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Judge Thomas Felts’ legal knowledge and practice advice to young professionals has helped improve the legal community
around him. He embraces the idea of mentoring not only his law clerks but also young attorneys litigating in his court. The
former president of the Indiana Judges Association board is active in the legal community, including his involvement with
the state bar and Commission on Courts. He also devotes time to improving the Fort Wayne community, including his service
on the board of the Foellinger Foundation.
The best advice I ever received was
“always keep your eyes open for opportunities.”
I wish I had known when I graduated law school that
the practice of law is, like most things, mostly about relationships.
My best stress reliever is
running.
If I weren’t a lawyer, I’d
be a teacher or professor (but wishing I was singing and playing the piano in a bar somewhere tropical).
In 2012, I’d like to
have an even better year than a pretty-great 2011.
The three words that best describe me are
passionate, busy and well-rounded.
In my community, I’m passionate about
the not-for-profit community and my place in it.
In the movie about my life,
a somewhat younger Michael Douglas would play me.
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vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.
With all due respect, Rick, I think you probably would be making a mistake by going to law school. The job market for attorneys is so saturated, you may well find yourself unemployed and with a lot of debt. You mention law would be a good supplement to your skills. True. But employers unfortunately don't value that. You will find that a law degree may well pigeonhole you into an attorney slot and limit career options. If you have a good job now I would hold onto that. As an attorney, you may well end up making less with the aforementioned debt.
Jack, I was only responding to bill's comment of tying everybody in government together. I agree with you though, it takes one bad apple to ruin the bunch.. As in any profession. What's truly unfair is when somebody violates someone's trust and takes complete advantage of someone
John’s comment is unfair. The majority of attorneys can be trusted. Unfortunately, all it takes is one greedy, unscrupulous, immoral attorney to jade the public.