04/14/2022
Matthew Bourhis featured in Attorney At Law Magazine!
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Matthew Bourhis: A Crusade for Justice
As the son of two successful attorneys, no one was really surprised when Matthew Bourhis decided to take the same career path. No one that is except Bourhis himself.
“Actually, having both parents as lawyers dissuaded me from any desire in that direction,” he says with a smile. “I thought lawyers were difficult, argumentative and unreasonable. But also, well-educated, powerful, resourceful and capable of really changing people’s lives. That probably drew me to the law in ways I did not necessarily notice. I knew I wanted to have a career where I could have an impact on people’s lives and make a difference. I wanted to be in a position to be an expert where I could understand people’s problems and help them.
“But really, it wasn’t until I had a personal experience with disability that I realized that law was my calling,” he adds.
A New Outlook
When his mother was in a horrific accident that necessitated the amputation of her leg, Bourhis was halfway through college. At just 20 years old he was unprepared for the trauma of seeing his mother go through such a devastating experience and having to fight her insurance company. “My mother was in the hospital for a month. She went through about thirty blood transfusions and had six surgeries before they amputated her leg.” Bourhis says. “I remember one day, she was about to go into surgery, we did not know whether she would come out alive, and the doctor gave me 30 seconds to speak with her before wheeling her away. I didn’t know what to say other than ‘I love you’ and she said the same and then urged me to focus on school.
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