Attorney Joseph P. St. Louis

WEBVTT 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:10.160 When I was a teenager growing up, I had friends and family 00:00:10.185 --> 00:00:12.380 on both sides of the law. 00:00:12.405 --> 00:00:16.540 People who were accused of crimes, people who had crimes committed against them. 00:00:16.565 --> 00:00:19.340 I would go to court and I would watch court proceedings. 00:00:19.365 --> 00:00:22.500 Really, that got the bug in me to help people. 00:00:22.525 --> 00:00:24.740 That's what I wanted to do. 00:00:24.765 --> 00:00:26.460 I've never looked back. 00:00:26.485 --> 00:00:29.660 I've always been on the side of the underdog. 00:00:29.685 --> 00:00:35.620 Some years ago, I got asked by a friend of mine to talk to this gentleman, and 00:00:35.645 --> 00:00:40.340 he was accused of aggravated assault. It was a road rage case. 00:00:40.365 --> 00:00:42.840 Just the nicest guy in the world. 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.020 We had this horrible judge in the small county. 00:00:46.045 --> 00:00:50.440 We had this horrible prosecutor, couldn't get anything, could not get a 00:00:50.465 --> 00:00:52.300 motion heard in front of the judge. 00:00:52.325 --> 00:00:54.780 Everything I filed got denied. 00:00:54.805 --> 00:00:56.700 We had to go to trial. 00:00:56.725 --> 00:01:03.500 When they came down not guilty, I remember my client who was a grown man, crying 00:01:03.525 --> 00:01:05.290 and hugging me. 00:01:05.320 --> 00:01:08.740 It was just a great moment. It really was. 00:01:08.765 --> 00:01:11.980 Because he was looking at yours in prison for something he didn't do. 00:01:12.005 --> 00:01:13.340 I'm a huge basketball fan. 00:01:13.365 --> 00:01:15.340 I'm a huge football fan. 00:01:15.365 --> 00:01:20.440 I have a son that's 23 years old, and we sat down and figured out the other 00:01:20.465 --> 00:01:23.210 day we'd gone to 30 concerts together. 00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:26.920 You need to be able to let go and relax so that when it's time to 00:01:26.945 --> 00:01:28.490 work, you can focus on that. 00:01:28.520 --> 00:01:33.060 If you're going to go into law, you need to be prepared to do the work. 00:01:33.085 --> 00:01:35.620 You've got to understand it is not about you. 00:01:35.645 --> 00:01:37.210 You're not there for yourself. 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:38.570 You're there for your clients. 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:39.880 You're there to help your clients.