Joseph Sobecki

Remember that lawyer on a billboard or in a TV show that "had never lost a case?" Well, they don't exist in real life. While deep into preparation for my second bar exam, I got an email from a federal court - the Court had granted my opponent's motion on the first hotly contested issue I have been ever involved with in federal court. Dazed, I read the order, trying to figure out where I went wrong. I learned a few things from this order, which I will get to. More importantly than what I learned,...

There hasn't been a lot of time to write anything on here over the past four years. This was probably a good thing considering the spelling and grammatical errors in what I saw, I have posted in the past. Notwithstanding, earlier this evening I took the MPRE, better known as the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination. For me, this was the last part of finishing law school. Granted, who knows if I passed the Florida Bar Exam, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if I ended up with a...

Leaders and leadership are not one in the same. Leaders have power, control, and subordinates. Those with leadership qualities inspire action in others. People listen to leaders because they have to, people choose to follow those who inspire them to act. This is why it matters why you do what you do. People can inherently sense what motivates you. If you are motivated by money, power, or control you may very well become a partner or a VP. People will follow you, but they will do it because they ...

We all make mistakes in life. Believe it or not, every mistake is actually an amazing beautiful opportunity to learn, grow, and display strength. Bad, toxic situations that result from mistakes hurt, especially when other people are involved...and other people usually are involved. The first step towards growth after making a mistake is dealing with the direct consequences of the mistake. The bigger the mistake, the deeper the pain and feeling of loss. Embrace the pain. I know it sucks. Hiding...

I am not really sure why I am writing this. Some people in my life have came up to me since I put this writing online, and said things like, “I like your blog," and "I didn't know that about you." I usually respond curtly with...well first of all its not a blog, and second, what I wrote wasn't meant for you, I write for myself. After having said a version of this to enough people I thought about taking this all down. Not only that, but I had a summer employer tell me that they had a meeting abou...

Most of us probably associate the term “wild” west” with a long past western genre movie of the 1950’s that our parents liked but that moves too slow for our taste. For full full disclosure I do and always have liked John Wayne westerns and appreciate the slowness factor of older movies. Still, and maybe it is today's culture ingrained into me, but even I can’t help myself from thinking, “why is this taking so long” when watching a movie like 2001 A Space Odyssey. Prior to a few days ago even I ...