John Bradley
“Make no mistake: the process of adapting to island life is not easy,” he wrote.
“There are cultural, economic and political complications that can make life very hard for people who arrive with unrealistic expectations. The geographical and social isolation is challenging.”
Bradley said he has “met lawyers who turned down job offers or left before finishing their contract for lots of very personal reasons. It’s not always a good fit. But, for those lawyers who stay and embrace a new type of life, they thrive and grow in ways they never expect to happen.”
From 2014 to 2016, Bradley was attorney general of Palau. From 2002 to 2012, he was the elected district attorney for Williamson County, Texas.
Bradley also served for several years on the board of directors of the National District Attorneys Association and taught at numerous national courses.
In 2005, the National College of District Attorneys presented him the Steven Von Riesen Lecturer of Merit Award for exceptional service in continuing education of prosecutors.
Bradley mentioned that he applied for the Yap AG’s job, but he never heard back from anyone.
He said he also applied for the Marshall Islands AG’s post, but “never heard anything back, except to say that [his application] was received.”
“At some point,” Bradley wrote, “we all daydream about a perfect way to combine our law degree with travel to faraway places. You might be just out of law school, thinking you have earned a distraction from staring at pages and pages of very thick textbooks. You might be in the middle of a career, wondering if there is any way to substitute blue skies for the three walls and fluorescent light of a cubicle. Or, you might be closing in on early retirement, thinking you should finally pick a life based on location rather than salary.”
“Most of us,” he added, “repeatedly squash that dream to meet the demands of a professional career and family; or, we temporarily satisfy the urge with a quick flight to a place that isn’t so far away, has a great hotel and perhaps a partial view of a beach. For those of you who can’t seem to make those daydreams go away, I want to explain how some prosecutors get to that faraway place by using their law degree, lowered expectations and a dive into a Pacific Ocean practice.”
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