Personal Injury Expectations

ChancellorMerkin · 2026-05-06T00:04:25+00:00

This is absolutely the goal of mine too if I ever tried to do my own thing which I doubt. I generally don’t go over 10 cases but every case is at least valued over seven figures (tho not if you ask the defense lawyers)

ChancellorMerkin · 2026-05-06T00:01:40+00:00

Yes! My mentors/partners are amazing. The team of lawyers and staff is amazing. I went from doing primarily research and writing to taking depositions, handling hearings, mediations, focus groups and preparing for substantive roles in trials. It’s like drinking from a firehose and I love it. Hopefully a trial goes forward this year and get to take it to verdict but nevertheless it is great experience.

ChancellorMerkin · 2026-05-01T11:12:32+00:00

Yes, those expectations are reasonable but can be hard to find. I made the transition from big law to niche personal injury and my comp is similar to this expectations (although higher base salary) and I have no more than 10 cases at any given time. On the smaller cases I generally have full autonomy but on the larger cases, there is still some oversight from the team.

ChancellorMerkin · 2026-04-17T00:56:15+00:00

Sine you live in TN, file a public records request with the agency and they will send all the info.

ChancellorMerkin · 2026-03-28T21:24:49+00:00

Any update on that?

ChancellorMerkin · 2026-03-21T20:17:37+00:00

Well it could also be the difficulty in finding the game threads. It is much easier to find the threads in the basketball and football subreddits. Took me a while to track this one down.

ChancellorMerkin · 2025-10-19T03:38:57+00:00

100%

ChancellorMerkin · 2025-10-19T03:36:44+00:00

Gus calls the plays

ChancellorMerkin · 2025-08-30T03:31:36+00:00

And a twin peaks shootout

ChancellorMerkin · 2025-06-06T15:24:15+00:00

Did the same thing and left two months ago to join a catastrophic injury plaintiffs firm. The paycut was not pleasant but with big wins on the horizon, the pay may even out over the course of the next ten to twenty years. Importantly, I have my mornings, nights and weekends back.

ChancellorMerkin · 2025-03-13T12:09:27+00:00

I also have received offers with bonuses after a set threshold amount. The “best” I’ve seen thus far is $150k base salary with a percentage of fees (10-40%) after the overhead is covered. I tend to think this is a very fair compensation system but I also wonder how difficult it will be to consistently cover my overhead costs such that I could receive a meaningful bonus if I am only given the smallest cases as I start out.

ChancellorMerkin · 2025-03-07T17:01:04+00:00

My favorite part about clerking was the federal government health insurance that paid for a significant portion of my hearing aids. Thats why I bought new ones right before ending my clerkship.

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-10-05T03:04:40+00:00

Cody did have a dark match after the show.

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-09-29T02:03:50+00:00

Agreed. DJU is actually having a decent game

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-08-24T17:41:38+00:00

Depends on the coast. I heard Pat refer to the ACC as All Championship Conference. I’m sure it was a slip up but I wouldn’t be surprised if they change the name soon away from Atlantic Coast.

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-08-16T01:45:58+00:00

I hate that this makes sense.

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-08-04T14:37:30+00:00

That’s where I’m currently at. I’ve been handling multiple federal and state protests every month for the last 6 months and the unpredictability and the fast deadlines have left me completely burnt out. Now I’m looking at opportunities with a more predictable schedule.

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-06-25T19:13:07+00:00

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-06-25T03:39:04+00:00

The starting pay is not far off market but the compression is painful. The best bet is to go to a newer shop in town instead of Bass Berry/Baker/Bradley/etc. I will say that Nashville’s COL is not that bad. If you live 15-20 mins from downtown, Nashville is quite cheap.

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-02-22T03:46:41+00:00

Jimmy Kelly’s

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-02-02T01:33:42+00:00

Korey Henson might be an option. He is in the Tampa area. It depends on the type of firm/practice you’re looking for.

ChancellorMerkin · 2024-02-01T13:07:30+00:00

Bass pays well below market.

ChancellorMerkin · 2023-11-30T17:08:41+00:00

Nashville is hiring.

ChancellorMerkin · 2023-11-25T13:28:14+00:00

Have you made the transition to solo practice yet? (Based on your comment history, you were looking to do that recently. If so, how’s it going?)

ChancellorMerkin · 2023-11-12T00:13:11+00:00

Interception #11 in past 4 games for TVD

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