Jay C. Kellerman
About Kellerman on the Practice of Law
I have had a blessed career. I really have. As I write this, it is 40 years from graduating law school and as a middle class kid growing up in Windsor, Ontario (and staying there for university) I had no idea where this career would take me.
I have met people and gone to places along the way that I really never imagined, a few people in addition to my mother thought that I became a pretty good lawyer. While the jury may still be out on that one, I figure I have learned a few things about the practice of law over that time.
This blog is not about the law per se. There are plenty of other resources for that prepared by people far more qualified than myself. This though is about the practice of law. To my eye, as a profession, we may be falling a bit short on teaching young aspiring lawyers how to actually practice law. I don’t think there is a course in law school on the subject – this is my attempt to try to be part of the fix to that. (I don’t like the word “solution”. I once hear someone in a meeting years ago use the apparent word “solutionize”.)
I would not be sitting here at a keyboard doing this if it were not for the great mentorship and sponsorship I had received along the way from truly great lawyers and business people alike. As I was one late night last week cleaning out my office and uncovering long forgotten hidden treasures (at least to me), it was not the files or transactions that brought a smile to my face (and a tear or two to my eye) but of the people who I have engaged (I like that word) over the years who have influenced and shaped me into the lawyer and person I became. This is in part an homage to them. Thank you.
And now, I hope to give back in some small way by coaching young lawyers (and aspiring industrialists) who may not have yet received what I had received by way of this. This exercise is part of that.
While you may not agree with everything I say, I hope you enjoy the read that in some small way it will help you develop your own unique practice and approach. You will let me know.
Jay C. Kellerman
June 2026
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