Trial lawyer Arash Homampour talks about what it takes to get to mastery of your practice.
Transcript
I was working a good 60 plus hours a week, I would say for the first ten years of my practice I worked six to seven days a week and put insane, unreasonable hours in to get the job done. But as you’re mastering the topic, you really have to put the hours in. You know, I tell people there is no substitute for hard work period. And when you are learning the, you know, how to litigate and the ins and outs of court it takes a lot of time and it’s really important that you do spend the time to master the topic because that’s when you can be comfortable and be free and express yourself. If you’re worried about what’s this rule, what’s that rule, where can I stand, what can I say, is this right, is this wrong, you’re focused on the past and you’re focused on your gonna ultimately make a mistake. But if you’ve mastered a topic, if you’re the Kobe Bryant of that courtroom, if you’re the Nobu chef, that you’re, in the zone at all times, you don’t have to think, it just comes naturally. And so to get to that place where you have that Zen moment, that you are just who you are takes a lot of hard work and studying.
