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Mr. Barry Meister-- Sports Agent

Mr. Barry Meister is a sports agent. He attended the University of Illinois where he got a degree in accounting and is a certified CPA. After attending U of I Mr. Meister went on to attend Northwestern University Law School. Once he graduated he started working at a big law firm where he specialized as a labor lawyer, but after only a short amount of time he found himself with a couple of professional baseball player friends in need of his law expertise as they negotiated their contracts. This became the start of Mr. Meister's career as a sports agent. As a sports agent Mr. Meister specializes in representing about 99 baseball players and 20 broadcasters. Mr. Meister describes being a sports agent as a negotiating and problem solving job.

Mr. Barry Meister is a sports agent that has 99 baseball players and 20 broadcasters as clients. He told us that he had no time in the court room and having a carrer like him you have to be able to say, "no" to clients who want ridiculous things. Mr. Meister has an extraordinarily exciting job and he struck my interest.

Mr.Barry Meister is a sports agent. Attended university of illinois and majored in accounting to eventually become a cpa. Later he attended Northwestern University Law school. After which he worked at McDermit, Will, & Emory as a labor lawyer. Overtime he was introduced to baseball players as clients and he left the firm. He began his own firm as a sports agent and ever since has represented clients such as Randy Johnson.

Mr. Meister is a sports agent and he works with many famous people in the sports area and more of baseball players. He went to Northwestern Law school in Chicago. He use to work in the largest law firm and left it and now works with six other people in a small law firm. He also represents broadcasters as well along with athletes. He sometimes goes to court on special occasions and he says how he uses all of the things he learned to use for/ with his clients. He also says you have to learn how to say no which is hard with these ego centered people with too much pride. He tells us that a positive thing about his job is that it is recession proof and gets a good salary. He says along with positive side, the job is also challenging.

Mr.Meister has over 100 baseball player and 20 broadcasters as clients. He became a sports agent through what he calls "dumb luck". When he was younger he played minor league baseball and 2 of his friends needed an attorney because they were going to be signed to a Major League Baseball team. He volunteered to help them out and that is how his career started.

Ms. Maria Elana-Jones -- Immigration Law

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Julia Manglano Immigration lawyer on speaker phone

-born in Chicago -speaks Spanish -she never wanted to become a lawyer but did, as her siblings suggested. -she got a job while she was trying to figure out what she wanted to become -she helped witnesses and she translated to them and explained the court system. -she then went to get a law degree after seeing how court was interesting. -she wanted to bring human right cases against the government. -She has a family with 5 siblings and they were all very successful in life, and through all the hardships in life, she persevered and overcame every challenge that came her way and now is very successful.

Ms. Julia Toro followed what her sibilings suggested and became a lawyer. She is a Immigration lawyer who helps immigrants who are about to be deported from not being deported. -she is inspiration is important. -she only focused on international human rights law. -she said the bar exam was hard because a lot more was on the exam than international law. -you just want to get over the bar exam, it's a bigger hurdle than law school itself. -she could not get a job in human rights job. -went to DePaul University in Chicago. -her sister helped her get through school and get pass that bar exam. -commitment and dedication help get you there and through. -employment discrimination law -she liked her employer and since he was retiring so she didn't want to do it anymore and switched to immigration law. -Washington DC She talked about how everything in a court needs to be objective, and how although te judges may be sympathetic about the persons situation, they need to adhere to the laws and regulations that are instated.