\nunderstatement. After spending seven years in the profession as a litigator in
\nstripes, I finally went independent as an arguing counsel late last June. These
good
\nway<\/a> and they have taught me quite a few things about myself and the
\nprofession.<\/div>\n\nFor instance, despite having been part of a law firm setup for well over half a decade, I have come to realize that my
\nconscious decision to not start a firm of my own and instead opt for a Chamber
\npractice as an arguing counsel appears to have been a prudent one given that
\nrunning a firm is perhaps more akin to running a business, in that it demands
\nyour attention 24*7*365. The significant managerial and administrative responsibilities
\nthat come with running a firm would have left me with little or no time to read
\nwidely and deeply on the law and outside of it on areas which interest me such as
\nhistory, politics and economics, all of which I believe add to the practise of an
\narguing counsel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\nImportantly, the skill set needed to successfully run a law
\nfirm, I think, is very different from the one needed to be a good litigator or
\ncounsel. One perhaps needs to be a \u201csystems\u201d guy to manage a firm, whereas the
\npractice of an arguing counsel is relatively more of a solo act. That\u2019s not to
\nsay that you don\u2019t need the support of a committed team to succeed as an
\narguing counsel. All I am trying to say is that there may be several gifted
\nindividuals who are capable of running a firm as well as appearing in Court day
\nin and day out without there being a dip in their performance, but I don\u2019t
\nconsider myself one of them. Therefore, given my love of the law and the
\nCourtroom and my commitment to give them my all, I chose not to experiment with
\nrunning a firm, and instead decided to focus on honing my craft as an arguing
\ncounsel. <\/span><\/p>\n\nThe other thing I learnt was that, as an
\narguing counsel while you can have your areas of core competence, in India you
\nare expected to go beyond your comfort zone(s) because after a point of time,
\nwhat matters and is valued is your ability to quickly understand the broad
\nframework of a new area of practice and the nature of the forum, assimilate the
\nfacts of a case and the issues at play, apply the legal framework to the case
\nand articulate it in a lucid and convincing manner to the forum. In a nutshell,
\nyou can or are perhaps expected to be a jack of some and master of a few
\nwithout being perceived as spreading yourself too thin. Therefore, adaptability
\nat short notice (sometimes barely an hour\u2019s notice) is something you pick up as
\nan arguing counsel. <\/span><\/p>\n\nWhile one could go on and on, to cut a long
\nstory short, each day as an arguing counsel brings with it a unique experience
\nand the opportunity to learn from tremendously gifted peers, regardless of
\nwhich side they are on. Hopefully, I have a long way to go and don\u2019t stop
\nlearning. I certainly hope to frequently share with the readers whatever I
\nlearn.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been almost a year since I last wrote here, and to say that this period has been \u201ceventful\u201d would be an understatement. After spending seven years in the profession as a litigator in a law firm (which was my first ever job), and dare I say having earned my stripes, I finally went independent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7066486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227776],"tags":[629],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7066485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-off-topic","tag-year"],"yoast_head":"\n
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