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blarzgh posted:I like people who weren't captured When this happened I did a double take
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I remember half joking during the primaries about wanting him to get elected because I wanted to see our country burn to the ground, while consuming itself and now I'm sorry.
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Aug 17, 2018 16:24
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Soothing Vapors posted:blargh your new avatar is Very Good You'll always be Arod Dicksparkles to me
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Hoshi posted:When this happened I did a double take Luckily Republicans have zero actual convictions or morals beyond sticking it to the libs so Trump was fine. Again though, in a functional country, McCain would have had a press conference where he called Trump a loving cowardly dipshit and demand he produce medical evidence of his bone spurs. But then again, 
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Aug 17, 2018 16:27
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blarzgh posted:I like people who weren't captured It's insanely funny Trump dunked on McCain like that right away and every pundit reacted with "he can't say this he'll lose everyone" I wish we could have had a zuckerberg vs Trump debate because their size differences plus the sheer amount of bullying Trump would do would have been amazing
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Aug 17, 2018 16:33
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blarzgh posted:I remember half joking during the primaries about wanting him to get elected because I wanted to see our country burn to the ground, while consuming itself and now I'm sorry. I troll voted for Trump in the primary to help give the GOP what it deserved. My vote didn’t matter. I still feel bad about it.
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Aug 17, 2018 16:34
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Pook Good Mook posted:Again though, in a functional country, McCain would have had a press conference where he called Trump a loving cowardly dipshit and demand he produce medical evidence of his bone spurs. But then again, Pook Good Mook posted:Incidentally 2004 was when I lost all faith in the Democratic party. John Kerry should have had a press conference where he went off about this poo poo and called the entire Bush cabinet a bunch of cowardly fucks. But What is it with you and press conferences??
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Aug 17, 2018 16:39
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blarzgh posted:What is it with you and press conferences?? I am now a prosecutor, any problem can be solved by talking to the press. But seriously, press conferences are basically the only mechanism you can get the story to focus on what you want it to and you force the media to give you and your message coverage at the expense of your opponent and force your opponent to respond. John Kerry couldn't have said that stuff in a debate because Bush would have hyucked his way around it by saying that that's his supporters, he totally respects John Kerry's service.
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Aug 17, 2018 16:47
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I am now a civil litigator after about 5 years in family law. Unbeknownst to me, no one goes to trial anymore (except family and criminal law). Mostly these days I draft motions that have no chance of success or will never have hearings held on them. I miss hearings and trials my friends. AMA
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Aug 17, 2018 18:59
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Update on in-house small claims. I did not know that lawyers aren’t allowed in California small claims court. We get to send an employee. I think pro se guy might get dunked on though, but we still expect he won’t 100% lose. Sue people in small claims as a career.
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Aug 17, 2018 20:04
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Hey now, I have done two trials in the last nine months or so. Neither family nor criminal law.
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Aug 17, 2018 21:14
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Straight out of law school I did trademark and IP litigation work (no patents) at a boutique firm for the past 6 years or so, with a few of the matters proceeding to trial and appeal. Having achieved a unicorn position, I promptly realized I was unhappy and left to travel for a while. I relocated and recently started doing some contract work with a midsize full-service firm that had a need for some hours on an IP Lit case, and I am now starting with them and planning to help build out the IP practice. AMA.
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gvibes posted:Hey now, I have done two trials in the last nine months or so. Neither family nor criminal law. Ditto.
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Aug 17, 2018 21:29
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My defendant pussed out on his speeding jury trial and now I only have bench trials next week. Booooo
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Pook Good Mook posted:I was going to write this. Also, people with schizophrenia are more likely to be victims of violence rather than commit violence when compared to the average person. Unless they’ve been violent in the past or are doing drugs / alcohol. So if he recognizes you and trusts you, you can just talk to him and see if he would be willing to go with you to a hospital. If not, he might appreciate a sandwich or something. Bellevue is the obvious choice since it’s the largest (and oldest) acute psychiatric hospital in the country.
