Mind Games

I really love being an attorney. I enjoy having a job where I am able to think creatively about problems and help people settle their issues.

About a year ago I took a new job. It is very exciting and has renewed my love of practicing law. I was a technology attorney for about 13 years. I worked on software, services, outsourcing, consulting and electronic trade agreements. I worked for computer companies, travel companies, Internet data providers and investment banks. I had a great time. But after a while I became bored with doing the same thing over and over again.

I decided to leave my beloved NYC and move to South Western Michigan to have a chance to be a generalist. My new job is all that I hoped it would be and more. I am working on employee benefits, employment and labor law, I do commercial transactions and I am involved with investment decisions, litigation and a smattering of technology. It is great fun.

Today I have worked on issues that involve federal codes, federal civil procedure, technology law with a bit of employment law thrown in. I really does not get much better than this in my estimation.

It is sad that most people come in contact with what I will call general criminal or commercial lawyers, and that is where they form their impression of the practice of law. I am happy that there are people out there who help private citizens with their legal problems, but I am also just as happy that I don't practice that type of law. I wonder if people who come into contact with lawyers for happy reasons (buying real estate or purchasing a business,) have a better impression of lawyers than the ones who only engage lawyers to sue others. Probably.