Tacoma DUI Lawyer | If You're Not Getting Better You're Getting Worse

If you're not getting better, you're getting worse. That's a philosophy I live by, and I try every day to get better than I was the day before. That applies throughout my life, but it applies most greatly to my role as a Tacoma DUI lawyer. I was thinking about that today as I stood up in court to announce ready for a trial, and I thought I'd write about it.

There's A Lot You Can Learn From Other Attorneys

I'd like to think I'm one of the better DUI lawyers in the area, and maybe I am, and maybe I'm not, but I do know there are several DUI attorneys out there that I have a ton of respect for. And there's no better way I can think of to show that respect than to sneak into court whenever they are doing their thing.

It happened today when I was in court (bet you thought I was going to tell some great story about some great thing I did, huh? Guess again). In the courtroom with me was a Seattle DUI lawyer I have a lot of respect for - George Bianchi. I heard him tell the judge that he had a motion scheduled in another courtroom and had to have his other case set aside for the time being. I found out the courtroom and went and dipped my head in to see what was going on.

Once he was done I went up and chatted him up. Turns out he was making a pretty technical argument about the adoption and then striking of a statute from the Seattle Municipal Code. His argument was the striking of this section of code prevented the City from making some arguments that they would certainly want to make in his case. It was very interesting, and, honestly, something I hadn't thought of.

Admitting You Don't Know Doesn't Make You Dumb

There is a wealth of knowledge out there. There are going to be things you don't know. If you don't know them, fess up and go out there and learn them. If you think someone can teach you something, go out there and get that information from them.

All of those statements hold true for a DUI lawyer like me. No matter who is up there doing there thing, there are things you can take away from it. Sometimes it's something you realize you don't want to do. Other times it something you may want to adopt yourself. Either way, wanting to learn doesn't make you dumb - quite the opposite actually.

Back to the point of this post - treading water is falling behind. In today's world, probably like yesterday's world, there are always people out there working to be where you are, to beat you at your game, to take what you've got. If you aren't working every day to get better, someone is catching up to you. Give them enough days and you'll be passed right on by. I want to be the best Tacoma DUI lawyer I can be - that's why I work as hard as I can every day to be better than I was the day before.