167: Guided by Mentors, A Lawyer Defends His Peers and Profession, Brian Tannebaum

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Brian Tannebaum’s clients are lawyers trying to remain lawyers, law students trying to become lawyers or those facing state or federal criminal charges. His book, The Practice: Brutal Truths About Lawyers and Lawyering, is a best seller. He is a former columnist for Above the Law, and a certified sommelier. “At every turn in my professional life, where I decided what to do, somebody was there with 20 to 30 years of experience saying to me, 'Looking at you, this is what I think you should do and I'm going to help you get there.'" So, Brian’s career guidance is always to consult mentors.

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0:00.0	Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 167. I'm creator and host,
0:17.8	Don Hutchison. Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has
0:21.5	discovered his talents to do work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and
0:27.1	freedom. Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Brian Tanabal. Welcome, Brian.
0:32.3	Thanks. Good to be here. Thank you. Brian, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:38.9	I am. You know, I was saying to somebody the other day that I'm doing exactly what I think I was meant to do, and that is represent
0:43.4	people who are in some sort of trouble in trying to restore them back to the life they had before
0:49.0	they got into the situation they are, and I feel very good about it. Excellent. We want to hear the
0:53.9	entire story. A few words about it. Excellent. We want to hear the entire story.
0:55.0	A few words about Brian's career. A newspaper reporter once wrote that Brian Tanabom is the lawyer
1:00.5	that lawyers go to when they find themselves in hot water. A past president of the Florida
1:06.0	Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers now in his 21st year of practice,
1:13.7	Tanabom's clients are either lawyers trying to remain lawyers,
1:15.8	law students trying to become lawyers,
1:18.8	are those facing state or federal criminal charges.
1:23.3	He's a former columnist for above the law and a certified sommelier.
1:29.1	His book, The Practice, Brutal Truths about Lawyers and Lawyering, is currently the number five selling book published by the American Bar Association and reached number one in the
1:34.4	legal profession category on Amazon.com. So, Brian, that's a summary of your career. Tell us what
1:39.9	you're up to now that has you engaged and fired up, if you will? Well, what I'm doing now is what I,
1:45.8	you know, have always wanted to do. I'm representing mostly lawyers and law students who are
1:50.2	having trouble either getting into the bar or staying in the bar. And I'm also representing people
1:55.3	who are charged with state and criminal offenses. I am really concentrating on my practice. I've spent many years in organizations
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