Personal Injury Law

Take your child to work day - Palm Beach law firm shares a life lesson with a 10-year old

By Brian F. LaBovick, Esq.

Today was "Take your Child to Work Day" around the country.  As a boutique Florida Law Firm, I wondered how many children of our staff would come in today.  I was pleasantly surprised when I saw Mark A. Greenberg, an Attorney in our Jupiter Office, bring his son Jared to work today. The main reason is that Attorney Greenberg has a trials coming up and a mediation scheduled for today. Mark, being the caring and loving dad, wanted to have Jared with him today and learn first hand what to experience a Day in the life of a Trial Lawyer, especially one preparing for trial.  Jared often notices his father working late nights in the office and sometimes at home on the computer, writing, going through files and dictating notes for his legal staff of paralegals. 

Jared Greenberg, a 10-year old, saw first hand, how important preparation and following up is for an attorney. He learned how important completing assignments were for schoolwork. Good work takes discipline and hard work. He saw his dad interact with clients and opposing counsel. The art of negotiation and effective listening skills were also on display in today's life lesson in our Jupiter Law Office today. Mark wanted today's visit by Jared to be meaningful, so he assigned him tasks to complete such as making copies, tagging exhibits and other meaningful things that he could work on with the team. I was amazed at how many questions Jared would ask his dad regarding projects he worked on or meetings that he would sit in on. These strong probing questions shows that Jared Greenberg has good instincts.  Who knows? One day when Jared is grown up, he may decide to follow in Attorney Mark A. Greenberg's footsteps to become a Civil Justice Prosecutor and fight for the rights of injured accident victims. 

They say a picture is worth a thousand words... Take a look at the above picture and see the excitement in the eyes of Jared and the joy and love in the eyes of Mark. 

Full post as published by LaBovick Injury Law Blog on April 24, 2008 (boomark / email).