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There are various practice areas within plaintiffs work. You pick what you want to do front the start and join a firm that does that and work you way up within that area. Obviously you can change practice areas if you want but that’s not moving up, that’s more like starting over. Class actions and products cases are not a step up from PI auto cases. It’s simply a different area. If you work your way up in general PI like you said the trajectory is getting bigger and bigger cases until you’re litigating catastrophic injury cases worth 8 figures. The trajectory is not “up” to class actions or products. If you want class actions you start as a junior associate at firm that does that and work your way up within that area.
Nicely put. I guess that’s why most people just stick with what they know and work it up instead of constantly adding in different areas of PI. They would need to work “up” each new area and not really master them unless your timeline is 50+ years.
Usually it’s a big well resourced plaintiffs firm who will run those big products litigations, and they are really freaking big. Nonstop work, tons and tons of depositions usually. Other smaller firms also pool resources and get in on the action and sometimes a hedge fund finances it, but typically one of the big boys is calling the shots and firms willing to take the financial risk and wait a long long time to get a big payoff. I would say try to get in with one of the big timers If this is what you want to do. The way into firms like that is normally the same route that corporate defense lawyers take. Have good grades and a strong resume. If you start at one of the big defense firms doing that type of litigation (lots of good ones doing products cases all over the US), a big plaintiffs firm should be interested in you.
That’s what I was assuming. I guess it’s more rare for someone to start in general Pi (car wrecks, premises cases, etc.) to then make their way into bigger class actions. You’d have to take some time to really learn the new area and network for people knowledgeable in the area. Not impossible but I guess less plausible as if you start at some big Class Action firm doing it from the start.
If I had a case that I thought was suitable for a class, I started pleading it that way. If it was a big case, I would contact someone I knew at a bigger firm to work it with me.
Ever seen Better Call Saul? You know where Jimmy takes the Sandpiper Beacon case to HHM? Boom, that's it. Know the value of the case and demand to work it with them if they want it (for your growth as a lawyer and a bigger share of the pie). A lot of bigger class action firms rely on smaller practitioners to bring them cases.
What's the old Nike tag line? Just do it.
I like it. Experience by “do”.
Great Better Call Saul reference!