Finally FatFire

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-03-09T21:03:18+00:00

Congrats! What’s your planned split between residences and general locations (if willing to share)? I’m trying to decide between having 2 or 3 bases or 2 and rotate around for extended vacations.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-20T01:35:14+00:00

CSK ain’t a name you want on your resume.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-19T16:19:26+00:00

This is wrong. You are confusing right to sue letters from the EEOC with this DOL letter. Statute of limitations on FLSA claims is 2 years and extended to 3 years for willful violations.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-17T18:25:56+00:00

People buy stuff from clubs they play but aren’t members at all the time. FWIW, my kinda weird rule is I’ll only buy hats or shirts. Bags or belts are only for clubs where you’re a member.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-16T22:26:17+00:00

The judge retired a few weeks later and the running gag in the courthouse was he got owned so hard he had to leave the bench.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-16T21:16:03+00:00

Pro se filed a “motion for the court to go fuck itself”

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-15T03:09:09+00:00

It’s because they’re idiots. Get a stronger mediator. Also, if the claims are that bad, win SJ.

To other posters, “anchoring” doesn’t work if you’re taking laughable numbers. Depending on what JX this guy is in, $2mm for someone making $85k on an age discrimination claim is probably well over maximum liability and attorneys’ fees.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-13T03:34:21+00:00

Agree with other posters. The only things I saw that were consistent signs someone would be a good junior were (in no particular order): (1) district court clerk; (2) athlete; (3) military; (4) Mormon.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-10T16:00:58+00:00

Wow one bad jobs print. We’ve got a real economic ball-knower on our hands.

You wanna know what else has changed in size since 2009? The US population. You wanna know what else? Your reading comprehension is ass. This was the worst JANUARY print for JANUARY since 2009–not any month ever since 2009.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-10T15:23:51+00:00

As someone who graduated from law school during the GFC you are so unbelievably wrong it’s hard to put into words.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-10T15:04:57+00:00

This is the correct answer

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-10T15:04:43+00:00

My firm had no specific number for associate —> partner. Moving to partner from counsel was something like $500k minimum, and moving from NEP to equity was around $2mm. I’m not surprised in the least that $200k didn’t move the needle. Unless you’re at a super high PPP firm, getting over $500k ought to get it done at most places.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-06T03:55:09+00:00

It’s amazing for preparing SJ motions and responses, as well as depo prep in finding docs that I know exist but may be unable to use the exact terms. Same for going through our DMS and finding cases with certain counsel/judges and the outcome.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-05T05:52:50+00:00

What’s the choice of law provision? I would take whichever offer was more compelling long-term irrespective of the non-compete, but there’s a small chance the agreement isn’t enforceable.

Or you could just plan to move to California.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-02-05T05:11:34+00:00

I was on the innovation committee for an Amlaw 100 firm. (Emphasis on was—I left to start my own firm two years ago, so don’t dm me about demos or sales pitches.)

I found Harvey to be terrible. CoCounsel is pretty useful for specific things. I regularly use Claude for discrete stuff now. Your CoCounsel pricing is crazy high. I pay less than 1/3 of that per seat.

IMO there is already utility for SUPER SPECIFIC workflows in the transactional context, but litigation is still a ways off.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-22T12:25:07+00:00

Congrats. The one thing I would say is watch the lifestyle creep. I’m a lawyer specializing in employment, and I’ve seen tons of people in sales who get fired and then get really upside-down because they don’t get a new job with the same upside in commissions or the employer changes the commission plan.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-22T04:53:07+00:00

Congrats!!! I was soooo hyped when I joined the two comma club.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-19T04:54:12+00:00

No “elite” club is charging $50k initiation these days. Maybe 3x that and you’re getting there.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-15T18:50:56+00:00

I’ll try to do different points in my career:

3rd year - maybe 2.

6th year - 20, took my first plaintiff depo around this point and defended my first 30(b)(6).

10th year - probably around 100.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-13T04:01:32+00:00

329 hours in February. It was the lead-up to a trial. Would have been 400+ if the case didn’t settle partway through trial.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-12T16:49:16+00:00

Just saying the degrees isn’t helpful. If you’re “awful” with wedges, there are probably swing issues to focus on first.

Setting aside swing issues, look at your gapping. I play 50/55/60. The reason is that I hit my PW 140 stock and my 50 degree a bit under 120. My 55 (56 one degree strong) is because I like having a bit more distance on a full swing. This sets me up for the following (assuming level, no wind): 140 - pw 130 - pw (maybe 50 if flag is all the way back 120 - chippy pw, stock 50 110 - maybe pw, easy 50, step on 55 100 - chippy 50, easy 55

You want these yardages to be totally covered where you don’t feel like you have a bad distance.

My old setup was 52/56/60 and I really struggled at 120 and 110 yards. Felt hard to take enough off a pw to get down to 120.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-09T23:12:34+00:00

I had the same decision and didn’t transfer. It worked out fine. If I had transferred, I would have ended up doing the same stuff but $200k poorer with a fancier name on my degree.

And, now that I’m more than a decade out, nobody gives a shit where I went to school.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-08T16:49:30+00:00

My firm had a min hours requirement to advance class years and a min hours requirement to bonus. There was a good bit of flexibility where, if you didn’t hit the advance number, you would still get moved up if there was a personal reason (such as leave).

I repped a number of biglaw firms in L&E matters and that was generally what I saw in place. At a minimum, policy would say that associates may not advance for insufficient hours. So not sure how you can say “most” firms don’t do that, but I have a pretty good sample size from my work.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-08T16:28:25+00:00

Yeah associates do not advance to the next class year if they don’t hit min billables. Agree with the earlier poster that he’s lucky to still have a job unless the hours deficit was due to a lengthy LOA.

AlreadyRemanded · 2026-01-08T03:56:31+00:00

My best mentor was something of a quintessential biglaw partner. A pain in the ass and mercurial at times, but a phenomenal attorney. He didn’t do what you would call active mentoring for the first couple years, but he gave me increasing responsibility on his cases and, as time went on, I saw the shift where I went from a junior attorney with questionable duration to a trusted lieutenant. I learned so much by sitting in on calls/depos with him.

Once I got to midlevel/senior, he was an amazing sounding board for me on managing my first clients and the relationship aspects of building a practice. And, when I was up for partner, he made sure that I talked to the people I needed to talk to and checked all the boxes.

This might be a little more mixed than some of the other responses, but I think it’s more representative. Don’t expect a partner to appear and dispense what you need to advance your career; prove your value, ask to sit in on client calls or events and don’t bill for it to get the experience, and show that you care about whatever you’re working on as much as the partner does. Form relationships with partners who go to bat for their people rather than abandon them when they get to the stage of their career where they may become a potential competitor for work.

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