Brandine Powell
Attorney
Brandine Powell’s mother used to joke that she hadn’t won an argument with her daughter since she was two years old. Still, Powell graduated from college with an accounting degree. After graduation, she applied to law school on a whim. She spent eight months in an accounting firm — and hated it. On her way home from work on a particularly bad day, she asked the universe for a sign. The acceptance letter was in her mailbox when she arrived home. “It couldn’t have been any clearer,” says Powell. “It was my sign that law was my calling.”
Today, Powell has been practicing law for over 30 years and runs Liberty & Justice Legal, PA, with offices in Deerfield Beach and Fort Lauderdale, where she practices personal injury, criminal defense and family law.
“I want clients to be educated and believe they have someone walking through this system with them and they’re not going through it alone. They have a voice when they can’t speak for themselves whether it be a divorce, a crime or an injury from someone else being negligent or careless.” She wants clients to know she is their advocate. “I’m in their corner fighting for them at every stage.”
In fact, she knows that for most people the legal system and seeing an attorney can be intimidating.
“No one walks through the front door of my office because they’re having a great day, whether it be because of someone else’s wrongdoing, they were falsely accused or they made a mistake.” She always wants her clients to feel comfortable talking with her and to know that she is accessible to them.
“Whether it’s a mom worried that her 16-year-old got his first ticket or a family that lost a loved one in an accident, neither one is more important than the other. Both families deserve to talk to me.”
The best part of practicing law for Powell is when she knows she has been a part of something that in the end has had a positive, life-changing impact on a client’s life.
“Being a part of transforming a negative situation, whatever brought the client into my office, into something positive and hopeful makes the dedicated effort I put into each case worth it.”
Liberty & Justice Legal, PA, 4699 N. State Road 7, Ste. A1, Fort Lauderdale, 954-735-0095; Liberty & Justice Legal, Personal Injury Division, 1701 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Ste. 104, Deerfield Beach, 954-246-4242; libertyjusticelegal.com
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