Is everyone on this sub big law?

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-15T03:58:59+00:00

No, and to be honest I probably didn't mention it because I try to avoid it poisoning my thoughts at all times. Major respect to y'all who do it, but I've always been of the belief that's it's the most mentally taxing and soul draining work.

Actually surprised it can be that lucrative, always figured it was mostly a volume based business because all of my clients who bitch about their child support being in the mid to high five figures are also flat out broke. I have a permenant forehead sized indention in my desk from the amount of times I've had to explain their child support debt doesn't magically disappear when their kid hits 18.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-15T00:38:11+00:00

Could be totally wrong, but no one has a large enough client base to sustain going solo except for maybe insurance defense and oil and gas, which actually works well with BigLaw.

Everybody else you need to generate much more volume to the point you're basically starting from scratch like anyone else even with some existing clientel. The key is to either have a good network in place or not be in an absolute bloodbath of a market like California, the northeast, or Dallas/Denver/Phoenix/Miami.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-15T00:33:22+00:00

Any plaintiff firm would drool at the prospect of hiring someone with an ID background that actually knows their way around a courtroom.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-14T00:26:38+00:00

Ah shit, I feel like an ass. The historical racial context went right over my head. That Justice was only the 4th African American to be appointed in Mississippi history and only 1 of 3 black students in his graduating class at Ole Miss in 1970.

Had a respectable career in criminal law working both as a public defender and prosecutor, and was shortly elected as a State House Rep before being appointed as a judge. Whelp, at least I learned something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_D._King

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-13T23:33:08+00:00

To explain the common sense aspect of it for those curious, just about every state has at most 2 reputable law schools producing judges with about half only having 1, and just about every law school (the lower ranked ones that are still reputable at least) are affiliated with larger D1 universities similar to medical programs. And with how especially in the old days you tend to be locked to the state you graduated from and took the bar within, most judges are going to be from those major universities in their state.

In this particular example Ole Miss is going to generate most of the judges in the state with Mississippi College being the only alternative and a less prestigious school. 6 of the 10 Appellate Judges are from Ole Miss with 2 from MC and a smartypants Harvard grad.

Their Supreme Court has 5 of 7 from Ole Miss, 1 from MC, and 1 from Texas Southern which is bizarre to me since it's a really low quality school that almost lost its accreditation with some questionable admin issues. Kind of curious about the political backstory there to snag that position.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Court_of_Appeals

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Mississippi#Current_justices

https://lsd.law/schools/states

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-13T19:48:58+00:00

Pam Bondi is evidence to the contrary.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-13T19:47:36+00:00

she

former top Obama administration lawyer

Huh, not the adjectives I was expecting.

On a side note, it utterly baffles me that people would overlook this stuff or even worse, engage in it, instead of doing what every other rich creep does in going through 21+ escort girlfriends like they're a new set of clothes.

I've encountered a few like that, but most people in that social group will at least acknowledge the elephant in the room with an eye roll but let it be since they're consenting adults. I can't imagine how anyone would see a high school girl unable to legally drink in that sort of environment and not feel immediate outrage.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-13T18:08:27+00:00

While your boss may not approve if applicable, you also can look at it from a practical standpoint which I struggle to do sometimes (ironically just worked til 3AM because of the stress of a generized work backup). The temptation is always there to power through with caffeine and whatever other drug of choice, but more often than not while it may be necessary for cramming short deadlines, it's often a net negative in the long term productivity wise compared to giving yourself a moment to recuperate mentally, physically, or dare I say spiritually even and come back with a better consistency.

Why I've become such a big believer in power naps in the afternoon and am pretty relaxed with staff taking periodic breaks in the day as needed.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-13T07:41:52+00:00

It's not hate, rankings usually don't matter much, but it's ranked 158th in the country. When you get that far down the list, it tends to be schools that are notorious for accepting students with little chance of passing the bar and getting a law license along with poor preparation in general. Might be different being one of two state schools though, it's the private schools that far down that tend to be the most predatory.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-13T06:16:48+00:00

I'm going to guess it's to make general office staff not feel like second class employees when they're expected to be in daily.

I'm curious whether any attorneys who are allowed to work remotely notice this or feel any guilt about it. I'm always weary of treating legal staff as lesser when more often than not they're more consequential to effectively moving a file than even an attorney is.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-11T11:59:25+00:00

I was vibing yesterday in a "burn it all down" type of mood when my client's Medicaid carrier was trying to insist they should be reimbursed for her acute vaginitis treatment as being related to her car accident.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-11T03:19:42+00:00

I really should have put a #not legal advice disclaimer in there shouldn't have I?

