Nah, what happens is they come along for the ride when I join them into the case along with defendants that have coverage to avoid the empty chair. Even if they get dropped downstream they're still looking at $50k - $100k down the tubes for the misadventure.
My field is pretty paint by numbers. Takes me no more than 30 min to prep for a depo. Do that on Friday’s before I leave for the weekend. Haven’t gone to trial yet, but when that day comes I’ll have to work a weekend. I’m fine with that for the once in a blue moon trial.
Bamanug gets put on retainer and disappears into the jungle for 10 days with no contact with the outside world while his clients need to negotiate and close a loan. Good use of that retainer
Can you flee the country while being sued? Or do they only block you if it's criminal? I'd bounce south of the border so fast.
For something you know nearly nothing about? You negotiated a guaranty with an empty shell company… A fool and their money are soon parted. Godspeed and have fun drafting title objection notices from a hammock on the beach
No doubt. But your initial post implies you have no idea what you’re doing and states that you don’t have the discipline to teach yourself. My point is that you’re not going to be able to wing it for your clients like you do for your personal matters. Depending on the issue, real estate can be technical. You’re not a technical kinda guy
He should get put on retainer for criminal defense, employment law, immigration law, and intellectual property, too
It's so fucking competitive out here. There are a few big firms that have that market cornered. And I don't really smoke weed anymore, sadly. But, I think there's gonna be a new area for psychedelics with psilocybin being decriminalized in WA and OR. I bet it's being sold at the weed shops in the next 2-3 years.
"Well, it depends." I like to think of myself as whatever the opposite of imposter syndrome is. Fake it til you make it everyday. Or until you get caught with your pants down.
Somewhat relevant. Was talking to a guy last night who said fuck the billable hour and setup his own shop using fixed price agreements. Said this book changed how he views the business of law
One way to make up your income by moving to value pricing is certainly selling a book about value pricing for $70.
go ahead and start writing psychedelics law blogs and making youtube videos discussing it and corner the SEO market for that
Now we just need to get the rest of tmb to buy a production facility and have the mushrooms stocked up and ready to go for when we get them legalized.
Real estate law. One of the things I realized I knew absolutely zero about when I graduated law school. Doing a title search.
I’m like 99% sure this is just a sophisticated phishing scheme. Nationals have had this discount in place for years and it never works.
In the past 2 weeks I've had two fatalities referred directly to me -- one from my old law firm in AL and one from a client in WA. Today my boss asked my about staying on parttime/contract "indefinitely." Part time unauthorized practice of law abroad 4 lyfe
For the first time in my young career, I’ve got two trials that definitely look to be going. Mid April and early May. The April one is a real loser, but excited for the experience I suppose.
Nothing worse than a long ass email from another lawyer responding to my settlement offer explaining it on the merits. Dude, just send me a fucking number back. Or, if there’s something you haven’t given me that increases value, send that to me as well.
Also, this counter exceeds the policy limits. He went from “limits” to a breakdown $2,500 over limits. Clearly a math error, but come on.
Lawyer in my part of the woods (who wes tegg knows well), has a room in his office wallpapered with copies of settlement checks.
My favorite version of this happened a few years ago during a mediation opening involving a wrongful death case. We repped some of the beneficiaries, a different law firm repped some others. We had a very brief and bland joint opening. The other law firm had a 15 minute powerpoint with gruesome photos and the whole dog and pony show. At the end he had a single slide with their opening demand. I don't recall the number number now but it was about 3x the gross negligence cap. The defense lawyer and I looked at each other simultaneously with a "what the fuck is that" look at one another. My case got settled the others did not.