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The perception of law firms as highstress
work environments is well documented,
but at the Islandia-based law
firm of Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP,
the leadership broke the mold.
The partners at Lewis Johs maintain
an upbeat office atmosphere, one in
which staffers raising their voices
with colleagues is not tolerated, families
break bread, and clients become
friends.
“We put our employees first,” said Fred
Johs, a founding partner of Lewis Johs.
“We value them as people."
The formula is why Lewis Johs, a full-service
law firm that also has an office in
New York City, has grown from four to
more than 75 attorneys since its inception
in 1993.
Lewis Johs has steadily gained a reputation
as a skilled law firm handling
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complex commercial litigation, civil
trials, business transactions, real estate
and banking matters, appeals, trusts
and estates and elder law. In their collective
experience the lawyers have
represented clients in virtually every
industry. "One criteria for our attorneys
is someone we want to sit down and have
dinner and a couple of drinks with and
enjoy their company,” Johs said. “It’s not
always about the money aspect of it, the
business aspect of it: It’s about liking the
people you work with.”
The same goes for clients.
"I had one client who, when we first met,
said, 'I don't like lawyers,' and I said, "I get
it, but take my card in case you ever need
me. A year later he called when one of
his drivers was involved in a fatal crash,"
Johs recalls. "We got a very good result
on that case, and he went on to become
our biggest private client and one of my
best friends."
He said that building that kind of culture
has paid dividends.
“I don’t buy the ‘nice guys finish last’
theory,” he said. “I think you can be
nice and be very effective and get the
job done.”
Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP's Long
Island office is located at 1377 Motor
Parkway Suite 400, Islandia. It can be
reached at 631-755-0101, fax 631-755-0117
or lewisjohs.com
LEWIS JOHS AVALLONE AVILES, LLP
Fred Johs (Photograph by Studio Flash Photography, Bobby Farokhzed)
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