Authored By: Rob Mohr |
Advocate Capital CEO and Chairman, Paul Myers, sits down with Brian McCallister, of the McCallister Law Firm, to discuss the importance of maintaining a work life balance in trial law. Brian shares his own methods for decompression and encourages other lawyers to make time for taking care of themselves both for their own sake and for the benefit of their clients. He also explains the importance of setting boundaries with work during trial and how centering vulnerability, humility and gratitude in his law practice keeps him energized and on track to get the best results for his clients.
Brian McCallister is the founder and owner of The McCallister Law Firm, P.C. Since founding the law firm in 1996, Brian has dedicated his professional life to the representation of individuals and families in cases involving catastrophic injury or death resulting from dangerous products, semi-tractor-trailer crashes, automobile crashes, and medical malpractice.
Brian graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law in 1988. He has practiced in the Kansas City area since then. He was selected to serve on the Board of Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA), Missouri's premier plaintiffs' rights bar organization, then served on MATA’s executive committee for ten years from 2007 – 2016, in the last year of which he served as MATA’s President. He is a graduate of the prestigious Trial Lawyers College, founded by famed plaintiff’s lawyer, Gerry Spence in 1994. Brian is currently a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA), and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. He has three adult children, and his youngest, Jillian, is preparing for law school as we speak!
