Re: Rock Bottom

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On 9/30/06, Some Guy wrote:
> So you made the plunge into law and eventually solo
> practice. As it turns out, things don't go so well. In
fact
> they go really bad. Your bankrupt, or on the verge of
> filing bankruptcy. You live with your parents. Your womans
> dumped you. Your burned out. Your overweight. You have no
> friends. Your car is broken and you can't afford to fix
it,
> and you have to ride the bus. Plus you've been unemployed
> for 6 months, and you've been disciplined for attorney
> misconduct... failure to return files, failure to return
> phone calls, client abandonment, failure to do work
> compentently.
>
> How do you recover from that? What do you do with your
life
> now?
well, not be flip but it looks like things can only get
better. you're not the only one to be disciplined, many
attorneys get disciplined but only the ones that people
complain about. You might consider public service, the
legal openings in government don't pay well but they hire.
most states have a state job board on the net. maybe you
just got in over your head with the solo. i've made some
significant errors in my practice too, it's called a
learning curve, but if you dwell on it and let it get you
down it just snowballs. It sounds like you may be suffering
from depression. scrape together the money and go see a
doctor, get on an anti-depressant, learn to meditate and
find a counselor that can help you through this. been
there. going through a dry spell myself right now, the rear
bumper of my car is fixed with duck tape cos I don't have
the money to get it fixed right. at least you have a bus to
ride. btw, there is no ethical reason (imho) to tell clients
all of this but you should definitely let potential
employers know. good luck.