Ever a good idea to out a lazy supervising attorney? I’m a mid level working for a junior partner that reports to managing partner. Junior partner misses meetings, calls, is always late, misses deadlines, etc. He meets billable requirements by taking easy assignments on large docket but does not actually work the cases until a big deadline comes up, when the case inevitably ends on my desk because I’m the “go-to” for very hard cases. Ever a good idea to put someone whose laziness goes undetected

Question: You're working as a freelancer. And have to travel for the job. Do you include those hours that you are traveling as billable hours or only the next day when the job starts?

I have practiced law for several years and still struggle with the feast-or-famine nature of my practice. (Sudden rush of client outreach, many emergencies, then … nothing). A famine week might be 3-4 billable hours/day. My practice area does not have a predictable annual cycle, like “year end” or “tax day.” Any tips from other attorneys for how to recognize, predict, and/or even out these periods?

How many billable hours did you have last year? How many total hours?

How do you track your time spent reading and responding to emails? I don’t want to run a timer each time I open outlook, but I feel like I’m losing hours of billable time every day to one-off emails that I would never individually bill for.

Any billable time tips?

Partners: how many hours, including billable hours, do you need to work for a year? More than associates’ hours, or less, or about the same?

Apps for keeping track of billable hours?

Making hard push to go in-house with a startup, billable work has dried up.

Question: what’s a good salary for VP Mkt & Sales? And commission?

Imagine a person lateraling into Big Law who has never had to do the billable hours previously. 1) What would be your best piece of advice? 2) What do you wish someone would have told you about billing when you started? 3) Is there maybe a book for someone entering the minefield on billing effectively and capturing time effectively? Thanks in advance!

Obligatory financial info post. 1) size of firm, 2) billable requirements, 3) salary, 4) bonus, 5) quality of life, 6) debt, and and 7) family/married/single. Go!

Hi guys,

I need some advice, I’ve been in a newly created role within a pharma agency for about three months now and it is not going too well. There is little to no structure or direction from senior leadership, no access to client data, little to no billable work. Worst of all, no project is related to what I have been hired to do.

I would like to move on with a different agency asap, but I’m not sure how to proceed with such a short time here.

New Orleans attorneys: my firm is trying to gather data on billable requirements, rates, and salaries because it’s been experiencing crazy turnover lately. If you’re comfortable, it would be helpful if those in New Orleans or similar markets can share this information. I’ll go first: 1. Firm’s primary practice: insurance defense; 2. Firm size: 25-50 attorneys; 3. Billable requirement: 1950 annual; 4. Salary range for 1-5 year associates: 70k-100k; 5. Salary for 5-8 year associates: 100k-125k.

Is $70,000/year, requiring 1600 billable hours, with a $4K bonus if I make the billable hours requirement, reasonable for family law?
The practice is 10-20 people; 5 attorneys if I join. In the suburb of Atlanta, GA.

Wondering what average billable hours are for 2022.

How much admin/non billable time is good on a weekly timesheet? I try to limit it to 30 minutes a day...

How many Firm (non-billable hours) a year do you commit, where do most of them go, and what’s your gender?

Is anyone experiencing a reduction of billable hours due to less assignments?

Is asking first year associates to hit 215 billable hours normal?!

I’ve been working at my job for nearly 2 years and I still feel like I’m getting the short end of the stick with billable work. For example, I’m constantly doing data entry even though I have a masters degree in economics. My bosses already know that I’m frustrated with the lack of opportunity but they say there’s nothing they can do, is it time to look for a new job?

so, how many firm laptops' worth of billable time would you say you waste in a given month dealing with delays caused by your firm laptop?

Hello Everyone,
Are there any openings on cyber security role. If there are can anyone please refer me?

I'm having 6.5 years of experience in SOC, threat hunting and threat Intelligence.

I really have a hard time figuring out if this urge to get an MBA is something I actually want or if it’s just the pull of what my peers are doing. Anyone have any advice for figuring this out?

I'm a CPA with public (big 4 financial services) and industry experience (tech). I'm looking to re-locate to the Southern California to be near my wife’s family. Do you know of any opportunities?

If I have 3 years of experience, up to what year of experience should I apply to jobs for? It is ok to apply to positions that ask for max 5?

Can anyone provide any insight on getting into IB, PE or Hedge Fund? I worked in wealth management for a decade and I’m finishing up my MBA with a concentration in Mergers & Acquisitions. Series 7, series 65 and CFP as well.

How to move into marketing? Did “marketing consulting” for 3 years then moved into S&O cuz I couldn’t get a real marketing job but then got laid off. Applying to marketing PMO/ops/specialist/manager and PMM roles but get zero bites. Getting super depressed thinking I’ll have to take yet another job I don’t really like in S&O as I’m not finding new jobs to apply to outside of FAANG which get a million applicants (I have referrals) and someone will def have perfect exp. given all the lay offs

Hello,
This is my first job as I has been a year working for this company, my job as application support engineer. What is a appropriate salary hike percent to ask, considering the current is below £30k, in the meeting regarding the same?

