February 2020 Newsletter: How Losing My Kidney Made Me a Better Injury Lawyer

By the time I had my kidney transplant, I had already been a lawyer for many years, but no amount of legal preparation and practice can teach you the lessons I learned when I was in the hospital. That experience — people grabbing at your wrist bracelet and sticking you with a needle every two hours, not knowing if I was ever going to see my kids again — made me a much better attorney.  Now, I can relate to what my clients are going through and because I can relate, I can convey the emotions that go along with that kind of experience much more effectively to a jury.

Growing up, I never thought I wanted to be a lawyer. I thought I wanted to be a doctor, but just by chance, my dad met an injury lawyer when he was out hunting. I was going to Baylor College, and my dad was wearing a Baylor shirt. The lawyer had also gone to Baylor, and, just based on that one thing they shared, they went hunting together. That injury lawyer told my dad to have me call him up if I decided I wanted an internship.