My life In 10 Years

I find myself in my study looking out the window . I smile to myself feeling both a blessed and lucky . Opposite me , I glanced at a picture of a man fishing with his son . Next to that is a wall calendar that shows the current month . June 2018 . I look out the window again , and whisper life is good

I look back to the time when I transferred to the University of Michigan on my sophomore year . At that time , I was taking up history , just because it was the one nearest to

my hand in the tick boxes of courses that the University offered . I really do not know how I got into law maybe it was because my best buddies on campus were law students , or maybe because the University 's law school produced a significant number of outstanding alumni . Or maybe , I just had it in me . For whatever the reason , my law studies became my anchor . Whereas before , I would have described myself as a drifter , not really knowing what I 'd do in life My law studies had my father , who have always said that I would not amount to anything , very perplexed

When I graduated , I immediately accepted an offer for a support staff position at the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney 's Office , where I interned . Life there was tough , where we worked long hours preparing for various cases against criminals from all walks of life . When I passed the bar , I continued working for the PA Office , but now as an assistant prosecuting attorney

It was doubly taxing for me back then , but I treasured the opportunity to be able to handle a lot of different cases , which involved different laws . What 's more , I hated losing and I was growing addicted to the strings of successful prosecutions that I was adding to my portfolio

In the course of my work , I came face to face with hotshot lawyers and big , established law firms . One of them was Hertz , Schram Saretsky , a nationally known criminal law firm . I was prosecuting a murder case against James Burdick . I lost the case , but won Burdick 's admiration What followed was a dizzying flurry of offers from Hertz Schram something that is not new to me back then . The Hertz Schram offer was different , however . It was highly attractive , financial-wise , and it offered an opportunity for me to work not as an associate , but as a partner

I was soon on the other side of the fence , defending criminals that in the past year , I would have put to jail in an instant . Still , the successes kept coming . I earned a reputation for being a thoroughly prepared lawyer . Indeed , it was my objective to out-prepare ' and out-research ' everyone on the other side of the courtroom

Three months ago , I withdrew as a partner at Hertz Schram , much to the dismay of James Burdick , who over time became my mentor and trusted confidante . I felt that I...