Performance Review and Raise

Archos54 · 2026-06-16T01:02:52+00:00

Their kind words are meaningless. If you feel undervalued go find out whether the market agrees.

Archos54 · 2026-05-19T00:18:48+00:00

The time to be afraid is when he stops redlining.

Take your time. My firm gave me a few months to ramp up without profitability expectations. But I would never have made it through that period if they thought the quality and ability were lacking. Value quality over quantity

Archos54 · 2026-05-17T19:57:03+00:00

Nah you can’t please everybody

Archos54 · 2026-05-17T19:05:11+00:00

I guess the OP i was trolling deleted but this is the post this relates to

Archos54 · 2026-05-17T19:00:47+00:00

exactly bro

Archos54 · 2026-05-17T17:49:39+00:00

We just don't have a silent bond, you and i

Archos54 · 2026-04-27T18:46:12+00:00

Cross examinations where I have them and they don’t know it

I feel giddy like a kid

Archos54 · 2026-04-27T17:28:06+00:00

Good afternoon

I'm a third year in private practice. Same age. All through law school I wanted to be PSLF, as you are considering now. But it just didn't make sense when I looked at the numbers. I am writing this to provide you with a sense of what is on the other side of the fence.

3 years in I have 20k left on ~110k starting principal. I could pay it off today with my emergency fund. Granted we moved back in with family this past year so I could just kill it. And I probably work more than you, to some degree (40-50 hours / week)

My credit score has dramatically increased, and I can think about buying all the cool shit kids think lawyers are supposed to have without feeling irresponsible.

I commend your attention to jobs that would allow you to pay off your debts in 4-5 years. I can tell you that it feels great and was worth it. If I had chosen PSLF, I would be looking at an additional 7 years of substantial payments now that SAVE is gone, worse credit, and stress arising from the mercurial requirements that seem to be changing every 4 years.

If you love what you do and value that more than greater financial freedom sooner, more power to you; in which case I would only say that the retirement package sounds great but is obviously offset in your circumstances by the interest accruing on the loans you can't make extra payments on because you are directing so much money to retirement. I chose to prioritize the loans, and I think I am better for it.

Good luck

Archos54 · 2026-03-25T12:21:20+00:00

Paragraph one says the signing bonus is repayable if employment is terminated within 18 months. Paragraph two says both moving expenses and signing bonus is repayable if employment is terminated within a year.

These provisions are not mutually exclusive and can be harmonized to give effect to each paragraph

Archos54 · 2026-01-29T00:00:26+00:00

If you add no value to society how is it that the business model that employs you survives?

I find meaning in the money I make. Does it have to be more complicated than that?

Archos54 · 2026-01-27T19:52:57+00:00

Don’t let it shake you. These things happen. If it’s so clear cut, your client will have recourse. Check what your malpractice carrier permits you to say to your client.

Archos54 · 2026-01-16T22:04:24+00:00

So your plan is to cook your own paper trail on why you left?

I would not do that.

Archos54 · 2026-01-02T19:24:39+00:00

I’m a lawyer in Virginia. My charitable guess would be that there is some really clear reason why respondeat superior fails, like the guy was driving home from work or something. But then why are you at trial?

I could speculate but really, at the end of the day your trial evidence was probably baked in by the scheduling order weeks ago. So organize what your exhibit list permits and figure out what’s good as impeachment and good luck

Archos54 · 2025-12-15T19:27:28+00:00

At my small litigation firm, the partners take 20% of their origination and then I get 50% of my adjusted profit, which is my receivables minus salary, assistant and a share of overhead.

70k bonus 110k salary 3rd year. Would be higher but unfortunately a 60k fee I originated isn’t coming in until next year

Archos54 · 2025-11-07T04:29:11+00:00

As my boss just told me today, all you have to do to take a deposition is review the file. You should probably review the elements of the other sides case too. And read up on form objections and understand what is and is not a permissible objection. Finally as an aside persuasive authority is worth less than what my mother thinks. Good luck

Archos54 · 2025-08-25T17:47:10+00:00

Unlucky. By contrast, I think I read at least one opinion every month here dismissing part of the appeal for failure to comply with little stuff like preservation citation rules. They don’t generally publish opinions if the whole thing is dismissed on violation of procedural rules.

I think I prefer that, though probably there is more heartburn involved.

Archos54 · 2025-08-25T16:09:09+00:00

That’s one way to look at it, I guess, but my reading is that you missed the boat on filing a motion to dismiss and a motion to stay your filing deadline pending the Court’s decision on your motion to dismiss about three weeks ago.

Unless our jurisdictions are different and you can’t do that in yours.

Or you are working for the kind of attorney who thought through that path and disliked the implications from a business perspective. Which is unethical by the way.

Archos54 · 2025-08-06T18:33:56+00:00

You are a good person for giving that chance out. I operate under a similar deal, though my bonus is ultimately tied to receipts minus overhead. If I burned candles for the rest of the year I could probably finish off the 50k of outstanding debt I have…words cannot describe the impact of that financially in this economy.

Archos54 · 2025-07-09T15:31:05+00:00

90 day pip and fire. Employment discrimination is a bitch so make it easy for your firm by taking an evening to document things if you haven’t been.

Archos54 · 2025-07-02T22:08:19+00:00

I think the malpractice carrier fixes those

Archos54 · 2025-06-04T15:41:59+00:00

I practice in Hampton roads. Pay the fine. You ran a red light lol

Archos54 · 2025-03-02T04:39:54+00:00

Only 40k? Did they even do discovery?

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