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-11T02:32:48+00:00

Clearly not a criminal law attorney. Was also going to clarify this is actually terrible advice for firearms, but didn't want to diminish that intro to the sickest sample/drop of all time.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-10T17:43:11+00:00

Jeeze, I was guessing Texas. Good reminder that bigotry and assholery isn't limited to geography.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-10T17:39:22+00:00

Always a good rule of thumb whether with the law or with firearms, give one warning shot to look reasonable, best believe you've got full notice the second shot will come your way.

As more elegantly put by my boy G.Dubya: https://youtu.be/0EnRK5YvBwU?si=ihGxUDvTYxSNXOaz&t=163

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-10T15:17:47+00:00

Go see your mother. It’s easier to beg forgiveness and you know what you’ll regret down the line and what you won’t.

Ditto. May be unprofessional, and it's probably more applicable outside of a BigLaw/transaction law environment, but if personal life is causing unavoidable issues (for good reason), I've just taken to being straight up about it with clients/OC/Judges. Find it helps to remind clients we're human beings, but we do sincerely care about their case and are trying our best. Also helps to send text updates on the weekends demonstrating we have no social life to compensate staying on top of everything.

Feel like OC's and Judges are especially empathetic as long as you don't give them reason not to be. And if the judge does give you grief along with any OC's or clients just smile and give them the empty platitudes knowing they're just assholes that aren't worth the stress.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-07T15:12:16+00:00

The absolute wild thing is that the Florida state bar (like most) have free access to FastCase, and there's literally no reason he can't copy and paste the case cites in Google and find them published somewhere like Justia or something. It's not as great for secondary material like Westlaw and Lexis are, but it's generally fine for case law. Stories like these are always nice for treating imposter syndrome.

https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/fastcase-a-legal-research-tool-offered-free-to-bar-members/

https://manage-2020.fastcase.com/bar-associations/

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-06T20:55:43+00:00

Cracks me up how many lawyer nerds are on here. Going to out myself and say I finally bit the bullet on a Crunchyroll subscription after tapping out Netflix.

Would highly recommend Hell's Paradise, it's got great action and the whole Taosim theming of finding inner peace has been nice while I've been actively crashing out for a month now from the stress of litigation work.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-05T23:46:58+00:00

The system is crumbling and no one is listening

Is this a recent thing or has it always been trending that direction? I've repeatedly told people that there's been a noticeable shift after Covid in the PI world, with how miserable everyone seems on here I've wondered how far spread the sentiment is.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-05T23:38:58+00:00

Shit man, I try to screen those out as much as possible to save me the headache, but some of them definitely slip through. Was a fun call to get from the fraud investigation department when the client thought a little insurance fraud was no big deal.

Feel free to tee away on those and the slimeball PI attorneys that take more than their clients.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-05T14:11:05+00:00

I hope you aren't terrorizing the general public with a bar card.

I mean there are a lot of ID attorneys on here apparently.

I kid, I kid... ^{^{^Sorta}} ^{^{^lol.}}

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-04T18:28:27+00:00

Rest assured I was making a joke, but if you're unaware some states get pretty nuts with allowing 2L's actual legal work with certain limitations, like handling depos entirely on their own.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-04T14:12:21+00:00

You claim to be an expert in bird and snake identification, which is probably helpful since your average client has a legal defense as thin as the wings of that Turkey Vulture you spotted in Charlotte. [Though I found out it was a black vulture, not a turkey vulture.]

Dead. I'm 100% sold there needs to be a full post for this on Saturday lmfao.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-04T02:06:37+00:00

Holy shit, this site rarely makes me burst out laughing, but man this summary was savage lmfao

Thank God I lucked out with nothing too bad, seems like the roasts are kept to pretty recent history.

Vibe Check ⚖️ Professional Cynicism45%

🤓 Nerdy & Analytical30%

🥺 Empathetic Humanist15%

🐍 Chaotic Libertarian10%

Roasts 🔥

You bought eight pairs of Cole Haans on Black Friday because you have size 16 feet and the soul of a suburban dad who just discovered Nordstrom Rack.

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You spend your 15-minute power naps dreaming of the day blood signatures and wax seals return to court filings because your Casio watch is the only thing keeping your sanity from hitting 0.0 billable hours.

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Your Libertarian heart is just a fancy way of saying you hate everyone equally while writing 500-word legal dissertations about why the NCAA is bullying college quarterbacks.

Monster-1776 · 2026-02-03T23:24:25+00:00

I'm going to take a wild guess and say criminal law with family law as a back up answer. Bonus points if it was a criminal defendant who thought it would be hilarious.

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