(extracted from Ojijo's Rich lawyers: Officers of the Court and Owners of Businesses 2012. ISBN. 978-9966-123-17-6)
Anyone Can Be A Rich Lawyer
A Law Firm
is about making money, and anyone can make money; hence, anyone can be a rich
lawyer.
There is a
lie, that only some people can make money. That only some people can become
rich lawyers.
This is a lie straight from hell.
Anyone can
choose to be a rich lawyer. in a law firm, just like in life, ‘the choice is mine.’
Alicia Keys
once noted where she grew up, there was education and career development on one
side, and drugs and street gangs on the other side;
‘You can choose to go this way,
or that way. The choice is yours.’
Anyone can
be a rich lawyer. There are women who
are rich lawyers and there are men who are rich lawyers. There are single
parents who are rich lawyers, and married people who are rich lawyers. There
are thin people who are rich lawyers, and fat people who are rich lawyers.
Indeed, there are professionals, be they lawyers, teachers, or engineers, who
are rich lawyers, and people with no professional qualification that are also
rich lawyers. Yes, there are black people who are rich lawyers, and white
people who are rich lawyers. Indeed, amongst the residents of a particular
town, city or village, there are rich lawyers. All these confirm one important
truth; ANYONE CAN BE A RICH LAWYER!
The critical ingredient is getting off my butt and doing something.
It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who
decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today.
The true entrepreneur is a doer. As noted by Oliver Wendell Holmes:
Like in every aspect of my life, A Law Firm is my decision; my personal decision. My purpose is what
I say it is. My mission is what I choose to do. My vision is the picture I
choose to see. ‘My life is in my hands.’ Peter F. Drucker, the management guru, once
wrote,
"Wherever you see a
successful law firm, someone once made a courageous decision."
In essence, the vision is,
‘the
image of what success would look like’
‘Alexander the Great, the undefeated Greek King and one of the
most successful commanders of all time, candidly said,
‘I am the master of my fate and
the captain of my ship.’
At anytime, even now, I can decide to alter the course of my life.
No one can take that away from me. I control my destiny. I do not have to work
on a particular job. I do not have to buy from anyone. I do not have to
participate in any relationship. I can choose. The choice is mine. The next
move is mine. Deno wrote,
‘It is always my next move’,
I am the one to decide, and I need to decide to be a rich lawyer.
This decision will make me succeed. This decision should be made out of
passion, a great desire. Napoleon Hill rightly noted,
‘the beginning of every great
success is great desire.’
Donald Trump put it this way,
Muhammad Ali, the boxing legend, and three-time
World Heavyweight Champion, confessed,
‘Champions are not made in gyms.
Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire to
succeed.’
Indeed, Benjamin Disraeli, the
British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, statesman and literary figure, noted,
‘man is only great when he acts from passion.’
And E. M. Forster, the English
novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist, agreed with him when he
stated,
‘one person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.’
If I am going to succeed as a
rich lawyer, I must have passion. A LOT OF PASSION!
There are several types of rich
lawyers, grouped as below:
Litigation Attorneys: These ones go to court on an
almost day to day basis, and their life is in the court room.
Consigliore: These are personal lawyers,
fully, and exclusively employed by the ultra rich, to take care of all their
interests, both personal and business.
Corporate Attorneys: These are advocates who almost
never go to court, but remain in the offices, handling contracts, and
negotiations.
Specialist Lawyers: These are lawyers who commit to
only one practice of the law, for instance, there are criminal lawyers, family
lawyers, real estate lawyers, etc. there are fifteen particular areas of
specialization, namely:
1.
Information
Technology Lawyers
2.
Corporate
Lawyers
3.
Tax
Lawyers
4.
Family
Lawyers
5.
Intellectual
Property Lawyers
6.
Public
International Law Lawyers
7.
Alternative
Dispute Resolution Lawyers
8.
Civil
Litigation Lawyers
9.
Employment
lawyers
10. Administrative Lawyers
11. Real Estate Lawyers
12. Environmental Lawyers
13. Financial Services Lawyers
14. Criminal Lawyers
15. Legal Drafters
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