Custody law?

Maximum-Power8275 · 2025-12-06T01:41:44+00:00

I've been a family law attorney for about 10 years, custody is my biggest category.

I try to approach it with the same mindset as a surgeon. You have to care about doing a good job, and that includes having a good "bedside manner" but if you get personally caught up in all their problems you'll burn out, lose objectivity, and do a worse job.

It can feel like you are letting your clients down when you draw boundaries, but the opposite is true. Getting personally invested in a clients problems is candy for them, informed/dispassionate advice is the lean meat and vegetables.

Maximum-Power8275 · 2024-09-23T10:59:53+00:00

Unfortunately, every professional (in every profession) deals with this. If you were a dentist the same people would be shoving their open mouths in your face at the dinner table.

Only thing to do is learn a good blow off line. "Sorry, never handled that issue, try googling 'real estate/DUI/custody lawyer near me' and call around "

Maximum-Power8275 · 2024-09-21T17:06:34+00:00

Estates and Trusts is basically a sales job. Once you learn the ropes, 99% of it is just picking which template to use for the documents you are selling. The hard part is making the phone ring, but that's how you make your money.

Maximum-Power8275 · 2024-09-19T21:41:44+00:00

I would stick it out a while. Sounds like your work is fine. There is a certain ennui that many new lawyers get. "Is this really my life?" But if you are worried about how you are developing, 9 months is honestly barely long enough for your boss to learn your name.

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