You Can Contact My Lawyer

Because as of yesterday, Alex is officially licensed to practice law in Illinois! And on top of that........ he is an EMPLOYED licensed lawyer! Yes, that's right- three hours after he was sworn in he received a job offer and he happily accepted! He will be working for a smaller firm in the city that does commercial litigation. Basically, he said they deal with a lot of collections. His job will require him to be in the courtroom more than he ever thought he would, but it will be great experience for him!

Clearly, we are soooo excited and incredibly relieved! We were expecting the worse, but hoping for the best when it came to the job hunt- and we are extremely grateful that everything turned out so well.

Below are some pictures from the day. Alex's mom and grandpa both came up for the ceremony. We went to lunch with them afterwards at a great little Italian place near our apartment, and that was where he received the e-mail about meeting with the firm again. His mom and I were both about to jump out of our seats with excitement! haha

It meant so much to Alex (and I) that his grandpa was able to make the trip up here as well. He said that he hasn't been up here in about 60 years. He told us a story about when he was last here, they came up to go see a show at the 6th Street Theater. Afterwards, they went to find a hotel room for the night. They went up to a guy working at the front desk of the hotel and asked how much the room would be for the night, the man replied it would be $19. Alex's grandpa then replies to the man, "We don't want to buy the place, we just want to stay the night!" haha!! Al and I got the biggest kick out of that! Obviously, from his reaction they didn't stay there. They found another place where they paid $6 for the night. What a bargain!!

Congratulations Counselor Dimitt!

We are all so proud of you and all of your accomplishments!