Advocate Jayshree Manjrekar

I’ve been running my legal practice out of Shivai Nagar for a good while now. The office is in Sai Chayya, right on Pokhran Road 1 here in Thane. It’s a quiet enough spot compared to the main city, which is nice when you have to focus on complicated paperwork. People come by with all sorts of legal questions and worries. Most of the time, I’m just sitting at my desk going through files or talking to clients about their specific situations. It’s not a big law firm with hundreds of people, just me and some help to keep things organized. The neighbors in the building are friendly and we’ve been here long enough that everyone knows us. Thane has changed a lot over the years, but this corner stays pretty much the same. I try to keep things straightforward with people who walk in. No big legal words that nobody understands. Just plain talk about what can be done legally. My desk is usually covered in stacks of papers and folders, and the phone rings quite a bit during the day. Sometimes it gets a bit overwhelming, but that’s just how the legal world is. We have tea in the afternoons and keep the doors open for anyone who needs to drop off documents. It’s a local office for local people, really. Just doing the daily work and trying to help out where I can.