Q&A with Top Lawyers: Miguel Dominguez

Miguel Dominguez is one of the 600 trial-ready attorneys in Morgan & Morgan practicing in areas such as Civil Rights, Civil Trial Litigation, and Medical Malpractice.

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Can you tell us about your career path, how did you get to your current position?

My path was long and hard, but one of the experiences I always include as an instrumental part of my development as an attorney was my career as a mental health professional before attending law school. My first career after college was as a social worker serving the mentally ill homeless in Atlanta. I was also a counsel - or on Georgia’s suicide hotline. It was these early years in mental health that provided the training I needed to communicate persuasively with tact, empathy and compassion. After law school, I served as a law clerk at the Georgia Court of Appeals, opened up my own practice as a criminal defense attorney, became a state prosecutor, practiced civil defense litigation and finally became a plaintiff ’s lawyer.

What has been one of the most rewarding moments you’ve experienced in your career?

When you handle this profession as the privilege that it is and become a good steward over the responsibilities and blessings it bestows upon you, the rewarding moments are abundant. As a prosecutor, I was able to make such a significant impact on people’s lives by giving individuals accused of a crime a second chance at life, exonerating an innocent person, or creatively structuring a sentence that helps a person turn it all around and become a productive member of society.