Laziest Field of Law to make $$$$
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:42 pm
In what field of law can you do the least work (particularly writing), while still making a lot of money???
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philly_law wrote:I think you need a new career path my man.
This times 1 Million. The main traffic clinic guys in the courthouse I work at clean up. They charge like 200 for like 15 minutes of work.rad lulz wrote:Start your own firm which does traffic violations and somehow through marketing and shit become the go-to guy for that
BRAVE use of anon.Anonymous User wrote:no professional job is lazy. Think about it, being a successful lawyer, doctor, accountant, consultant, banker, etc all means a lot of hard work.
If you really want to be lazy and make a ton of $$$, try to be born in a super rich family that gives you a big pot of money to put into rich-only hedge funds or something like that.
There is a guy on jdunderground.com that claims he makes about $100K a year based off like 2-3 hours of real work per day. This seems doable to me. How hard could it possibly be to find enough work as a solo to make a living? You don't need to bill 2,500 hours. One could make due with as little as 800 hrs or even less. Maybe I am just an ignorant 0L.Anonymous User wrote:This times 1 Million. The main traffic clinic guys in the courthouse I work at clean up. They charge like 200 for like 15 minutes of work.rad lulz wrote:Start your own firm which does traffic violations and somehow through marketing and shit become the go-to guy for that
One could become lazy if the douche bags in D.C. would make professional work subject to OT regulations. I will never understand why I as a super educated professional should be forced to work 60+ hours and not truly and really get compensated for all of those extra hours, while blue collar people in some fields make bank due to all of the paid overtime. This has always been mind boggling to me. Politicians NEVER bring this up nor is it debated in a serious manner.Anonymous User wrote:no professional job is lazy. Think about it, being a successful lawyer, doctor, accountant, consultant, banker, etc all means a lot of hard work.
If you really want to be lazy and make a ton of $$$, try to be born in a super rich family that gives you a big pot of money to put into rich-only hedge funds or something like that.
Because OT regulation is closely tied with minimum wage discussions, they're designed to prevent the exploitation of the bottom classes, not to ensure the upper middle class has a comfy lifestyle. I'm not saying it's right, just explaining why I think it's not up for discussion.bizzybone1313 wrote:One could become lazy if the douche bags in D.C. would make professional work subject to OT regulations. I will never understand why I as a super educated professional should be forced to work 60+ hours and not truly and really get compensated for all of those extra hours, while blue collar people in some fields make bank due to all of the paid overtime. This has always been mind boggling to me. Politicians NEVER bring this up nor is it debated in a serious manner.Anonymous User wrote:no professional job is lazy. Think about it, being a successful lawyer, doctor, accountant, consultant, banker, etc all means a lot of hard work.
If you really want to be lazy and make a ton of $$$, try to be born in a super rich family that gives you a big pot of money to put into rich-only hedge funds or something like that.
I don't know... I've had to spend quite some time in traffic court dealing with various crap. The lawyers I see in that place look uniformly mi.se.ra.ble. Seriously, they are some of the most miserable human being I've ever seen. They just look sad and beaten down by life. Even their clients seemed happier.rad lulz wrote:Start your own firm which does traffic violations and somehow through marketing and shit become the go-to guy for that
Really sky's the limit if you're good at it and are good at marketingha-ri wrote:Kind of a semi-related question but what is compensation like for solo practitioners that just handle family law type situations... divorce, child custody, etc. I honestly love reading and learning about situations like that, but my impression has always been that compensation is just shit. Could a guy doing just divorces make a comfortable living, assuming they are working hard, marketing, connecting etc?
About a year ago, I traveled for a consulting gig in Norway. At 6:00 pm, my boss and I were still chugging away, while the local engineers and other professionals were long gone. Over there, they work 37.5 hour weeks. Maybe one day professionals won't continue to get exploited in the United States.Clearlynotstefan wrote:Because OT regulation is closely tied with minimum wage discussions, they're designed to prevent the exploitation of the bottom classes, not to ensure the upper middle class has a comfy lifestyle. I'm not saying it's right, just explaining why I think it's not up for discussion.bizzybone1313 wrote:One could become lazy if the douche bags in D.C. would make professional work subject to OT regulations. I will never understand why I as a super educated professional should be forced to work 60+ hours and not truly and really get compensated for all of those extra hours, while blue collar people in some fields make bank due to all of the paid overtime. This has always been mind boggling to me. Politicians NEVER bring this up nor is it debated in a serious manner.Anonymous User wrote:no professional job is lazy. Think about it, being a successful lawyer, doctor, accountant, consultant, banker, etc all means a lot of hard work.
If you really want to be lazy and make a ton of $$$, try to be born in a super rich family that gives you a big pot of money to put into rich-only hedge funds or something like that.
6 figures is generally unheard of in europe for recent graduates. On the other hand school is not even expensive.bizzybone1313 wrote:About a year ago, I traveled for a consulting gig in Norway. At 6:00 pm, my boss and I were still chugging away, while the local engineers and other professionals were long gone. Over there, they work 37.5 hour weeks. Maybe one day professionals won't continue to get exploited in the United States.Clearlynotstefan wrote:Because OT regulation is closely tied with minimum wage discussions, they're designed to prevent the exploitation of the bottom classes, not to ensure the upper middle class has a comfy lifestyle. I'm not saying it's right, just explaining why I think it's not up for discussion.bizzybone1313 wrote:One could become lazy if the douche bags in D.C. would make professional work subject to OT regulations. I will never understand why I as a super educated professional should be forced to work 60+ hours and not truly and really get compensated for all of those extra hours, while blue collar people in some fields make bank due to all of the paid overtime. This has always been mind boggling to me. Politicians NEVER bring this up nor is it debated in a serious manner.Anonymous User wrote:no professional job is lazy. Think about it, being a successful lawyer, doctor, accountant, consultant, banker, etc all means a lot of hard work.
If you really want to be lazy and make a ton of $$$, try to be born in a super rich family that gives you a big pot of money to put into rich-only hedge funds or something like that.
You're probably still gonna have to write memoranda about how to structure the transaction so you can get IRC 368(a)(1)(B) treatment and other such stuffFresh Prince wrote:In Biglaw? The answer to that is tax.
All lawyers are lazy.Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:Lazy lawyers are almost universally poor.