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...
by Jim Dwyer | Mar 9, 2017 | The Lawyer's Compass
It all started a week before Thanksgiving of 2015. Jan’s mom, who’d been battling Parkinson’s for over 30 years was hospitalized. She was there for a week. Before being discharged she said to Jan, “You have to let me go.” She made the decision to not use a...
by Jim Dwyer | Jan 12, 2017 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass
When someone is talking angrily to me, I don’t really hear what’s being said as I’m focused on how they’re saying it. Any of us can get caught up in “an emotion spin cycle.” What could’ve been a frustration or a simple misunderstanding takes on a disproportionate...
by Jim Dwyer | Aug 18, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass
The term “hermetically sealed” finds its origins in the Greek God Hermes. He was known for sealing boxes that were impossible to open and hiding them so they could not be seen. While hermitically sealed is the ideal state of a vacuum seal. it’s not an ideal...
by Jim Dwyer | May 5, 2016 | Learning to Listen, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass
Last year an attorney friend told me about a mistake that he made on a case. He was worried that he did not properly serve the defendant and had committed malpractice. He talked about the mechanics of the mistake that he made and then launched into how he was not...
by Jim Dwyer | Mar 16, 2016 | Living Our Best Life, Practicing Law and Life, The Lawyer's Compass, Trust, Faith and The Law
The Lawyer’s Compass is about living from our center. It’s from there that we live our maximally rewarding lives and we inspire others to do the same. I know when I see someone that I care about upping their game it inspires me. The next layer out on The...
