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i try to be guided by doing what’s best
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for my client
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and sometimes they don’t know what’s
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best for them and sometimes my hardest
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job
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is to figure out what they want and
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actualize their future
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any lawyer can put round pegs and round
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holes and square pegs and square holes
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but i bring some creativity to the 40
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years of experience that i have
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in helping fashion a result for my
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clients
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that makes the rest of their lives as
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good as they possibly can be
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well just last year i was inducted as a
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diplomate
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of the american college of family trial
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lawyers
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and that is a singular honor that
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organization by its
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charter is limited to the top 100
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divorce
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lawyers in the united states i never
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really expected early in my career that
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i would ever achieve that level
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i’m also a fellow of the american
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academy of matrimonial lawyers which is
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a national organization of top
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divorce lawyers i’ve served as a
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president of the florida chapter
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i’ve been chair of the family law
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section of the florida bar
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and i’ve been voted by my peers here in
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orlando to best lawyers
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lawyer of the year in the area of family
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law four years i think i may be the only
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lawyer in orlando who has that determination
Orlando, FL family law attorney Richard West talks about the philosophy that guides his work as well as his honors, awards, and certifications.