This week Jack Brem Smith, an Employment Law Attorney at Smith Law Firm describes his career path and current role.
He talks about:
- His background
- Why he got into law
- Why he chose to be an attorney
- Why he chose employment law
- Different options within law
- What he likes about being a trial attorney
- Extracurriculars he did to prepare him for his career\
- His career steps after law school
- How having a family changed his career path
- What a typical week is like
- His main roles and responsibilities
- The most common needs of his clients
- Examples of services he provides
- Typical hours of the role
- Expectations around developing your own practice as a new lawyer
- How he built his own practice
- the nature of the work
- Percent of time alone vs w/ ppl
- What he likes about the role and finds challenging
- Typical steps for moving up
- Important characteristics to be successful
- Advice