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Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney Michael Leff Joins Drexler Firm

Attorney Michael Leff has joined the law firm of prominent Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorney David Drexler, as an Associate, and will specialize in legal research, brief writing and pretrial litigation support.

A longtime resident of Los Angeles, Leff was raised in the San Fernando Valley and attended Campbell Hall School before graduating from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree, concentrating his study in Communications and History.

“You can’t study history in any depth without becoming hyper aware of matters of justice and injustice in our culture,” says Leff, now a Los Angeles personal injury attorney, seated in his new Sharman Oaks law office.  After three months studying abroad in Italy, Leff returned to Los Angeles to pursue a legal career.  Desiring to become “an advocate for people’s rights”, Leff was drawn to personal injury law.

Michael attended the University of West Los Angeles where he graduated with Cum Laude honors and was ranked 9th in his graduating class, while receiving exemplary marks in Evidence and Legal Research and Writing.

Over the past thirty years, Drexler’s Los Angeles personal injury law practice has recovered over one hundred and fifty million dollars on behalf of their clients, winning an unprecedented number of multi-million dollar awards by way of settlements and jury verdicts in all types of personal injury cases as well as a wide variety of tort claims including sexual harassment, vehicular and bike accidents, medical and legal malpractice, premises and product liability, insurance and Corporate Fraud, assault and business disputes.

The Law Offices of David Drexler has distinguished itself as one of the premiere Los Angeles personal injury law firms; a full-service and diverse firm that handles virtually every personal injury claim, earning the firm an elite standing in the Southern California legal community.  While based in Los Angeles, Drexler’s firm serves the counties of Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange and Ventura, including the Inland Empire.

“We are very pleased to have included Michael Leff as an attorney in our Los Angeles personal injury law firm,” said David Drexler.  “Michael’s presence and expertise strengthens the depth of our services in all of our practice areas, and, most importantly, reflects our commitment to our growing clientele.”

CA Licensed Attorney looking for something other than litigation…?

So I went to law school, earned an LL.M in intellectual property law and passed the California bar exam. I recently tried litigation at a small boutique firm in Los Angeles and I’m miserable. Practicing law is just not what I thought it would be.

Are you practicing IP litigation? What about practicing transactional IP law? IP is a world unto itself, but you might not want to work for the solely IP firms, some are sweatshops.

You don’t really explain what you don’t like about practicing law, so it’s hard to know what you would like doing. What did you think it would be, and how is it different? Could it be that particular firm? Do you like the people you work with? (Sometimes that makes all the difference.) Could it be the type of law you’re practicing? (Meaning entertainment, insurance, health care, real estate, bankruptcy, rather than litigation vs transactional.) My dh has practiced several types of law in biglaw firms and and was surprised to find out what type suits him best. He’s very happy. Have you looked at going in-house? The pay tends to be less, but the hours are more 9 to 5. You would likely find more transactional in-house positions than litigation.

Many people I know who went to law school never intended to practice law but went into different types of businesses. But they generally knew what type of business they were interested in when they decided to go to law school, like hotel, sports management, entertainment, banking, restaurant, real estate, etc. What do you like to do, what interests you?

Your law license may be an advantage in seeking employment for some positions, but chances are high you won’t make nearly as much unless it’s a commissioned type position and you’re good at it. Some employers might be concerned you’ll decide to leave to go back to law, or aren’t sure how the skills you learned in law school and by being an attorney, will benefit them. (So figure it out, how would your researching, writing, analytical, negotiating, etc skills benefit each specific employer.) Every other attorney in LA seems to be an aspiring screenwriter/producer. Many attorney recruiters are ex-attorneys, but there isn’t the market for that as there was several years ago when biglaw was hiring anyone. Some ex-attorneys teach high school or college. Sales if you’re a good salesperson. (Probably the most important skill to becoming a highly successful attorney, but too often the big management partners at firms don’t get that the rainmakers should be worshiped, or there is some sort of odd envy going on.)

Yep, you must be a certain type of person to be a litigator. Hard to tell by personality though. My dh is the most non-confrontational person there is, but he’s a biglaw litigation partner. He wins by being a fantastic writer, nice, and a likable person. (My teen son was just listening to something my dh was telling me and his mocking response was Ohhh I just had the best phone call today! Thrilling job, dad. lol But some attorneys really do like their jobs.)

Good luck in your job search. Maybe you can call your law school job office or a headhunter/recruiter to see if they have any ideas for you.

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