What makes a top divorce lawyer? By Jasper Vardag-Hunter
The qualities which a “Top Divorce Lawyer” ought to be attributed with are numerous. To achieve this status, an individual must command respect, be authoritative and, with no irony intended, formidable. Good lawyers need to be fierce, in all seriousness. Ferocity can cause some to respect you, to perform rapidly and efficiently those tasks which you need them to do when you ask of it with all possible vigour. Accordingly, a degree of confidence, flair, strength and an extravert nature are all helpful in this aspect. Sustaining this will allow you to be listened to, it will grant you an air of power, it will allow you to be deferred to and respected, and it will bestow gravity to your every word.
Performing as a top divorce lawyer can be immensely stressful, demanding, traumatic and draining. A top divorce lawyer, capable of working effectively and remaining reputable, ought to be stable, healthy, psychologically robust and inspired with the determination and dedication necessary to invest as much time and effort as is humanly possible in the pursuit of gaining ground on their case. The only way this devotion and perseverance in all endeavours legal can truly manifest itself, is from genuine passion for their work. A lawyer must love his/her profession, even to the extent that they can stay awake typing late into the hours of the night, can listen calmly and coolly to worried and agitated clients over the phone and respond appropriately. In all tasks that they undertake, a top divorce lawyer must maintain an air of composure and remain collected, focussed and contemplative.
Naturally, such necessary characteristics are assumed and gradually earned over a lifetime of experience in the field. Of course, a few of these merits are more prominent in certain individuals than others, all of them to varying degrees of intensity. However, a top Divorce lawyer should hold each of these core qualities within their personality. A top divorce lawyer must possess rapid mental and vocal dexterity in the form of fluid articulation and intelligent legal strategy, concern with detail and precision (but coupled with a creative, approachable will), a trustworthy demeanour, unfailing organizational skills, love for and enjoyment of their work and, finally, the ability to cope with management, leadership and independence. All of these, and more, are those values which are attributed to the top divorce lawyer. Of course, Matrimonial Law is far from simply maintaining a swiftly calculating keenness for the case.
A top divorce lawyer will know that, in addition to thinking, arguing and devising, one needs to be able to feel. Sympathy, kindness, consideration, honesty, moral fibre, strength of character and warmth of heart- these characteristics especially are what are important in this field. They are, perhaps, the aspects your clients will remember most vividly when recalling you to memory. Matrimonial Law is, potentially, the most “deeply” emotional end of the Legal Pool.
However, values such as wisdom, experience, total knowledge of every subtle nuance and intricacy of the law, the knowledge of how best to interact with clients, employees and others in various situations in order to successfully acquire what you need- all these are gradually acquired through utter and long-term immersion in the profession and through absolute ardour.
In divorce law especially, a lawyer will encounter clients in emotionally unstable conditions. These clients will have experienced infidelity, abuse, unkindness, betrayal and the utterly unpleasant experience of bitter and prolonged legal conflict with the person whom they had once held most dear. Although a top lawyer ought to remain strong and restrained, an approachable and compassionate nature can always contribute to the client’s welfare and, thus, the progress of the case. Of course, there will be times when the “tough love” will be essential, and such weepy and distraught clients will obviously require and perhaps enjoy the firm hand of legal guidance and authority, but, still, to a degree, a kind and gentle attitude can go a long way in occasional circumstances.
Of course, I am not a lawyer. I have never been a lawyer. I can only catalogue and describe their indispensable features as what I am, that is, a foreign element. However, I have many lawyers in my family, and (I am quite prepared to say) talented ones at that. From what I have garnered over the years, lawyers are strong people; they are absolutely prepared to do what is required of them when it calls. Although it may sound like a Hollywood line, sufficient fervour and determination will ascend you to the pinnacle of any field. To dominate a profession which is, itself, dominated by the ruthless and the intelligent would be something to be proud of; to reach the zenith of Matrimonial Law would be something anyone would, naturally, hold you in awe for- but only on the condition that you can prove to them that you are worthy and willing enough to achieve it. To adopt the typical existentialist’s view- it is our actions that define us. We are what we make of ourselves; do you want to be a top divorce lawyer? The question is simple- the route, on the other hand, is an exasperating, laborious, but absolutely rewarding one.