and the Harvard Negotiation School tell us about negotiation, cognitive biases, and the psychology of disputes. Read more Litigation Civil Procedure Case Law ### What You Didn't Know You Could Ask For in a Civil Lawsuit Case law from the past two years shows that a party to civil proceedings can demand far more from the court than the textbook suggests. Seven procedural tools that decide cases which only look straightforward. 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