the central Philosophy for me is to do

right by the client that involves a lot

of different things being responsive to

the client is the first thing so when my

clients give me a phone call my goal is

always at least return the phone call by

the end of the day that makes the client

feel uh like they are uh being heard uh

even if uh you know we’re working really

hard on the case they don’t get to see

all the time time what all is being done

so uh when uh we pay the client

attention I think that that’s an

important part of being their

representative doing right by the client

of course means working hard U but

sometimes it means uh telling the hard

truths as well often times things don’t

go the way we want them to within the

case and it’s important to be upfront

and honest with the client uh when that

happens but finally at the end of the

day what we want to do in every case B

is achieve a good result for the client

and if we’re able to uh obtain the

compensation that the client deserves or

uh some other preferable result than

that is the ultimate goal in doing right

by the

client sure well a great example is in

the last 10 days I’ve had three

different continuing legal educ

education seminars two of which were at

uh the South Carolina bar convention

this past weekend and one of which was

at the University of South Carolina law

school it’s uh timec consuming uh to

engage in those sorts of seminars and

presentations but it’s rewarding both in

that I’m able to make new friends uh

within the profession and uh you know

educate other lawyers and educate myself

uh even more as I’m preparing uh for

those types of of presentations I also

enjoy writing for our uh uh attorney’s

trade bulletin which is called well the

South Carolina Association for Justice

bulletin and I’ve edited uh that

magazine for several years as well it’s

uh not necessarily something that drives

a lot of business our way uh I think it

does from time to time but it’s uh very

rewarding for me academically