You never said anything. You didn’t tell him when things bothered you. That doesn’t make it right, but you can’t not say anything and expect him to magically know what he needs to work on. It doesn’t work like that.

As a lawyer Travis was a fan of arguing—arguing till the original argument had been lost so far back in the tangle of discussion that it became irrelevant and all that mattered was that he was clearly right

Lawyers get up in front of people, and they posture. They make themselves seem big and loud so people will look at them and listen. They work daily with chaos and messes. They thrive on attention. Just like a child