I love what I do for a living! I am entering my third decade of the solo practice of law, and I can’t think of anything else I would rather do. Every day, I get to make a living helping other people. Part of what I do is answering questions for people who have never been through the legal process. But I love what I get to do for my clients. I help injured people navigate the complex and tricky world of insurance claims. I advise and defend people accused of crimes of all sorts, many of whom have never been in the system. I get to assist divorcing parents through some of the toughest times of their lives. In other words, I get to make a difference, and I love it.
When clients meet me for the first time, one of the things I try to do fairly quickly is to give my client a sense of how I see the attorney-client relationship. People in my line of work are called attorneys, counselors, and lawyers, and sometimes we wear different hats depending on the circumstance. One hat that I do not wear with my client, and I make sure the client knows this, is the hat of “boss.”
The way I explain it is like this: I am not the boss, what I am is the hired help.
You, the client, are the pilot, and I am the navigator. You are the person who makes the decisions about where you want to go. It is my job to tell you if you can get there from here, and if there is an easier way to get there than the way you have planned. It is also my job to tell you how much fuel your trip is likely to consume, and to warn you if the course you want is the equivalent of flying a perfectly good plane into the ground. When you have the information and decide where you are going, it is my job to chart the course to get you there. But you call the shots.
You have a story to tell, and I can help you be heard. As your lawyer, I will defend you, your liberty, your rights and your reputation aggressively, and I have tools at my disposal to help uncover the truth. E-mail me, call me at (985) 310-6900 / (985) 320-6554 or stop by my office. I will take the time to discuss your legal matter and address your concerns. If it matters to you, it matters to me.
