by Jim Dwyer | Sep 27, 2017 | Office Practice is Life Practice, Redefining a Successful Lawyer
Every legal seminar and workshop that I’ve gone to over the last 29 years has been about improving my knowledge of the law and how to effectively communicate to a jury — until The Lawyers as Changemakers workshop. I attended and spoke at last Friday. While technical...
by Jim Dwyer | Sep 21, 2017 | Office Practice is Life Practice, Redefining a Successful Lawyer
I’m honored and excited to be a speaker and sponsor for Portland’s first Lawyer’s as Changemakers event. We hear lots of legitimate complaints about the legal system and not enough ideas about how to bring about needed transformation. This has been my mission...
by Jim Dwyer | Aug 29, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith
My search for Joy started in 2001. I’d been living in Portland for three years, when I found myself not so much unhappy with being a lawyer, but not experiencing the deep satisfaction I wanted. As I cast about trying to find what was missing, I came up empty. I’d...
by Jim Dwyer | Aug 8, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, The Lawyer's Compass, Trust, Faith and The Law
We all have our share of hard times. My senior year in high school stands out as one of my darkest. None my friends knew the depth of what was going on inside of me, save one person, Steve Earl. At school, I laughed and joked. I kept my grades up and worked hard at...
by Jim Dwyer | Jul 20, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith, The Power of Thoughts
It’s a warm sunny morning as I’m walking to the courthouse. Instead of soaking up the sun, I find myself nose deep in my own thoughts, thinking about what might go wrong in an upcoming case. Back at the office, I’m sitting at my desk editing a letter and I catch...
