The Lawyer's Light: Daily Meditations for Growth and Recovery - Softcover

Chandler, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1627225293 ISBN 13: 9781627225298

Publisher: American Bar Association, 2015

Synopsis

Everyone has struggles - even attorneys. Kevin Chandler, has written an inspirational book that provides daily meditations for lawyers faced with recovery issues. Quotes - relating to the practice of law - from judges, lawyers, and elder statesmen address the feelings and issues confronted by attorneys that are unique in the recovery community.

Each day offers a quote, an explanation or example, followed by a devotion. This book is perfect to help enlighten, inspire, comfort, and reflect on the journey through recovery. Such inspirational quotes as:

1. You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.—Rahm Emanuel
2. You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. —Margaret Thatcher
3. Law students are trained in the case method, and to the lawyer everything in life looks like a case. — John Grisham

About this title

About the Author:

Kevin Chandler is an attorney, former state senator and serves on the board of Lawyer’s Concerned for Lawyers, a non-profit dedicated to assisting lawyers, judges and law students affected by alcohol, drugs and other addictions. He served in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, was Counsel to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, and as an attorney in the Minneapolis law firm of Opperman & Paquin. He earned his B.A. from the University of Minnesota, J.D. from The Catholic University of America, MA from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and studied leadership at the Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Bar Association
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1627225293
• ISBN 13: 9781627225298
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 402