Re: Starting hourly pay? - "Guru" "BOA"

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Oh cool, Bank of America (BOA) is your client. Do you do collection
work for them? What kind of work do you do for them? In one of
your older posts, you mentioned you thought PI work was miserable.
Why did you leave PI work?

Since you have never contributed anything here, try helping solos
and prospective solos by answering the following questions:

1.) Why did you feel Personal Injury law was "a miserable practice?"

2.) How were you able to snag a large corporate client like Bank of
America and what kind of work do you do for them?

I, and many others, look forward to your contribution to the board.

Thanks,
Guru

On 3/15/06, BOA wrote:
> I wasn't talking about JF. I was talking about your sarcastic
> response about investment banking to someone who specifically
> asked that investment banking be excluded from the conversation.
>
> Since you brought up JF, I'll defend him/her too. From what I
> read, the "skirmish" started when he/she mentioned that bankruptcy
> is not dead. Seems you got a little annoyed with that, maybe out
> of jealousy. Yes, JF was not exactly right in portraying the law
> (which came up after you became annoyed), but he/she did explain
> his/her posts, which was good enough for me.
>
> BOA are the partial initials of my favorite corporate client whose
> full name I will not mention. I used to call myself "BOA Atty"
> until I shortened it.
>
> Why don't you find a chatboard about investment banking and be a
> nuisance there instead?
>
>
> On 3/15/06, Guru wrote:
>> What?
>>
>> What does BOA stand for? Are you an attorney, or another 3L
>> pretender? Come clean.
>>
>> I got into a "skirmish" with JF because he was running around
>> getting the law wrong on key points. That doesn't make me a
>> troublemaker.
>>
>> And as far as solo practice is concerned, there are solos out
>> there right now who are making a fortune, and I was one of them,
>> until the credit card companies passed a law gutting
>> bankruptcy. So, you can absolutely make it as a solo. Like I
>> also said, I quit because I didn't want to do messy divorces or
>> plead smelly crooks out all day down at city court. That's not
>> for me, but maybe it is for you. Maybe you'll grow fond of
>> drunk drivers or wife beaters.
>>
>> The key to making it work is simple: Be well capitalized, get a
>> small office, do smart marketing, do great work for clients, and
>> network, network, network. Most solos fail the first
>> requirement. That's why, when they are 80, they are still
>> defending leadfoots in traffic court. If you don't have $50,000
>> in the bank, don't go solo. Think about it, realistically.
>>
>> On 3/15/06, BOA wrote:
>>> "Have you considered investment banking?"
>>>
>>>
>>> What kind of comment is that? Kristi specifically directed her
>>> question "to the more positive members of this group ---
>>> (i.e., those not going into investment banking". Seems to me
>>> that "Guru" is out to look for trouble and destroy this board.
>>>
>>> FYI, Guru, there are solos who are continuing with the
>>> practice of law.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/15/06, Guru wrote:
>>>> I'd say it probably is slightly higher than what the hourly
>>>> pay for law clerks is. Maybe $10-$15 an hour. Just
>>>> curious, why are you working part time? Have you considered
>>>> investment banking?
>>>>
>>>> On 3/14/06, Kristi wrote:
>>>>> My question to the more positive members of this group ---
>>>>> (i.e., those not going into investment banking at the first
>>>>> opportunity or lamenting his decision to go to law school).
>>>>>
>>>>> I may be working for a solo practioner in the
>>>>> bankruptcy/probate admin./estate planning field in a
>>>>> relatively small town (~70,000).
>>>>>
>>>>> What is a realistic hourly rate for a part-time attorney?
>>>>> What about part-time independent contract work? I'm not
>>>>> totally new (lots of research & writing experience, but no
>>>>> client experience and new to these fields). I'm thinking
>>>>> $25-$35 for the contract rate, but not sure about p/t
>>>>> employment rate.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in Advance for any advice!