If variety is the spice of life, this week is a good example of it. This was my day today:
11 a.m.: Pretrial conference in federal court in Macon for a Federal Tort Claims Act case involving the death of a 2-year-old that is set for trial next month.
4 p.m.: Deposition by Zoom of treating doctor for use at trial in a car wreck case.
Tomorrow?
I'm defending the deposition of our police officer-client who was hit and seriously injured while working in a construction zone.
After that I have a meeting with an expert for a jail suicide case where a jail failed to properly treat opioid withdrawal in an inmate and failed to monitor her.
And earlier this week I spent time working on a summary judgment response in a premises liability case.
Hyperspecialization is popular advice now. While niching down is for some people, it's not for me. I love the variety of cases we handle and the variety of things I get to do.
This can be a tough profession, and there are a lot of unhappy lawyers. Not me. I'm incredibly fortunate and blessed to be able to do what I do. Find what you love to do, not what other people tell you that you should be doing.
What do you think? Hyperspecialize or keep some variety in your practice? Join the conversation with me on LinkedIn.
