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well the first six years of my career
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i worked as an insurance defense
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attorney so in that role i
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i represented individuals and businesses
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uh who were being sued by individuals
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who were injured as i was taking
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depositions and in trial i found that i
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had a lot of empathy and a lot of
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sympathy for the injured
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plaintiff who brought the lawsuit and it
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became pretty clear to me
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i was on the wrong side of the table so
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in 2005 i decided
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to switch sides and i became
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exclusively a playoffs attorney and have
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not looked back
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been been one of the best decisions i’ve
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ever made
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i have to say it’s helping people
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through some of the most
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you know tragic and horrible times in
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their lives
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it’s really fulfilling that i can be
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there i can hook up
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people who have been through tragedies
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with experts and medical
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professionals and people that can really
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make a difference in their lives
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i also like the fact that when we’re
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able to obtain a large verdict or a
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large settlement
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that results in change in in many cases
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uh for instance when you’re suing a
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governmental entity
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it’s you know it has a defective road or
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a roadway condition
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you’re normally not going to see any
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changes until that governmental entity
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or in the the case of a products
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manufacturer until they have to pay
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until it hits their pocketbook you don’t
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see changes so the
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some of the most significant or
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rewarding parts of my career is when i
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can see
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the fruit of my labor and i can see
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changes
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that prevent others from being injured
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in the future