A few weeks ago, someone sent me an e-mail commenting on my firm's website. They called it "amatuerish" and "unprofessional". I responded to their e-mail, but I never heard back from them again.

     What that person did not understand is that I could not care less what they think of my website. Let me ask you this: did that person honestly think that I want a client who would take the time out of their day to post such a comment? Can you imagine what type of person that must be? My guess is that it is someone who is miserable and generally mad at the world.
 
     This website refelcts my principles: family, country, community. If you're looking at this website odds are that you may be in need of an attorney. And you've likely looked through the phone book and the dozens of lawyer ads therein. What do you see in thoses ads? By and large you see pictures of smiling lawyers. In almost 20 years in this business, I've never known the need for a lawyer to be a happy occasion. Maybe they're smiling at the prospect of cashing your check.

     Looking at the ads, you might think that every lawyer has "recovered millions of dollars" for their clients. You might think that they've won every case they've ever handled. There are only so many adjectives that these lawyers can use, and they've certainly used them all. "Aggressive". "Experienced". "Honest". How bad is it when a lawyer has to advertise that he or she is "honest"? Shouldn't that be a given?

     Here's two facts: this firm has not recovered millions of dollars for every one of our clients. We have not won every single case (although definitions of a "win" vary from client to client). I can safely assume that our client who was facing 20 years in prison and had the charges against him dropped prior to going on trial would consider that a "win". I can safely assume that our client who faced losing his parental rights due to allegations made during a bitter divorce, but didn't lose those rights, would consider that a "win".

     Anyway, as I was saying, my website reflects who I am and how I run this firm. It's about family first. I work hard for my clients and I surround myself with highly-effective colleagues for two reasons: 1) so that I can do my best to protect my client's freedom, their family, and their future, and; 2) so that The Fiorletta Law Firm, PLLC will be recognized as a premier law firm in Michigan. That recognition allows our firm to grow and thrive. That success allows me to take care of my wife, our children, and our pets. That, to me, is what it's all about. 

     When all is said and done, it should be our clients who are smiling.