Senior Attorneys: Share Your Anecdotes and Pearls of Wisdom
| Publication year | 2011 |
| Pages | 17 |
| Citation | Vol. 40 No. 11 Pg. 17 |
2011, November, Pg. 17. Senior Attorneys: Share Your Anecdotes and Pearls of Wisdom
November 2011
Vol. 40, No. 11 [Page 17]
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The Colorado Bar Association (CBA) is always interested in finding innovative ways of advancing the legal profession and fulfilling its objectives to "uphold the honor and integrity of the bar, cultivate cordial relations among the lawyers of Colorado, and perpetuate the history of the profession and the memory of its members."(fn1) So, when esteemed attorney Stanton D. Rosenbaum approached the CBA with the idea of soliciting anecdotes and pearls of wisdom from senior attorneys to share with the bar's novice attorneys, there seemed no better venue to do this than The Colorado Lawyer,the CBA's official publication.
The CBA is asking Colorado's senior attorneys-65 years of age and better-to share a slug of the wisdom you have acquired over the course of your legal career. In fact, you may have a plethora of pearls to share-which is great! We just ask that they be brief and easily digestible. The association will compile this insight and possibly create something on the order of a "Golden Book of Anecdotes and Wisdom-From Attorneys For Attorneys."
The idea is to provide practical pointers versus technical instruction. For example, we welcome your thoughts regarding the proper behavior of an attorney
* in the office among partners, fellow associates, and support staff
* when faced with a supervisor, jurist, or colleague who has misspoken or misrepresented an issue
* with new clients or with difficult clients
* toward court personnel
* with jurists outside the courtroom
* with opposing counsel
* in public and casual social settings where you may be the only attorney present
* with law officers.
We also want to hear your tried and true methods for dealing with difficult colleagues and learn what your personal experience has taught you about presenting the profession in the best possible light. Was there one piece of advice you were given when you were starting out that you adopted and adapted-with fantastic results? Perhaps you have an anecdote (300 words or less) to share with your junior colleagues about advice you were given that saved your law practice. Maybe you learned something on your own-it was never...
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