How many billable hours do people in prosecution tend to average each month? I’ve gone through waves of feeling like my billable hours requirement is reasonable to feeling like I’m drowning and can’t possibly do it for that long.

PLEASE HELP! I’m a first year commercial litigation associate at a boutique firm. I am deciding between two offers. One is to go in-house paying roughly the same as I make now. The second offer is from big law as a commercial real estate associate, paying double.

I would love to go in-house and never worry about billable hours again but the big law money is super tempting. Advice?? Is the money really worth it?

Do firms generally pro-rate billable hours required for a bonus if you take parental leave? Or does it completely depend on the firm?

We are working on trying to convince firm management to update their very outdated meal reimbursement policy. Do others mind sharing what theirs are? Interested in maximum amount, whether there is a billable hours requirement, whether meals have to be delivered to the office, and whether any changes during pandemic. Thanks! If you don’t mind supplying law firm, would appreciate it.

Looking to leave a govt job for a junior attorney role in a small workers comp defense firm. I have no experience in workers comp. How easy is it to learn the work and make 1850 billable hours? What future opportunities does this experience give?

What are firm’s known billable requirements? Is there a ramp up period?

How many real hours does it take to reach 8-10 billable hours? First year associate here wondering what a 8-10 billable hour day would look like now that I’m seeing my workload ramp up slowly but surely.

Paralegal in mid size practice. Other than staying current with CLE’s (I am). What’s the best way for me to increase my billable rate?

Is it just me or the average billable work in infrastructure transactions has blown off steam in the last couple of weeks?

Received a job offer. Was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on a concern I had about it. It's an entry level position, and I don't have much experience. The billables are 2040 a year. For billable hours in civil litigation and insurance defense, is 2040 hours for a 1st year associate on the high end in this field for a small or midsize firm? It seems like most attorneys I know have minimum requirements of around 1800. The compensation is around 80k a year.

To the post below- it is quiet, so I’ll bite!
Does anyone know about associate compensation at the regional Atlantic Canada firms? The the big ones have all been posting job ads for associates in the 3-5 year range. Any insight on salary and billable targets?

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

Does anyone have experience working for a ALSP? How does compensation work (pay and benefits)? Are you an employee or technically an IC? Do you have billable requirements like at a firm? How do you think it prepared you to potentially move in house? I'm currently at a firm but thinking of taking a position with an ALSP but my goal is to go in house.

I have a question about mid-size Philadelphia law firms. Does anyone have any insight about what life is like (culture, pay, billable hours, cases, WFH, perks, etc.) as a junior partner/senior associate/of counsel in the litigation department at the following firms: Montgomery McCracken, Schnader Harrison, Stradley Ronon, Dilworth Paxson, Klehr Harrison?

16 weeks and so worried all of the stress I’m under is going to hurt the baby. Between work, my own scary (non-pregnancy) health stuff, the pandemic, my mom (who is a widow and lives alone, basically isolated by choice due to covid) is having health issues, and pressures to keep billable hours up, I’ve been having complete breakdowns. Today I spent almost the entire day crying and now have to make up the billable time this weekend. I really worry abt what effect this will have on the babe.

Been practicing complex lit (employment and consumer class/representative actions) on the plaintiff side for last 6 years of my 7 year career. Just accepted a defense side offer, with a billable requirement/initial bonus eligibility of 1750 hours. I know billing is different on the defense side than simply recording hours toward a lodestar on the plaintiff side. How many "real" total hours is 1750 billable hours? I know it's supposed to be relatively low, but not sure what it really means?

2nd day straight with zero billable work. The end is near

Has anyone gone into compliance for a state university & hospital? As counsel or a compliance officer? Looking for insight how this compares to firm lifestyle & billable hours.

Ever been let go before your billable time entries were in? Was let go today and not all of my time made it in as it was due next week. I’m expecting a heavy payout but I’m wondering if they can withhold since my billables are not in? Seems like their loss at this point.

I love when staffing requests result in more and more BD offers with no billable hours. 🥳🥳

Is loyalty a thing in consulting? Project leadership has been offering billable hours from the markup even though there's not much to do. Would it be bad if I leave for other opportunities?

