Re: Patent Practice as Solo.

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I think firms may prefer the young because they know they can
ride them to work long hours in the probably-vain hope of
becoming partner.

Your wisdom may preclude such expectations. Same reason
Accenture and other consulting firms prefer 22-year-olds.

Thanks for the feedback on the solo patent question. I'll
research it some more.

And on the other topic - why do we make drug dealers out to be
the worst of the worst? Yes, they're criminals not worthy of
respect, but truthfully I dislike vandals and litterbugs more.

On 5/24/06, randy wrote:
> On 5/23/06, FordhamGrad wrote:
>> Anybody out there got any feedback on the possibility of a
>> solo patent practice? I've got an engineering degree and
>> I've passed the Patent Bar (more correctly, the
>> Registration Examination). My engineering degree is not
>> in electrical, computer science, or one of the other
>> degrees the big IP firms really want. But I know enough
>> to help small-time inventors.
>
>
> Well, I am just a one L as of right now. But I used to work as a
> patent agent in an IP boutique. As for IP solos, I don't think
> too much of the idea. In fact, I know one EE who worked for a
> while in Silicon Valley after law school, then went broke as a
> solo IP lawyer in Houston.
>
> But then again, I know one of my classmates has a father who
> worked as an in-house patent lawyer for a couple of big firms
> (schlumberger?) and then went on his own, and makes big big
> bucks.
>
> One of the patent agents at that IP firm I was at went out on her
> own, taking a major client with her.
>
> I think it all depends on your connections with a big client. I
> have none.
>
> I plan to go solo in criminal defense or divorce as soon as I get
> out of law school, but I suppose it might be wise to get a job in
> a firm that does a lot of work in those areas, if I could find a
> job. But at my age (50 when I graduate), it may be hard to get a
> job. I don't know why? I think I have a really big advantage in
> understanding the real world as compared to my classmates. That
> is apparent to me from my classes. And I am at the top of my
> class.....