NAME: Ravinder S. Bhalla
AGE: 44
HOMETOWN: Passaic, NJ
TWITTER: @RaviBhalla
How do you introduce yourself?
Ravi Bhalla.
What inspires you?
Public service.
What challenges you?
Fitting everything into one day.
Tell us about the biggest risk you ever took.
I started my own law firm in 2005 with no clients, just a telephone, a letterhead, and a dream. It could have been a disaster, but it’s a risk I’m glad I took.
What are you reading/watching/listening to these days?
Related
I’m reading “Killing the Poormaster.” It’s based on a real-life murder that happened in Hoboken City Hall in the 1930s. It’s fascinating.
If you weren’t doing what you’re doing now, what career would you want to pursue?
I would play for the Yankees, but if they cut me I’d want to be a human rights lawyer.
What’s your motto?
Trust thyself.
I celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month because…
People who forget their past have no future.
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