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gvibes posted:Hey now, I have done two trials in the last nine months or so. Neither family nor criminal law. I've got a public defender gig next week and a multiday custody and visitation week after. I guess I'm opposite guy. Thankfully I'm still a bit buzzed by tonight's visit at a Michelin guide restaurant. Vacation is a good thing. Wine also helps.
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My schizophrenic friend showed up this morning at my MMA gym where he and I used to train together. He was completely out of touch with reality and had cornered one of the girls who work there. He had to be asked to leave but he kept coming back for an hour. Apparently he's been coming in regularly. I tried to reason with him about seeking help but he is completely out of touch with reality. He recognizes me but when I tried to steer him to help he kept talking about getting his power levels up above 2800 and then claiming he was going to challenging our best fighter and slam him. And how he deserved his purple belt. We tried to work with him for an hour but staff finally had to call the police. They didn't arrest him but they did speak to him after he left. I'm going to have to come in early every morning now to help open to make sure none of the girls who open early get cornered alone in the building. He was my friend but my first priority is everyone's safety. Please note that we didn't get physical with him at all although we're one of the top MMA gyms in the world and the guys helping me talk to him are all pro fighters. He's a former friend and needs help but he can't come in totally irrational and corner women by themselves. He is a good size guy with a degree of training too (for those who know BJJ, he left when he had been a blue belt for a while and has some striking too). He doesn't seem generally violent but if he loses it, he's going to be a problem for most untrained people. Yesterday at Penn Station, he was blocking an escalator and getting furious at anyone who tried to get on by going around him. Yuns fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Aug 17, 2018 |
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Look Sir Droids posted:Update on in-house small claims. I did not know that lawyers aren’t allowed in California small claims court. We get to send an employee. I think pro se guy might get dunked on though, but we still expect he won’t 100% lose. I sued the woman who hit me with her car in small claims court in California. AMA. Weirdest loving process I've ever been through. I basically had to force the judge to let me argue the law (we agreed on the facts). Worked I guess.
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We have one JP judge who hates lawyers so much he will: - unabashedly rule against someone who is represented without regard to the facts - refuses to give lawyers settings for anything (lawyer requests hearing on discovery motion? 'we'll send you a notice, it will be about 6 months' - so we send the client in to the clerks to ask later that day, they give her one in 3 weeks) - refuses to grant continuances, agreed or otherwise, if an attorney files it - refuses to allow law firms to get copies of the documents on file unless "the lawyer in charge requests them" (went to desk to get copy of pleading filed by Pro Se that he never served on us, and clerk says, "only the attorney in charge can get copies." I was like, "Its a public record, anyone can get copies." "No, Judge says only the attorney in charge, are you '[Female, but sometimes also male name]?' of Blarzgh's firm." I fuckin lied and said, "yes." and got the loving thing. - refuses to sign default judgments after the deadline without having a hearing (which he refuses to set) despite the fact that the rules specifically say JPs "must sign the default judgment, without a hearing." Cus whatta ya gonna do? Mandamus a fuckin JP?
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Look Sir Droids posted:Are pain and suffering damages allowed in CA small claims? They are, but the judge didn't give me any like a jerk. I did get 100% on property and medical though.
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Look Sir Droids posted:Are pain and suffering damages allowed in CA small claims? Usually I just wait for them in the courthouse parking area to get that.
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Yuns buddy are you maybe the schizophrenic?
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After finally asking what they're going to pay me, the class action firm came back with $20/hour plus some nebulous merit based bonuses. They said pay would go up once I'm licensed in a few weeks, but did not specify. I asked for clarification on these points. Since it's literally the only real legal job offer I've received, I think I might be forced to take it at least for a short period of time.
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That’s $2 less than what I made when I was a non-licensed clerk before passing the bar. Glad to see comp is keeping up with inflation.
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Aug 18, 2018 13:39
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In 2013 when I was setting up for vocational rehab for the first time I had to look up job openings and potential salaries. I'm pretty sure I just used state jobs when compiling the list. The pay was identical or better than the pay I'm seeing today. I thought for sure when I sold my truck and passed the bar I'd be able to find something that would pay me worth a drat and I could fall back on government work otherwise. As it is, I think I'm going to apply for a few more private sector jobs and then hail mary with some federal work before just calling it quits on the whole idea of being a lawyer.
