In his tenure at Bos & Glazier, attorney Brad Glazier has been recognized as both a “Michigan Super Lawyer” since 2006, and as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in the specialty category of labor and employment law since 2007. He was also selected to become a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and, in 2017, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Glazier says that it’s his focus and continued studies in rhetoric and persuasion that give his practice a competitive advantage. “I would say that I am a student of the law and a student of how to persuade judges and juries,” Glazier says. “I think I spend more time than other lawyers do trying to hone my skills of persuasion.”

Attorney Tim Del Castillo of Castle Law California Employment Counsel says that being an attorney is the “greatest job in the world because I get to think, read, and write for a living, which is pretty cool for somebody who likes to do those things.”

Del Castillo (which translates from Spanish literally as “of the castle”) points out that the image of the castle invokes imagery of “defending businesses and people and their livelihoods,” which he says is a great metaphor for his work as an employment litigator. Del Castillo says that using the English translation of his name makes the firm easier to scale, sell, and add partners to down the line.

As a Baltimore-based tax attorney, Juda Gabaie says that most of the time when new clients come to his office they are already facing a problem.

Gabaie says that few business owners know how to prepare themselves for that side of business ownership, and that’s where the strategies provided by his solo practice come into play in a major way for his clients. “These small businesses go through a lot just to make their businesses work,” he says, “and we’re here to try to make it easy for them.”

When you call the law firm of Segal & Segal, a Segal answers the phone.

The Huntsville, Alabama criminal defense firm was founded by Andrew Segal and Sandra Segal, a husband-and-wife team of former prosecutors. As Mrs. Segal describes it, “The old business model was that there was the secretary or the paralegal and then there was the lawyer. We thought: what if we don’t need that layer anymore? People can call and get us.” The Segals take pride not only in the fact that they’re the ones answering the law firm’s phones, but also in being available 24/7 to help their clients.