Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Pros of Working with Attorneys

27 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief conversational excerpt, two speakers reflect on the characteristic behaviors and emotional demands that shape attorneys’ professional personas. Speaker A emphasizes that lawyers are habitually questioned, defensive, and accustomed to probing, noting that this is a function of the legal profession rather than an individual flaw. Speaker B adds that attorneys are ultra‑professional, highly educated, and thoughtful, while also acknowledging common stereotypes. She highlights a contrast between practice areas: immigration lawyers are described as generous and giving, whereas family law practitioners are portrayed as over‑worked and emotionally drained due to the intense, personal nature of their cases. The dialogue underscores how the nature of legal work molds attorneys’ attitudes, coping mechanisms, and interpersonal styles.

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You just have to be prepared to be always questioned. Always, always, always. It's in the nature of the individual. So— That's what they do. Don't take offense to it. Even though sometimes I find myself prickling up like, God, really? Then I realize, no, this is not indicative of your personality per se. It's indicative of the nature of the line of work that you're in. But they're used to being defensive. They're used to probing. They're used to questioning. They're used to drilling and drilling and drilling to a point of satisfaction or not, right? So they'll leave it at that and they make jokes and remarks.
I think what gravitated me to them is the fact that they're ultra professional, right? They're highly educated, they're thoughtful. I think they get a bad rap as being— I mean, there's plenty of lawyer jokes out there to tell you the personality traits, right? But I think that a lot of times they're very giving people. I mean, we know that from working with a lot of the immigration attorneys. They're very giving. Family lawyers tend to be very overworked. It's draining because they're getting all this energy pushed onto them. And that comes from all the— because of the nature of their work, they're having— it's a very emotional kind of practice area. So specific kind of person has to work in that.