by Jim Dwyer | Jun 28, 2017 | Office Practice is Life Practice, Power of Relationships
Just the other week I was talking with a client who hadn’t worked in eight months because of being rear ended. After months of therapy and injections, the verdict was in. He needed surgery. One year prior to this accident, he had a knee replacement and finally...
by Jim Dwyer | Jun 22, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith
Following is a poem I wrote, “The Caged Truth”, was recently featured in an international lawyer’s magazine called “The Conscious Lawyer”. The magazine is a fresh and visionary publication about law from a conscious perspective. Challenging the status quo about...
by Jim Dwyer | Jun 1, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith
It’s never too late to shape the way being a lawyer ripples through the hours and days outside of my practice. If I keep my nose to the grindstone, working too many hours, banging out as much work as I can, I feel it when I’m at home. I’m too much in my head. I’m...
by Jim Dwyer | May 10, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Science and Faith
It started on a Friday afternoon 15 years ago. I came home after picking up my two girls from grade school. Jan was watching Oprah and she said, “You should sit down and watch this. I think you’d really like it.” Somewhat begrudgingly, I joined her. It’s not that I...
by Jim Dwyer | Apr 20, 2017 | Learning to Listen, The Lawyer's Compass
While I can’t give my clients everything they want. I can give them what all of us are truly looking for— to be treated fairly. That’s one of my top jobs as an attorney. If I don’t, I’ve failed my client, society, and myself. I can have a powerful effect on how my...