As the Principal Lawyer at Zubas Flett Law, Ted Flett advises both employees and employers in workplace and human rights matters. He is published regularly and conducts employee rights workshops to marginalized groups. To support the advancement of queer rights, Ted is also pro bono counsel to Canada's 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce. Ted may be reached at [[email protected]], or by visiting www.employment-lawyers.ca.
I have come to learn to keep your legal friends close but your non-legal friends even closer. The rule seems especially sensible for junior sole practitioners, but it’s perhaps a lesson for all lawyers.
I have an admission. As ambitious as I think I am, I have cringed at times throughout my life when I am asked: “Where do you see yourself in a year? Five years? Ten Years?”
The life of a sole practitioner caught my interest during the first year of my litigation practice on Bay Street. As I came across a range of opposing and co-counsel, many were self-employed, driven, confident, relaxed and they impressed me.
