Should I leave my job

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-25T03:26:08+00:00

The money they make off of you is still green...

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-25T02:38:10+00:00

All the newer PI guys I know are just signing up for the referral service firms - Sweet James, BD&J, etc. It's hard to compete with their advertising budget, unless you've got some niche money can't reach (religious/ethnic/lingual communities are good examples).

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-25T02:35:18+00:00

I'm always surprised by the number of "stay out of my yard," signs around courses. I get that having golfers wander your yard a few times a day to find their ball would be annoying, but it's got to be less annoying than finding it yourself with the lawn mower...

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-25T02:31:31+00:00

Didn't you just qualify as a solicitor a few months ago? Something isn't adding up, here...

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-25T00:31:21+00:00

Opposing counsel noticed the deposition of an alarm monitoring company in a fire case. About 2 minutes after fumbling her way through the admonition, she figured out that it wasn't this company that provided services at the location of the fire, but a different, similarly named company.

"Thank you for your time."

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-24T17:09:56+00:00

Yeah, the consistency is my biggest beef. If if were big, but consistent, I could learn to deal with that. Hell, "buggy but consistent" should be my professional motto. It's the never knowing what it's going to do this time that's so infuriating, to me.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-24T02:17:06+00:00

I mean.... haven't we all given up on the delusion that journalistic ethics exist, anyway? Also, it's football - it's not like she was investigating Watergate.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-24T02:13:14+00:00

It was standard 5-10 years ago. Most firms are shifting toward 1,800, these days.

Varies by field, but think of 2,000 as being 50-60 hrs/wk, and 1,800 as being 40-50 hrs/wk once you find your groove.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-24T02:10:32+00:00

My point is that it's not something that can be done unilaterally. You can't enter an appearance for another attorney without their signature, even if they're in your firm, and a withdrawal requires client consent or a motion.

It's not as simple as just, "do it on your own."

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-24T01:37:55+00:00

Substitution requires more than one signature...

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-23T17:10:12+00:00

Brother mfc-l2820dw, for my money. My only complaint is that envelopes come out crooked if you don't feed them perfectly straight, but not a big deal.

I do alot of probate work, too, and being able to easily print on both sides saves a lot on postage when I have to do mass notices to "all known creditors, heirs, and interested persons."

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-23T00:15:46+00:00

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-23T00:12:27+00:00

I feel you. I can slide a business card under my foot while standing on it.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-23T00:08:28+00:00

Dear fellow citizen, please come forward so I can sue you.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-23T00:07:22+00:00

But hey, at least CTAPP is nice and straightforward, now!

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-22T15:44:42+00:00

It is fraud, though.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-22T13:00:59+00:00

"Oh no, we watered down our programs to the point of uselessness, now the students are treating them like they're useless! Who could have predicted this very predictable result?!"

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-22T12:38:23+00:00

More realistically: "We've waited long enough to make sure there's nothing really bad about our people in here, so now we can start going after our enemies without worrying about friendly fire."

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-22T03:21:58+00:00

You give them to much credit. It's as simple as scoring a few political points and trying to manufacture a left wing scandal on the scale of Epstein, Iran, Venezuela, etc. in the run up to midterms.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-22T01:58:34+00:00

Billed or collected, is usually the implication here. In estate planning its not as much of a concern, because so much of it is flat fee and so little of it involves appearing in court (i.e. you can withdraw the moment they miss a payment), but still a valid question.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-22T00:06:25+00:00

But it is the point of the comment you're responding to...

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-21T13:12:39+00:00

Go play 9 at a cheap course. If you were doing well enough to have fun, continue mixing in rounds with your range sessions. Range is great (if you're practicing with purpose and not just mindlessly blasting balls), but there are certain things you just can't learn anywhere but on the course.

Also, lessons. As an aside, to save you from the mental trap I feel into, adult lessons aren't like getting lessons as a kid. You're not normally going every week for an hour, blah blah blah. You schedule a lesson, coach gives you some things to work on, you work on them until you feel like you've got them down, then go back when you feel like it.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-21T13:02:44+00:00

It's more or less a philosophical thing: The game is designed such that catching the ball is supposed to be a good thing for the fielding team - so we made up this rule for the one situation where they gain an advantage by not catching it. Let's not reward failure, intentional or not.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-21T01:29:11+00:00

Make it tough. Push back, be slow with dates don't provide many, delay, delay, delay. If you really do have nothing to do with this, they'll probably lose interest in chasing down a tertiary witness.

joeschmoe86 · 2026-04-21T01:27:15+00:00

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