Personal Narrative: An Interview With Attorneys

For the interview portion of the career paper, I contacted three different attorneys that I know. As I am not quite familiar with any of the three, I sent them formal email requests to interview over the phone or by email. The first of my three prospective interviewees is Garret Murai, the husband of my Girl Scout Troop leader and an experienced construction attorney at Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP. The second attorney I chose to contact was my friend’s older sister, Hannah Yang, an attorney at the national law firm Polsinelli. Ms.Yang, who passed her bar exam in 2016, just began working at the firm in November 2016 in the Science and Technology Area. She ultimately declined to participate, but I thanked her for her time anyway.

Similar to Accountability Counsel, I have used my skill set to amplify the voices of communities whom are most in need of protection. As a Student Attorney with the Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic, I represented clients that in addition to facing the ordinary obstacle of understanding the tax code, faced language barriers and lack of familiarity with U.S. legal system as some of them were undocumented. Additionally, I interned with the Broward County Florida Public Defender’s Office in the Juvenile Division, where I assisted the chief of Juvenile in representing some of South Florida’s most vulnerable children.

I opened my eyes and looked up to see the bars above me and the suffocating smell of chalk filled my lungs as all eyes peered down at me. I was 8 and being in a situation as extreme as this without your parents is pretty difficult. I was at gymnastics camp in Pennsylvania 4 hours away from my parents. I had no phone and no way of contacting them except through letters. This was my second year at the camp and I loved it. I was on bars trying a squat on jump to high bar which I had previously done by myself. I fell in a funny way and landed on my arm so perfectly that it broke. A complete piece of my elbow broke off. I was rushed to the hospital.

Just so you know, this is the Big Apple and I rule this town. New York City is filled with tall buildings, great culture, and historical sites. No other city has so much beauty that it takes your breath away; yet, there is a real danger that lurks on the streets. I should know because I am Detective Michael Morgan a United States Super Spy in charge of capturing dastardly villains who are set on destroying our world. Armed with mind-altering powers, Alex Higgins is on the top of the FBI’s list of the ten most wanted men in America. This thug is one of the greatest danger to our world and must be captured and jailed in the vault of death. There is no place safe for him to hide from the law and rumor has it, he is in my town. You break the law here in New York City, you pay the ultimate price: freedom.

In the United States we can be so self-absorbed and have no regard for other people and their feelings and well-being, it is a distinguishable norm for American society at this point. We always ask ourselves “What do I want?” or “What can I gain from this?”, but we never ask ourselves “What do they want?” or “What can they gain from this?” This is where Japan separates itself from the United States. The people in Japan hold such high esteem for everyone they know and meet, while we can hardly treat the person next to us with even the smallest amount of admiration and generosity.

Sometime in October, I asked you for help, to please find out about this particular attorney disciplinary record, this was with respect to my son's accident. You expressed that you were going to inquire, look into more about the attorney in question once you return to work on Tuesday from your Columbus holiday. I was looking forward for your info. to explore into the possibilities of attaining and secure a good attorney to represent my son in the event of filing a law suit against the person who hit my son on his bike. But to my bad luck, lo and behold, Gina NEVER followed suit on her promise.

I have worked for The Advocate, a Baton Rouge award winning newspaper, for more than 23 years. When I first hired on in May of 1992, it was only to be a temporary job until I finished college. Before computers and electronic layout programs simplified this process with the click of a button, people had to cut out and paste the stories, pictures, and advertisements that appeared in the daily newspaper. This was my job: I was a Compositor. I worked evenings so this allowed me the availability to go to school during the day. I have always been a hard worker and taken pride in whatever assignment I was given. This character trait was recognized by others and I was quickly promoted to other jobs. As the computer age and world wide web came to life,

I don’t know what’s coming down with Aunt Anna, but before we come to see you Thursday, I think you need to know a few things. PLEASE, you cannot let her know I’ve told you anything. She is very much afraid I’m taking over her life. Well, I thought that part of being her Power of Attorney was to take care of her. I don’t know where any of this is coming from so we have to be very careful. She and mother would argue and not speak to each other for years, I can’t have that happen. I think some of these crazy thoughts are coming from a retired friend from Piedmont, but not sure.

I interviewed the practice manager Wendy Jones at the Banner Health Clinic March 2017. She just recently advanced to be a practice manager for the family practice clinic that I work in. Prior to her becoming the manager she worked as a coordinator for a different family practice clinic where she directly reported to the practice manager of that clinic. In the beginning of her career she worked in a few different labs within the company. She has been with the company for 11yrs. The company that we work for has made many leadership changes to reflect having a practice manager in each clinic and cutting out supervisor and coordinator positions in hopes to have the manager more available for each clinic. Wendy is responsible for most things in

In the Spring of 2015 my mother was selected for jury duty at the Fresno County Superior Courthouse. She went through the process of elimination for which each person must answer questions to see if they can be selected a jury candidate. She was eventually selected to be a juror for a case in which I have minimal information about due to a legal standpoint. I interviewed my mother on the process of the trial and her experience. She told me that the individual was on trial for a few crimes including being a candidate for the three strikes law. My mother said she was nervous throughout the trial because as a juror she didn’t know what to expect and was confused with some of the testimony that was being presented by the prosecution and witnesses.

Success for me isn’t a destination. It’s a journey. Everybody’s working to get to the top, but where exactly is the top? It’s all about working harder and getting better and moving up and up. - Rihanna

Currently I am trying to get my certification for counseling, needing only a high school diploma and this certification I will be able to start on my path toward my career. First getting the certification will require me to contact the National Board for Certified Counselors. Once I have met their guidelines and receive the certification I will be able start researching careers that accept entry level certified counselors.

My two preferred counseling setting are inpatient medical setting and child and adolescent. I feel that inpatient setting because it is a closed network of counseling for the client. During inpatient treatment client are able total focus on getting better to live a normal life. The client had the right to commit their self for help. It is an intensive treatment that provided a safe and secure surround for individual who are experiences problem. Inpatient client work along with mult-discilliary team to provide a full comprehensive plan. The mult-disipllnary team will come up with best possibility plan that are best for the client. Inpatient services provide a stabilization, evaluation, and intensive monitoring based on medical assessment conducted

My second client had more information than my first thus my partner and I were able to research the case beforehand. Going into the interview we were feeling prepared which made a huge difference overall. The client information file had been worded in a way it made it look as if the problem was different from the actual one had but we had researched even that possibility and were prepared with our questions. Our client did not need any prompting, which disappointed me a bit, as I had requested once again to be the one asking the questions. My partner did respect that and she later noted that the questions I had asked had been specific and would help us in our research. I had been anxious to meet my second client, especially after

Do you believe that your role as a therapist will end at the end of the day or will it be present in your personal life also?