Do any defense attorneys who have made a career out of insurance defense make a good, comfortable living? Or is it all crap salaries for 30 years?

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Comfortable living when comparing yourself to non-lawyers? Of course. Comfortable/good is certainly all relative, though.

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If you make equity partner, then you start making the big bucks but you’re going to need a solid book and be a rainmaker for the firm before they hand you that role.

Yes it’s very hard - one slip and fall case or motor vehicle accident case is $25,000 to $50,000 in defense fees before trial, more or less depending on the severity of the injuries. You get 10 of those cases in a year and you can get close to a book of half a million. Sounds easy but it is so hard.

I am 3 years and 3 firms into my ID career and finally feel as though I’m living comfortably enough.
First firm 2022: $115K
Second 2023-2024: $145K to $151K after a year
Third 2024: $160K

HCOL area but I own my home and have relatively low expenses. I could increase my income by billing more and hitting bonuses but I think I’ve achieved my ideal quality of life:work ratio.

Commute, wfh flexibility, retirement and insurance benefits are all things I take into consideration in that as well

What firm and what are your yearly billables?

I wonder this too. Like at some point I need to be compensated $250k for the amount of hours I work. That's 70k more than I currently make as an associate. I wonder how I can hit that.

I make $200k base with bonuses for hours hit. 7 years of experience. Almost exclusively construction work. In a HCOL area but I am comfortable. It’s the people working low end MVAs and slip and falls that tend to fall into the crap

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