Re: Rock Bottom--Master Ichi Apologizes

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Oda,

The oxen are slow....but the Earth is patient......

The Famous Swordsman

On 10/02/06, Oda Nobunaga "The Teacher" wrote:
> I apologize to this board for the wayward writing of my pupil,
> Zataoichi. He is eager to go forth and spread his wisdom, but he
> is not ready. I will hit him on his wrists with a stick one
> thousand times for this transgression. This is the way it must
> be. Namas de.
>
> On 10/02/06, Ichi wrote:
>> Some Guy, you've had it rough. The response was for Giroscope.
>> The Master apologizes for misdirected commentary.
>> On 10/02/06, Giroscope wrote:
>>> I was a solo for 2 years out of law school. I actually passed
>>> up several job offers because I wanted to be on my own. Solo
>>> practice sucks. The clients suck. They are usually bottom of
>>> barrel types who don't believe they should have to pay a
>>> lawyer. The work sucks. Usually messy and boring. Solos are
>>> not respected within the legal profession. Given the high
>>> student loan debt levels, I am surprised anybody would ever go
>>> solo anymore. I'm not saying this to be a downer. I'm just
>>> sharing my experience. During my 2 years as a solo, I never
>>> had any money to do anything. Whenever I got a big fee, I put
>>> it back into the business. I couldn't take my kids to the
>>> ballgame or do anything.
>>>
>>> Then throw in things like this: You do a great job for a
>>> client but the case does not work out well, maybe because it
>>> was a difficult one to win anyway. Then, they either sue you
>>> or file a complaint against you. Solo practice, and non-
>>> biglaw firm life sucks. Biglaw sucks too, but at least there
>>> you are well paid and have a powerful organization behind
>>> you. If you can't get a biglaw job, go to government, or non
>>> traditional. Solo life really sucks.
>>>
>>> On 10/02/06, Carol wrote:
>>>> 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.