Anyone have any thoughts/experience with A&M Dubai? e.g pay, wlb, culture, brand name

This is a very depressing bowl, I have kids and think public accounting is awesome due to the flexibility!

Just accepted a new position, which is also a promotion for me (from Senior Designer to Art Director). I’m really excited about this. The agency is great but is predominately white European men (at least all my interviews were), any advice for me as I step into this role being an immigrant WOC? I’m getting a little bit of imposter syndrome over here 😅

Good place to work with?

Anyone gone into pharma and come back out?

Had the most amazing mtg today...I was the only woman on a creative call with 5 men (I am a producer FYI). They were brainstorming campaign slogans...typically I shy away from making creative suggestions, but we were going around in circles so I said “what if it were just X”. Everyone just kinda nodded and moved on. 20 minutes later a dude makes the SAME EXACT suggestion. Everyone flips - immediately loves it. The CD says “that’s the one, mtg over”. It was so surreal I cant do anything but LOL

Does anyone else live in constant fear of losing their job?

Is anyone else getting tired of these awful radio ads with car honking noises that are being played over and over again? I know I am. They're so obnoxious, and they never seem to stop!

Would moving from a firm to an employee relations position mean that I never secure an in-house employment law position? Or would such a move better position me to go in-house one day? I am having difficulty transitioning from a labor & employment firm to an in-house role, and so I am exploring alternatives while keeping in mind my future career trajectory.

Poll time, what’s the worst part of your day-to-day jobs? Personally, I’d rather mow Augusta National with a pair of scissors instead of compiling discovery responses.

I want my exhibit numbers and declaration paragraph references to automatically update in my motion/MPA. Anyone have a way to do this? Trying Word’s Master Document feature, but seems buggy.

Anybody have a good way to show a complex timeline in a MSJ?

Finally making the move to L&E. I am coming from ID. I took employment law classes in law school, but I have 0 L&E experience. Any books I should read to help with the transition?

Motion to compel against plf who is 5 months late on responding to disc, hasn’t shown up for depo dates, disc closes on Jan 31. Any reason judge wouldn’t grant?

Tips for someone taking their first Plaintiffs deposition?

Does anyone Have a solid underinsured deposition outline ?

One of our younger associates forgot to include an affidavit in a SJ motion. Opposition pointed that out in their papers and the judge denied the letter to the withdraw the motion. Any way around this?

Debating getting out of the legal game after 22 years. How can I do so successfully? Where do my skills translate?

It’s my last day at my office and I want to make it special somehow (since no one here planned anything). What should I do? Creative ideas welcome. 💃🏻

Arbitration question:

Scheduled for a binding arbitration hearing next week in court, and finalizing my opening and closing statements. How fast and loose can I play with the pleadings? Contd

Exit options for Med Mal?

Litigation attorneys practicing in the Western District of Arkansas - is there any rule prohibiting replies to motions in limine? I just checked the local rules and did not find anything addressing replies other than MSJ motions, so I’m assuming it’s fine but want to double check.

Florida ppl: I live in a condo & the AC in my unit is leaking refrigerant. Repairmen came by as the AC kept freezing & they said it's leaking inside and the only way to fix it is to replace it. My landlord is refusing to replace the unit for at least 6 months. He's hoping that the Freon they put it will magically fix it. Lease says that he has to keep things in working order. My electric bill is mega high because of this. It's annoying to deal with. I have health concerns about that leak. Help?

I’m a newly minted partner in a small (~10 lawyers) commercial litigation boutique made up primarily of former Big Law lawyers. We practice mainly in NY and NJ. I changed cities several years into my career so I do not have as big a professional network as many of my colleagues and am having a tough time developing business. Best strategies? BNI? Local bar association? What has worked best for you? Thanks in advance!!

I am a 2nd year associate at a plaintiff’s firm specializing in toxic tort cases (individual). I’ve had the opportunity to be third chair on a trial, and will likely be second chair in an upcoming trial. However, given the track record of the firm and the amount of money at stake in each case, I am afraid I won’t get any first chair experience, if any, for at least another 5-7 years. I am considering staying at the firm but trying to get trial experience through side Pro Bono work. Thoughts?

Tips on attacking an MSJ? Most efficient strategy so that little time is wasted? I thought maybe I should start by addressing the Memo. Then I’d know the facts that really need to be disputed as well as the facts that I need to add to make my arguments. This seems like the most efficient attack plan, but I’m open to hear any suggestions! Thank you!

Is having to complete an Opp to MSJ on a MM case without an expert over the weekend as a 1st year reasonable?

Whats your favorite case management software? My growing small practice is looking for recs

International arbitration people: I understand that lawyers practicing in France usually specialize in ICC proceedings, Londoners in LCIA. Where are the lawyers usually arguing before the PCA generally located?