How McLeish Orlando's newest associate found his passion as an advocate - Law Times
“I was just a junior lawyer who emailed him out of the blue, but through meeting Joe and the other lawyers and staff at the firm I had that exact same first impression — and that’s only been reinforced over my time here,” Farine says. “It’s a great place period, and also a great place for me to develop my career. Once I joined McLeish Orlando I realized how important the work itself is, and I’m motivated by the purpose behind it.”
Working with and for great lawyers, Farine says he’s embracing the benefit of learning from his new colleagues who are taking the time to help him with his development. The firm has ten lawyers who are “all successful, well-regarded and have their own opinions on what makes a great personal injury lawyer — I’m looking forward to learning from each of them their own unique perspective on what that is.”
Beyond the fundamental traits and skills of a good advocate, Farine is learning it’s especially important to be organized and forward-looking. There are so many moving pieces in terms of investigations, coordinating expert reports, dealing with the courts and also handling defence counsel and insurance companies.
“There are a lot of different deadlines and at the end of the day the plaintiff’s lawyer is the most responsible party for moving the process along,” Farine says, adding he looks forward to the experience of carrying a file from start to finish, from meeting the client, doing the investigation, initiating the claim and bringing it to a conclusion.
The work “can be very grounding,” and has given Farine perspective in his personal life. For example, one morning he had a minor annoyance that was still bothering him when he got to work — but after picking up a file he realized his earlier inconvenience didn’t matter in the big picture.
2021-04-23 21:03:13Z
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