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tunities. Your next opportunity might not come from
where you think it would. You may be at a bar event
and talking to somebody who could be your next employer or a big change in job. I’ve been fortunate
throughout my career that my path was kind of created
by happenstance in some ways because I took advantage
of opportunities because I had a passion for it. As long
as you have kindness and are working with opposing
counsel and your own colleagues that will take you far.
You’ll be amazed 20-some-odd years after you’re practicing just how many people you will run into that you
appeared against, or for me, they appear in front of me
all the time and then we’ll chat in chambers and it’s wonderful to catch up. I
was given the same advice, that my reputation is going to stay with me as early
as my first year of practice.
did that. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it
because frankly, something like Westlaw is somewhat of
an AI tool already. But if I’m going to use that type of
tool to help me draft an opinion, I should drop a footnote
that would say
