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Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:49 pm
by nygiants56
Obviously with the overwhelming sentiment in this forum about working for "big law", with the current economic situation why is the realm of opening a real estate, wills, divorce, etc practice not discussed?
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:53 pm
by pjo
nygiants56 wrote:Obviously with the overwhelming sentiment in this forum about working for "big law", with the current economic situation why is the realm of opening a real estate, wills, divorce, etc practice not discussed?
1. you don't make enough money to pay off your loans
2. a lot of ppl are attracted to the prestige of a V10 etc. which you don't get from working at a mom and pop shop
3. supposedly better training at biglaw firms (although I'm still not sold on this)
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:55 pm
by nygiants56
at 1250 a closing, possible title insurance agency (NJ &PA ---the 2 highest states for that insurance) you can make a decent living.....this doesn't include any wills, estates etc
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:57 pm
by bk1
Oh yeah, it's a fucking cakewalk to just open up your own practice. I'm sure the vast majority of people who try this don't fail or anything like that.
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:59 pm
by Verity
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Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:59 pm
by nygiants56
bk187 wrote:Oh yeah, it's a fucking cakewalk to just open up your own practice. I'm sure the vast majority of people who try this don't fail or anything like that.
better than sitting around and complaining like a bitch
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:02 pm
by bk1
nygiants56 wrote:better than sitting around and complaining like a bitch
What can I say? Your logic is sound.
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:06 pm
by nygiants56
I'd rather put my destiny in my own hands than sitting and hoping for a phone call....I am an ex floor trader who has put my own destiny in my hands by returning to law school....I opened my own firm then did well for some years basically was forced to leave the floor 2 yrs ago because of technology....had resume professionally done...networked...all that bs...... only received 2 interviews no job offer in 2 year....Well if im going down im gonna control my own destiny and now I have decided to do the same in real estate law, wills...etc....
NOTHING IS FREE IF YOU WANT IT GO GET IT
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:11 pm
by bk1
nygiants56 wrote:I'd rather put my destiny in my own hands than sitting and hoping for a phone call....I am an ex floor trader who has put my own destiny in my hands by returning to law school....I opened my own firm then did well for some years basically was forced to leave the floor 2 yrs ago because of technology....had resume professionally done...networked...all that bs...... only received 2 interviews no job offer in 2 year....Well if im going down im gonna control my own destiny and now I have decided to do the same in real estate law, wills...etc....
NOTHING IS FREE IF YOU WANT IT GO GET IT
You have success written all over you.
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:12 pm
by nygiants56
either that or a box on nyc streets
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:36 am
by monarchylover
most of the top "consumer protection," mass tort, product liability, personal injury etc.... trial attorneys start at big law or at least some mid law insurance defense firm I have yet to see a successful bio of any top player that just started up out of law school...
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:50 am
by Heartford
nygiants56 wrote:I'd rather put my destiny in my own hands than sitting and hoping for a phone call....I am an ex floor trader who has put my own destiny in my hands by returning to law school....I opened my own firm then did well for some years basically was forced to leave the floor 2 yrs ago because of technology....had resume professionally done...networked...all that bs...... only received 2 interviews no job offer in 2 year....Well if im going down im gonna control my own destiny and now I have decided to do the same in real estate law, wills...etc....
NOTHING IS FREE IF YOU WANT IT GO GET IT
Just to clarify, are you bragging about the fact that you paid someone to make your resume for you?
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:31 am
by nygiants56
no.... not at all just... showing the tale of an ex floor trader and how there's nothing out there for my skill set....hence the reference to BS...
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:02 am
by admisionquestion
bk187 wrote:nygiants56 wrote:I'd rather put my destiny in my own hands than sitting and hoping for a phone call....I am an ex floor trader who has put my own destiny in my hands by returning to law school....I opened my own firm then did well for some years basically was forced to leave the floor 2 yrs ago because of technology....had resume professionally done...networked...all that bs...... only received 2 interviews no job offer in 2 year....Well if im going down im gonna control my own destiny and now I have decided to do the same in real estate law, wills...etc....
NOTHING IS FREE IF YOU WANT IT GO GET IT
You have success written all over you.
Okay yeah, I loled. Comment win of the day!
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:06 am
by Kilpatrick
When you... get to... law school.... stop writing like that...
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:46 am
by Heartford
Kilpatrick wrote:When you... get to... law school.... stop writing like that...
Yeah, you're . . . supposed to . . . put spaces between the periods . . . in law school.
Re: Comment about job opps
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:29 pm
by monarchylover
Heartford wrote:Kilpatrick wrote:When you... get to... law school.... stop writing like that...
Yeah, you're . . . supposed to . . . put spaces between the periods . . . in law school.
those are ellipses . . . in math