Happy Lawyer Profiles

By the time Erika Verret became a lawyer, she already had over twenty years of experience in another high-stress career. When Erika started her firm, Bridge Legal & HR Solutions, she did it with the goal of creating a work environment free from the high levels of stress she found in other jobs

John Paul Rodrigues has six jobs and he only uses the title “lawyer” in two of them. On top of all that, he was at one time an unintended viral music sensation in China, so J.P. is truly a multi talented guy. J.P.’s path to becoming a happy lawyer, podcaster, instructor and program coordinator was far from direct.

A lot of lawyers resist doing anything in their practices that has not been done before. That doesn’t make sense to Eli Zbar. Eli started Arora Zbar LLP, with his law school friend and overall brilliant litigator, Ravneet Arora. Arora Zbar LLP launched during the Covid-19 pandemic and was virtual from the start.

Pauline Chan is called to the bar, but also found her calling at the barre, barre fitness classes that is. In the course of a day, Pauline jumps from advising clients on corporate agreements to advising them on building physical strength and pelvic floor awareness.

Before starting her solo law practice, Rachel Sachs did all the things senior lawyers told her not to do. Instead of putting her nose the grindstone, and “paying her dues” once she finished law school, she spent a decade pursuing more education, in different places, and prioritizing family.

Samantha Peters could not find the law job of her dreams, so she built it. No, she didn’t start her own firm. What Samantha felt compelled to do was change the system and “do law differently”, and that did not fit into the traditional law firm structure.