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A PROFILE IN PROFESSIONALISM
One of the pleasures of my practice is that I have clients who come from all walks of life – from billionaires to the homeless, from mainstream clients to newly arrived immigrants, and from the highly educated to the illiterate. Some may be surprised to learn that many of these clients often have the same legal needs. The newly arrived immigrants or those with limited or no English do not merely need help with immigration matters, but a significant number also have the same legal problems as other Americans, including needing legal help with their commercial businesses, real estate holdings, family matters and estate plans. As a professional, I take pleasure in being able to serve the many sides of my practice, and particularly in assisting my clients for whom a lack of English or financial resources would otherwise be a barrier to properly taking care of their legal matters. My involvement with clients with limited or no financial resources has also driven home to me that procedural wrangling and delays in the courts are particularly harmful to less affluent clients. As a profession, we must consider whether we are managing the legal system in ways that create unnecessary delay and expense. As lawyers, we would do particularly well to remember that we are required to place our clients ahead of our own interests.
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