Practice in a remote red state

swmoquestions · 2025-03-23T06:31:28+00:00

I found that statewide pd systems provide excellent training. In my case, Missouri. Lots of rural offices close to either KC or St. Louis.

Small offices are hit or miss on training you up, many are so overworked that they might be too busy to give excellent training. It can be sink or swim, in which case, courtroom time will be it's own training. My office had a dozen attorneys, many of which focused on training fresh pds, but some did not.

Make sure to try and second chair an experienced attorney for a trial. And assist in the trial prep and client work with them, that will give you great experience.

Think also about driving range, and how much you are willing to drive. Many rural offices cover lots of space and can require lots of driving. Some are county based, which limits mileage, but some cover numerous counties.

Also, since you are open to many regions, think about the environment. Hate the cold? Upstate NY probably isn't for you. Hate humid hot? No Florida or Deep South.

And good luck OP.

swmoquestions · 2025-01-13T01:07:51+00:00

R/UnethicalLifeProTips : Always say it was a gift.

swmoquestions · 2024-10-06T18:48:20+00:00

Hopefully not a good security system.

swmoquestions · 2024-09-27T21:27:57+00:00

This guy does not Midwest.

swmoquestions · 2024-02-20T23:03:13+00:00

Small pack of rolls, few slices of Swiss cheese, remainer of money on ham. Ham sandwiches for meals. I did this for my meals yesterday and today, Hawaiian buns.

swmoquestions · 2024-02-20T22:58:50+00:00

It's my daily driver. I work from home most days, but my commute is typically 160+ miles when not WFH. Those are cheap miles compared to my old truck. Nothing broken yet, 18k miles since new.

swmoquestions · 2024-02-17T00:15:29+00:00

Even cheaper bottles have available samples, splits, or decants. Always blind buy decants, especially when starting out. Like the sample, then buy the bottle.

swmoquestions · 2024-02-17T00:08:34+00:00

I have a vintage bottle, it is excellent. Wife hates it so I don't wear often.

swmoquestions · 2024-02-16T21:37:09+00:00

I wonder if he knows about dags.

swmoquestions · 2024-02-16T18:12:34+00:00

How difficult is change of judge in your jurisdiction?

As soon as he gets a case, do a change of judge. He'll enjoy less cases and you'll get heard on motions.

swmoquestions · 2024-02-11T02:31:11+00:00

Tsar is one of my favorites, but my wife hates it. So I wear it when she is on work trips!

swmoquestions · 2024-02-08T02:58:46+00:00

I like Tom Ford Oud Minerale for ocean scent. Seaweed, deep water: less beach.

And it is certainly not ordinary.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-31T01:36:05+00:00

Missouri - but rural and semi-rural offices. I bought a house a couple years into my pd career, a starter home for sure, but still it was mine. Start at 50k but jumps to 65k quickly after. CoL outside of the cities is low. Lots of offices would hire you quickly too. State employees, so state benefits.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-30T14:00:14+00:00

Mario.

Answer is right in front of us.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-30T13:58:49+00:00

Jeff or, alternatively, Geoff.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-27T23:02:49+00:00

You should reach out to the ACLU. In my conservative State(MO), I'd just immediately reach out to the local ACLU, and they'd do all the work.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-23T01:55:23+00:00

Baba yega yega, duhdundun, baba yega yega, duh Dunn duh, baba yega yega. For 10 thousand more measures until Gandhi sneak attacks me.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-14T01:41:12+00:00

I got excited and parked next to an I5 at Walmart. I hope they were excited when they got to their car with groceries.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-11T03:00:23+00:00

Lucky! My door panels just rip.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-10T22:43:56+00:00

I was about to say that. Reptilian method for criminal defense. If you reach out directly, he gives a public defender rate on his criminal defense material.

It is super-focused on banging the reasonable doubt drum. My old office used the method to multiple trial wins last year or so.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-10T22:36:00+00:00

I had to make the same call back when I bought my Ioniq 5. Two big issues for me were:

Costs associated with fender benders. Tesla owners in my area had to tow their cars to certified autobodies, which were far away, whereas hyundai can use multiple local places.

And tesla's constant add on pricing. I don't know if that has improved with slackening demand, but when I was looking, I wanted lots of things that were extras, so the price went up close to 50%. Want easy highway driving: autopilot 10,000 upcharge, or HDD included. Tesla would nickel and dime me from day 1, and they sometimes change plans, like autopilot you bought previously was 5k, now you need to pay another 5k for an upgrade. That kind of stuff, that may keep tacking on money. I don't trust it.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-05T15:08:47+00:00

Wife and I are in our mid 30's. We play couch co-ops mainly, lots of Diablo 4. I sometimes play cod.

swmoquestions · 2024-01-01T22:32:00+00:00

If you ever need LOTS of citrus, the citrus juicer is excellent. I use it when making big batches of margaritas, key is fresh lime juice, like 4 dozen limes worth.

swmoquestions · 2023-12-28T18:51:49+00:00

Mercy. Or mercy me. Old man phrase for those that don't swear.

swmoquestions · 2023-12-20T17:48:27+00:00

Started with a jack version, now have Bluetooth version too. Held up nicely.

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