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Top Lawyers: Randy Zelin of Cornell University Law School On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law

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Randy Zelin, a 33 year veteran criminal defense attorney and adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell University Law School, heads the white collar criminal defense practice group at Wilk Auslander LLP. How important is it for a lawyer to go to a top-tier school? I met two of my closest friends in law school.

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Roger Royse: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

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I graduated from the University of North Dakota Law School. At the time, I did not expect that I would ever leave my home state so it did not occur to me until years later that a more well-known school would have provided me with more options starting out. What do you think will be the future of how law offices operate?

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Rick DeMedeiros: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

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Yes, from high school on, I knew I wanted to be an attorney, but I wasn’t entirely sure in which area I would specialize. However, by the time I graduated from law school, I was already gravitating toward workers’ compensation. What do you think will be the future of how law offices operate? We got a good laugh.

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Norman Harris: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

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Successfully matriculating through college and graduate school provided me the necessary self-assurance to embrace law school as my next challenge, and I did it! My primary areas of focus are Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, and Music Entertainment Contract Law. I work both remotely and in a physical office.

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Top Lawyers: Sheila Murphy of Focus Forward Consulting On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law

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However, in law school, my focus switched to corporate law because I was a severe introvert with a fear of public speaking. During my law firm career and the beginning of my time in-house, I feared speaking up and having others discover I was a fraud. How important is it for a lawyer to go to a top-tier school?

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Top Lawyers: Stacey A. Giulianti of the Florida Peninsula Insurance Company On The 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Specific Field of Law

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After spending just one year at a large law firm in South Florida, I joined a few law school colleagues in a boutique law firm representing policyholders against insurance carriers for failing to pay benefits. How important is it for a lawyer to go to a top-tier school? Do you work remotely? What do you prefer?

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Caila A Coleman: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

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I randomly received a phone call from an old friend from law school asking if I could analyze a murder case on Court TV. What do you think will be the future of how law offices operate? This was one of the FIRST pieces of advice I was given before I went to law school. I had never had a murder case.

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