Brad Scheller usually gets to work around 7 a.m. In his New York office, the Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo partner keeps a spare, stand up string bass. It's not performance-ready, but Scheller's wife asked him to get it out of the house.

“I get in pretty early and I'll stand there and I'll just play a little bit before my day starts and before anyone else gets here,” he said.

Scheller's been playing music long before he began practicing law. In between keeping up with his patent litigation practice, he plays bass and does vocals for The Slicked Up 9's, a swing band that Scheller started while in college.