Day 5: Feel Well: Emotional Well-Being Valuing emotions. Developing an ability to identify and manage emotions for health, to achieve goals, and to inform decisions. Seeking help for mental health when needed. Valuing Emotions Sometimes, our in-depth knowledge of the law and superior litigation skills are not always enough to be a well-balanced lawyer. Skills like emotional intelligence, … [Read more...]
LCL Offered to Help
In 2006, my largest client went out of business. I could not absorb the 80% gross revenue decline caused by this closure. As a result, I went into foreclosure proceedings leading to the loss of my home followed by bankruptcy. In addition, the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board filed a petition against me. I later learned that LCL received a courtesy copy of the petition when it went public … [Read more...]
I Felt Hopeless
At the close of a big trial, I felt very down about the way things had gone and the likely outcome. The feeling I had when I walked out of the courtroom with both the client and my managing attorney looking at me was overwhelming. I felt terrible. Not only did I feel an enormous sense of responsibility and disappointment for having let them down, my client (and I) needed an award of attorneys’ … [Read more...]