CA plaintiffs' lawyers, how are you doing financially? Curious about making the switch from defense side. Not expecting to be a millionaire, but would like to get a sense for how much I could bring in (assume I'm good and work hard).

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I assume this number would vary wildly depending on whether you are planning to focus on single plaintiff discrimination/retaliation/harassment cases versus wage & hour cases

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depends on your years of experience and which firm you go to but expect a base of $125,000-$250,000 and then commission of 1-5% on attorneys fees collected and 15-30% on any cases you bring in. i’m bringing home $325,000-$450,000 per year depending on where my cases are/if any cases get lost, i bring a case that settles, etc.

You will have an active caseload of 25-40 active cases depending where you go and i find that this is the difficult part that defense attorneys who make the switch have difficulty adjusting to.

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single plaintiff for the most part

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