I don't know if you ever heard of the story of steve young the quarterback the football quarterback
I know of steve young the quarterback I'm not sure which story he went to law school
he went to b_y_u_ when he was actually quarterbacking
uh... the forty niners
and I thought it was the neatest story I was in college and I was between going to medical school and law
school
and
uh... the day after the superbowl he won the superbowl i think in ninety four
day after the superbowl he had to be in class
and he wasn't able to celebrate
and he shows up in class the next day and everybody's looking at him like what what are you
doing here and he was already three weeks into the semester
I thought you know if he can do it while he's playing professional football I can do it
what do you hope to accomplish as uh... as a lawyer
doctor now
uh... I think uh... first I have to pass the bar which i don't think is going to be much of a problem
um
you know i think uh...
uh... i'm probably going to do Med Mal Med Mal cases and
maybe uh...
try to get involved with mediation there too...
has ah...
going to law school changed the way you practice medicine
uh... absolutely
why how so I dot the I's I cross the T's uh... I'm so careful
now about going over consent
uh... consent for surgery
so it uh...
you know i i think I've seen a lot of cases I have
also been an expert witness in several cases and
uh...it just really changes the way you practice medicine after you see
how the actual system works now when you're an expert witness you testify on behalf of uh...
plaintiff or a defendant
uh... in court you'd be uh... lending your expertise as a doctor in that situation right
correct
uh... how has law school helped you
prepare for
testifying in court and
thinking of of acting as an expert witness
it
you know it lets me really it's forced me to look at both sides you know going in
I was always uh...
you know on the doctors side you know pro doctor everything and
uh... you know there really are two sides to every every story two sides to every issue
so i think uh...
I try to be as fair as possible
do you think practicing medicine has
allowed you to develop certain skills that you'll be able to use as a lawyer that
will enhance your ability
as a lawyer as well
I think so uh...
uh...
you know
in medicine
you really have to sit there and you know we're trained to talk to patients to
just hear the entire story let
the story just come out unfold
to you
in medicine we'd we try not to
direct the patient
anywhere any one direction we just let them speak
and we're able to formulate a diagnosis it's very similar to law in that way uh... you know
we categorize in our brains where where we want to go with a different
uh... set of symptoms
so sure I think the to overlap in that way
now um...
a lot of people say that
going to law school changes them and not always for the better
uh... has law school changed you for the better or worse and how has it changed you
it's um
definitely for the better uh... you know it's
actually relaxing to know that there's a process out there
uh...
that if it works correctly that uh...
you know if things get accomplished in the legal system sometimes it takes a long time
but
uh...it's actually
in a lot a ways uh... doctors fear lawyers
uh... and we're brought up that way to fear lawyers now uh...
you know i don't uh... fear them as much as I did
i looked at your uh... personal statement
and it talked a little bit about with the health care maze these days
it is important to understand regulations and laws and really be able to assist your
clients your patients
uh... through some of that and that you hoped law school training would
provide that uh... skill to you do you think it did
I think it didn't hurt
um
you know i'm able to
before I started law school i i think there's a lot of little thing you pick up
I wasn't able to even read a contract before law school and make heads or tails of it now
now i can
uh... pick up almost anything and read it and
uh... decipher it without calling somebody so in that way it's good
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