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.

Before starting his own practice, Peterson says he found himself representing “big companies, doctors, and insurance companies” while working on the defense side of employment, medical malpractice, and personal injury cases.

But, he says, “There’s a part of me that has always been, and hopefully will always be, very empathetic to people who are put in really bad situations often through no fault of their own.” It was that aspect of his personality that caused him to gravitate toward a career on the plaintiffs’ side of those same cases.