Got an offer at an Am200 law firm for a position in Commercial Lit for the same salary I’m receiving now at an Am200 ID firm. The firm I’m at has a mid year and year end bonus evaluation whereas the other only has a year end bonus evaluation. Need help figuring out what other things I should be looking out for/ asking the firm before making a decision. First year and first gen who needs help!

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Your lateral opportunities will be much greater if you are commercial lit rather than ID. Make sure you put a large value on that and career progression.

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As a first year your bonuses are negligible. Like $7k after taxes. The opportunity to leave ID is more than worth it in my opinion.

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My bonus last year as a second year was $500 lol im definitely in the wrong state and area of law

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Get out of ID asap if you value money and sane working conditions.

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Get out of ID while you can, your earning capability will be much much higher in the future with commercial lit. -From a person stuck in ID after over a decade.

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Leave ID. I second all above that cite exponentially greater earning potential and career prospects with commercial lit over ID. As to what you should look out for, I’d try to pin down what sort of comlit you’ll be doing. Make sure this isn’t just another ID job marketed as a commercial lit job. The salaries being the same potentially signals this is just another insurance firm that claims it does real comlit. So watch out for that.

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IMO contract disputes (not insurance coverage disputes), business torts, fraud, deceptive trade practices, false advertising, etc. I.e., not medmal, slip and fall, premises liability, motor vehicle accidents, etc.

Get the hell out of ID as soon as you can. It’s such a dead end and you’ll never make a lot of money as an ID lawyer.

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