Withers LLP Discussions

Fishies—does anyone know of a way to convert a deposition transcript to remove all page:line numbers? I’d like to use text-to-speech to listen to transcripts but I can’t in the normal format.

So who else here is experiencing plummeting billable hours and exponential weight gain since this whole WFH thing started? Bought snacks for 30 days, finished in 48 hours.

Does anyone know the typical salary for a 1st-2nd year associate at Lewis Brisbois in Los Angeles? L&E

For exhibits to motions/responses in federal court, do law clerks prefer (1) citations to doc numbers or (2) attach exhibits to motion, even if the docs have already been filed with the court.

Opinions on career clerkships? Especially with a two year old and wanting another child eventually.

Curious to know what other firm's bonus structures are, particularly those with billable requirements of 1900 and below. Trying to understand what the norm is and figure out if associates at my firm are getting screwed. thanks

Question: In Maryland, a limited liability S Corp shareholder can’t be sued individually but can they individually sue someone else on behalf of the corp? Or does an attorney for the Corp have to be the one to file suit? What abt in small claims court where lawyers aren’t even required?

Why did you decide to leave your first firm job? If you had a chance to jump ship but stayed, why did you stay?

Feel like I just bombed my first arbitration. Partner was sitting in and then called me after to provide feedback 👻Please give me your first arb horror story to validate my feelings. Thx

I keep seeing posts that associates at mid-size/biglaw firms don’t get given the opportunity to go to court. Is this true across most larger firms, even if you lateral with some experience?

Is there such a thing as "insurance law?"

I feel like I can’t redeem my career. I’ve been out of paying work since I graduated. My bar was delayed due to a medical problem and since then I’ve only been able to find volunteering. I’ve been working for free for 2 years now. My network is tapped, my mentors are confused why I can’t find anything, my law school’s career services actually gave up on me, I don’t have the money to move to a new place, I have no other support and I can’t even go back to retail because nobody’s hiring out here.

I’ve practiced litigation in DC for about 5+ years at a larger plaintiffs’ firm, and am considering a switch to a defense firm. Is there any insight to how many billable hours this would require, and how much time that would actually be? For reference, the firm has a 1900 billable hour requirement and the partner said I would have “no problem” fulfilling that based on the work they have.

Please tell us, since COVID started:

-weirdest thing you've eaten
-weirdest thing you've watched
-weidest thought you've had.

Happy (zoom) Passover for everyone celebrating!

Newly barred attorney here of almost a year. Looking to maybe ditching the “traditional” attorney/bar licensure track and going into other areas where JD degrees/lawyers are preferred. Anyone have experience with this untraditional track?

Anyone have recommendations for comfortable office chair for home office? Our firm is back in the office, but still use my home office chair most evenings so I’m looking for something comfortable

Any one ever worked at Clean Energy Counsel LLP? Have any insights on the firm, career advancement there, business development, etc. Thanks!

Raise your hand if you’re going to finish April sub 100 billables 🙋🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

Considering accepting a fully remote role and living in different cities for 6+ months at a time. Anyone else do this and have experiences to share?

Not liking the fact it gets dark by 4PM

Anyone here work in change management with an attorney title? Or is it primarily compliance folks? Curious to learn the dynamic at other financial institutions - If it’s mostly attorneys or compliance specialists handling regulatory changes...

If I initiate seperation from IBM while in the last few days in an account (End date in two weeks), what is the notice period ? Will it be immediately effective or will I be on bench for 1 month or 3 months with salary ?

Similarly, if I am already on bench and initiate seperation from IBM as I am not getting clients I want to join, will it be immediate effective or 1 month or 3 months with salary ?

Bhailog jate hue balo ko kaise roka jaye

What makes a successful Product Counsel (tech company)?

I'm CIPP/US with 4 years experience working between law firm and in-house. Been involved in business since very young, much of it internationally. Passionate about tech.

I'm looking for a product counsel position at a FAANG company (MAANG, now). However, I did not graduate from a top law school nor worked in Big Law. Would any further training/certifications help?

What’s the end of quarter rebalancing? How did it have anything to do with the rally this week? Thank you

Anybody work at Ayzenberg or know of anyone that is/was a Creative there? Looking for the inside scoop on culture.

Is the Products and Technology group internal? Any insight on what that group does or where life is like inside it?

I did not got alumini portal access after 3 days of lwd .. is it normal and should i wait ?

Offer included temporary housing and moving expense reimbursement…it’s been a month since I began working and 2 months since I started moving but still no reimbursement…should I escalate this? How long is too long?

Any CLT,NC businesses looking to hire for a Junior level Full stack developer / Junior Front-End Developer/ Technology Associate /Systems Engineer entry level / IT Support Engineer??

Anyone work @dropbox Canada? I'm interested in their Chief of Staff role. I'd love to know more about culture there.

It’s Friday 🙌🏾 Any big Labor Day plans?

Has anyone ever had to train for more than 3 days to be a server ? ESP with over 10 years experience

Any salaried workers figure up their *actual* hourly rate? Oooof what a mistake that was🥴

Is Dancing considered a taboo in Muslim world?