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Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:40 pm to BassMaster318
The idea that “big law” is the only way to do well as an attorney is ridiculous
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:47 pm to NIH
It still makes me lol that "Big law" in Louisiana is primarily insurance defense work.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:47 pm to NIH
I'd rather be a small town sheriff
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:56 pm to justaniceguy
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Being a charlatan
FIFY
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:00 pm to justaniceguy
Burn in hell
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:02 pm to SlowFlowPro
Yeah, there are probably less than 4-5 big law firms with any presence in Louisiana.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:08 pm to John Casey
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:13 pm to NIH
Now THAT I'd consider suboptimal. Putting in all of that work in law school only to do insurance defense is just not an efficient use of personal resources.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:29 pm to justaniceguy
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I think it would be fun to be a small town lawyer.
It is all about what kind of money you want to make and what type of lifestyle you want. Lawyers have the biggest delta in compensation across all the professional degrees. You have lawyers making 8 figures and lawyers sweating keeping the lights on in their office, obviously, they are both at the edges of the bell curve.
There a couple things that come to mind you have to consider:
1. Especially early on you are going to have to take a lot of crap cases you don;t really want to do and don't know how to do. You are going to have to spend a lot of non-billable time teaching yourself the practical aspects of practice in those areas. You won't have a mentor/partner to run down the hall and ask them what to do.
2. Whether a small town practice or a big city boutique if your name is on the door you have two jobs not one. You have to practice law and you have to run a business. Some people are great at one but a lot fewer are good at both. I've found an unusually high number of people that have never run a business think would be good at it, but statistics show that is far from true. It is even more common than people thinking they should have been an attorney and for many of them just as deluded. In over 30 years of practice I have never lost a second of sleep concerned about IT costs, lease issues, capital outlays, or electric bills. For some people dealing with a business and practicing law at the same time comes naturally for most it doesn't.
That sort of practice never interested me but I wouldn't dissuade someone considering it as long as they look at the realities of split responsibilities.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:31 pm to justaniceguy
In some of these small parishes you have an excellent chance of getting elected DA or judge because there aren’t many attorneys living there.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:31 pm to notiger1997
Small towns all over texas.
There don’t seem to be many real estate attorneys in small towns between San Antonio, the RGV, Laredo, corpus. Which is a huge area. Or in the hill country or out west maybe near uvalde.
I wouldn’t be opposed to living in a small town in Mississippi either… but I am from texas.
There don’t seem to be many real estate attorneys in small towns between San Antonio, the RGV, Laredo, corpus. Which is a huge area. Or in the hill country or out west maybe near uvalde.
I wouldn’t be opposed to living in a small town in Mississippi either… but I am from texas.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 11:00 pm to justaniceguy
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Posted on 11/23/24 at 11:03 pm to justaniceguy
“Real estate attorneys” in those towns also practice probate law, family law, etc. and people and entities with money are potentially hiring firms from the big cities. Not as big of a market for work as you’d think.
With boomers retiring off and dying, there will be a lot of money in the coming years in probate litigation
With boomers retiring off and dying, there will be a lot of money in the coming years in probate litigation
Posted on 11/23/24 at 11:39 pm to NIH
I definitely wouldn’t do just real estate. I realize the small town lawyer has to do a bit of “door law”. I just find property and all that interesting
Posted on 11/24/24 at 12:59 am to justaniceguy
What do you consider a small town?
Posted on 11/24/24 at 1:00 am to justaniceguy
quote:There wouldn't be enough work to make a living doing just real estate, anyway.
I definitely wouldn’t do just real estate.
Posted on 11/24/24 at 5:36 am to justaniceguy
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I think most people would rather hire a local. Or somebody from the next town over. They would possibly charge less too.
When pressed or in a crisis, some rich folks don’t trust the opinions of a local person, they would rather spend the money on an out of town person whether that is for Medical services, legal services, or any other professional services.
Posted on 11/24/24 at 6:42 am to justaniceguy
Twice the hours, half the pay
but, I would not trade
but, I would not trade
Posted on 11/24/24 at 8:10 am to justaniceguy
What Hollywood fantasyland movie are you basing this post on?
How many people in economically depressed areas do you know that can afford to play $500/hour what-if?
How many people in economically depressed areas do you know that can afford to play $500/hour what-if?
This post was edited on 11/24/24 at 8:12 am
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