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After switching from Lawyer to Sawyer, I turn fallen trees into stories. From 1998 to 2019, I built one of the largest family law firms in the southeast (Meriwether & Tharp, LLC), but then I made a decision that shocked many. In 2020, I changed one letter in my description and went from Lawyer to Sawyer. Now I turn fallen trees into stories. Ironically enough, in law school, I studied environmental law and was even the President of the Environmental Law Society one year. But, I never practiced in that field. Now I am part of a group of sawyers that help keep urban trees out of the landfill while giving them a second life as furniture, flooring, etc. I am doing more to help the environment today than I ever did as a lawyer. To be clear, however, if you see me hugging a tree, it is only to measure the board feet in the log. Today, we work with commercial property and residential home owners. We help businesses and individuals craft a story about the furniture in their homes and buildings by allowing them to re-use the timber on their property. We use a Wood-Mizer LT40 Wide Portable Sawmill to mill up the logs. Once they are milled, we let them air dry down to 30% moisture content. Then we move them into one of our kilns to dry them down to 8% moisture content. At that stage, we sterilize the wood to kill any potential dormant insect eggs that could be hidden in the lumber.

Listed skills include Domestic Relations, Family Law, Legal Writing, Legal Research, and 25 others.