HUNGARY Dr. Lévai Imre Róbert Divorce Lawyer Divorce Lawyer of the Year 6 www.lawyer-monthly.com Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2024 Dr. Lévai Imre Róbert Attorney at Law, is a distinguished legal professional with a career spanning diverse and challenging areas, including criminal defence, family law, and property disputes. His journey into law began with a childhood ambition to help people and uphold justice, inspired by his fascination with courtroom drama and his admiration for the legal profession. Despite initially excelling in mechanical engineering, Dr. Lévai’s passion for law ultimately led him to pursue his true calling. Today, he represents clients in over 500 court hearings annually and handles complex, high-stakes cases that often cross international borders. In this interview, Dr. Lévai shares insights into his career, the challenges of his practice, and his vision for the future of the legal landscape in Hungary. What inspired you to pursue a career in law and how has your motivation evolved over the years? I’ve always wanted to be a lawyer, ever since I was a small child. I constantly ended up watching Petrocelli movies for an unbeknownst reason. I simply wanted to help people in trouble and found it particularly inviting that everyone looked up to lawyers. However, my professional life didn’t start out in the legal field at first but as a mechanical engineer as I excelled in maths at school at a national level. Once I graduated from law school, all I cared about was becoming a lawyer. I was mesmerized by the hundreds of court hearings I attended as a trainee lawyer. I admired and respected both parties as they tried to prove their own truth. I also noticed if a lawyer wants to do a good job, he needs to be very sharp and attentive. One has to recognize the given situation and make the most of it. Once I became a lawyer, it became clear that I mostly wanted to deal with family and criminal law. Both areas are incredibly exciting, ’life tastes like them’, thus I successfully argued more and more cases. I didn’t find other fields of law appealing; they all seemed rather dry. As of today, I can safely say there isn’t a legal task I have not come across. I usually Q
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