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Legal Talk
Legal Talk
Date: 2016-11-18
It's been 26 years since I was admitted as an attorney. To celebrate this milestone, my firm is offering a free half hour consultation to all new and existing clients. [See offer below]. I am humbled by the number of people who have remained loyal clients of the firm for over well over 2 decades. Whilst relationship building is the foundation to retaining one's clients, I believe that this base can only be strengthened by your ability to provide the requisite legal solutions to the clients needs. Thus no matter how "nice" a person you may be, if you are found lacking on the "delivery scorecard", that client will not remain with you for long.
My aim is to deliver a product to my client that can be up held up to the scrutiny of the courts. That means it's crucial that I do sufficient research on the matter so that I am properly equipped with the technical skills and tools to handle the case. It's extremely gratifying to me that I have clients with whom I've maintained a professional relationship for the duration of my practice. Of course, "winning" and "justice" are relative concepts, and as a lawyer I try to find out what result the client wants, and at what cost. It's my job to look at all the options in a case and then offer the possible solutions, strategies and workable outcomes for the client. Allowing a client the ability to make an informed choice, after he has been given the pros and cons of all the options available to him, makes for a satisfied client.
My business philosophy for a successful practice has always been to ensure that I keep up to date with what is happening in the law both in terms of recent case law, as well as changes in legislation. This I find often gives me the edge. A litigation practitioner must be able to engage with one's opponents in a robust manner, and I am certainly not one to shy away from taking the aggressive and hard-lined stance when circumstances dictate. The trick however is to ensure that you always have the client's best interests at all times and not to allow any sparring between colleagues to become a personal ego issue.
As a "people person", I derive great satisfaction in helping find workable solutions to a problem. It's crucial that as the attorney I am able to offer some professional detachment to the matter I am dealing with so. Whilst it's important to have the technical skill and legal knowledge, it's equally important to be able to offer advice an empathetic nature and a "good listening ear". As an attorney you want to avoid becoming so totally immersed in the matter where you could lose your objectivity and get a false sense of reality. The attorney should be someone with whom you can trust to have your best interests at heart at all times. My aim always is to be able to retain my existing clients whilst being able to reach out to new ones.
The offer is available to both new and our existing clients. To qualify for one free 30 minute consultation, please bring a copy of this article with you to the consultation. Take advantage of this great offer. We look forward to seeing you. Offer expires on 30 November 2016. Call 031 - 502 5670 for further details.