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Aug 18, 2018 14:08
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How are they counting your hours? Time you’re in the office or billable?
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Bro, we are Jewish. Problem?
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Look Sir Droids posted:How are they counting your hours? Time you’re in the office or billable? I'm working from home so my hours right now are whatever I tell them. AFAIK it's actual clock hours not billable (only supposed to be 20 hours a week at max right now) and they only have a little bit of stuff for me to work on right now anyways. I just found out about the hourly pay so I don't have a whole lot of details.
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Mr Nice,I worked a job like that once and it was 100% useless as a legal job. They only handed out work when they had a project they didn't want to which meant after a month I was at zero hours.
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I made less than that my first year
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Mr. Nice! posted:I'm working from home so my hours right now are whatever I tell them. AFAIK it's actual clock hours not billable (only supposed to be 20 hours a week at max right now) and they only have a little bit of stuff for me to work on right now anyways. I just found out about the hourly pay so I don't have a whole lot of details. I thought you had a state analyst job lined up? I’d take that instead.
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Look Sir Droids posted:I thought you had a state analyst job lined up? I’d take that instead. I do. They're doing background check/reference checks right now and will offer me the spot officially in a couple of months once all of that is done. mastershakeman posted:Mr Nice,I worked a job like that once and it was 100% useless as a legal job. They only handed out work when they had a project they didn't want to which meant after a month I was at zero hours. It does seem like it's just something my career office sent me so they can list I'm in a JD required job. CaptainScraps posted:I made less than that my first year How much did you make when you were 34, though? e: I should clarify, I don't think I should be making biglaw dollars, but ambulance chasing doesn't seem like it's going to turn into anything in 3-5 years that's paying over 100k either. I don't need to be rich, but I would like to be comfortable.
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Nice piece of fish posted:I think I would find being rich very comfortable. I mean, yeah, it would be nice, but it's not in the cards for me. The american dream is dead (and never really existed) and I'm just a poor kid from rural nowhere. I'm never going to be wealthy, but I'd at least like money to vacation once in a while or travel.
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Mr. Nice! posted:I mean, yeah, it would be nice, but it's not in the cards for me. The american dream is dead (and never really existed) and I'm just a poor kid from rural nowhere. I'm never going to be wealthy, but I'd at least like money to vacation once in a while or travel. Once I'm a successful business venture capitalist partner with a multinational nazi gold company based in Schweiz I'll hire you to be my overseas taco consultant in law and pay you ludicrous money.
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Serious talk for a bit, why not do doc review until the non law job hires you? Put your stuff in storage, find the tiniest bedroom with the most roommates possible and get some money. Also it's often affordable to just rent a hotel for the week doing doc review, I knew out of towners who would do that. Especially if there was uncapped hours and theyd just pull 80 hour weeks. I'm guessing Florida market is 25+ an hour? And you can find some that work for JDs that haven't passed the bar. A lot better than making 200/week for this firm
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mastershakeman posted:Serious talk for a bit, why not do doc review until the non law job hires you? Put your stuff in storage, find the tiniest bedroom with the most roommates possible and get some money. There aren't any a whole lot of doc review places here in town. The firm that had the public facing wordpress portal was basically doc review and they hired someone younger and less gimpy. Nearest doc review I've seen would require I move to Jacksonville ($23/hr - requires bar admission). I'm not opposed to moving, but I'm not moving somewhere for a temp job. I'd probably take some hourly doc review if I could find it locally. As far as living situations go, I'm set. I have a 2 bed/1 bath house on a 1/4 acre lot in a less than decent part of town. I pay $660 a month in rent, and I get enough from VA compensation alone to pay for rent/utilities/food. So I'm not hurting. I'd just like to get an actual job. I'd even take a garbage paying job if it was something I could feel good about, but I can't even seem to get an offer at those places. Mr. Nice! fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Aug 18, 2018 |
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Mr. Nice! posted:
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CaptainScraps posted:Check with me in two years. I've interviewed with a number of attorneys and managers that are younger than me, too.  I'd have to move somewhere else to make it as a solo.
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