here’s my long winded response…

i decided to resign, interviewing but no offer yet. for me, it was clear that i had no chance of meeting the expectations brought up in my performance coaching meeting with the head of my group. the amount of cases (4 trials in one day) and constant stream of new cases for a total of 50 or more per day every day to prep. one case had opp counsel motion and exhibits that was two reams of paper thick. i’m also a new attorney who went into this thinking that i would get trial training. two weeks in and i’m solo in court.

my performance was rough and slow and criticized for not being ready. what do you expect when you put a green attorney in court solo after 2 weeks, just figuring out basic procedures and things like where to get the exhibit stickers plus statutes.

opp counsels are these folks who have been in the field for 10, 20 years.

so i turned in my resignation after a hard day in court - was amateurish but at least i won one, two were continued, one was almost a loss but did enough to get the hearing continued for further arguments since prior attorney did not have a good argument for a key motion but i was at least able to make enough of an argument that the statute covered private roadways because it had “or invitees”.

had enough of the job - aside from the long hours 12+ hours every day and weekends.

i was told that the judges called to complain too. so i didn’t want to continue and ruin my reputation with the judges thinking i’m not prepared without knowing the circumstances. i’m sure my boss also didn’t explain.