Re: job market improving

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Sounds a lot like my issue with solo practice. It sucks. Since I
left solo practice just over a month ago, I feel like a free man
let out of jail. I start a new job Monday. In my career search,
I have found that there is a lot of work out there for solos, and
a JD is greatly respected by those companies that know where and
how to find good people. So, solos, you do have a parachute if
you need one, just don't bail too late. This is my last post
here, best of luck to all of you.

On 4/11/06, rrr wrote:
> On 4/11/06, Guru wrote:
>> So, you are leaving solo practice? If so, why? I agree that
>> right now is great time to drop the miserable divorce clients
>> and get a career paying mucho dinero.
>
> I left solo practice 2 years ago suffering from terminal
burnout.
> I've been at the college for the last year. There were many
> reasons for leaving Solo Practice. Lack of a support network,
> marketing difficulties, client conflicts, etc. It the end it
was
> the total isolation I felt and a feeling of futility. It came
to
> a point where I dreaded picking up the phone since that meant
> another client with another load of stress and noone else to
help
> carry the burden.
>
> I'm not sure alternative careers will pay much better, though if
> I get the promotion, I will make more than I did as a solo, and
> more than I made as an Associate for the law firms I worked for,
> though nowhere near what a successful medium/big firm partner
> will make. If I don't get the promotion, I will go back to law,
> but having a non-law job gives me the ability to be picky and
> bide my time.