Best consulting companies to work for in DMV area? Looking for good pay, great upward mobility, and good WLB.

Hi all

My joining for Deloitte will be on 19th Dec for Pune location ICC Trade Tower. I'm looking for guys who need room partner. I'm ready to spend 10-15k Max 18k for sharing in a quality rented apartment/house.

Please let me as soon as possible. Thanks

Male or Female doesn't matter Just need a place to live in an organised way. I guess I'm ready to begin my Pune journey.

Getting grief from boss for never attending our team social events (dinner parties etc). I don’t enjoy these kinds of events but I’m the only one on the team who feels that way (cont)

I don’t care what you got going on. Wearing a back pack with a suit is not the move.

How colorful are your socks?

Should I take an associate role at an emerging growth equity fund investing in B2B software and other venture-growth opportunities. It would be 2 partners and me.

Currently unemployed. Most recently laid off by startup and previously worked at a startup and ACCN/Big 4

Hey fishes - im a 31 year old mgmt consultant making $165K base at Accenture in nyc area. Manager level 2, health industry and tech consulting, lots of marketable experience like blockchain and emr and salesforce.

Can i be doing better somewhere else? Often i feel like I’m not doing well enough (wife is a teacher so brings in a lot less) compared to others around here. I know this would sound obnoxious outside of this thread.

Does anyone have any recommendations to links to free content / books that would help people develop soft skills (e.g., public speaking, time management, negotiating, etc.)? Have you come across anything that you were wooed by?

Hi guys need help. I am moving to bangalore next month and my office location is Bosch kormangla. Can you please suggest some near by locality for renting flat. My criteria is easy to commute to office, apartment or gated society, avoid traffic 😊

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Been at the same agency for the past 5 years and have not received an promotion neither a salary increase. Any one in the same boat?

I feel like so much of the media discussion about people NOT going back to work is centered on POC. I have white coworkers just as frustrated. Is this just another example of how POC are having the authentic conversation no one else is willing to have?

The longer my to do list, the less I want to do anything.

Hi anyone in Oncology Clinical Data Management or in a director position looking for a change in companies but all the places I do apply to I get no reply, getting frustrated as we are in the great resignation and there seems to be a lot of jobs out there!

Anyone hiring or can recommend any companies in the healthcare analytics consulting space in the SF Bay Area?

Experienced hire with an advanced degree looking to enter consulting.

Visa sponsorship is a likely barrier for me, but I am planning to target companies that are immigration friendly.

Alright - time for a little accountability! What are you all doing this weekend to stay on track for your fitness goals?

HR question. When switching companies and the new company has a 30 day waiting period before health insurance starts, how do y'all handle insurance coverage? Cobra wouldn't be an option as resigning doesn't qualify.

Has anyone switched from Adderall to Vyvanse? Any thoughts on effectiveness or side effects of either over the other? Thanks!

Hey all!!
Hope you all are doing good.
Can someone share your thought of how to deal with this situation. I am completely lost in terms of my mental health. Not able to overcome and accept this situation. I think this is right place to ask, as we all are going through the same.

Looking for a new opportunity in Atlanta as a District ManagerTerritory Sales Director in the industry. Independant or captured.

Subject matter eligibility "doctrines" .... lol amirite?

In prosecution, if a patent attorney does not try to remove prior art cited by an examiner (eg a 130 affidavit to assert an exception under102(b)(1)(A)), but instead makes arguments to overcome the art, may the attorney made an admission that bars removing the art later in prosecution. Just received such a transfer case, looking for options.

Does anyone find an attack on the Examiner’s prima facia showing of obviousness a lot more effective than distinguishing each and every prior art reference.

I recently underwrote a reply to final. Didn’t even bother with the references since I just got the case. Overcame the rejections.

Can anyone comment on how effective this is?

Any insight into life as a patent agent with stern Kessler? Are there directors to avoid in the chemistry area?

Any tips on starting a solo patent law firm from working in Biglaw? Worth it?

Transitioned from my first job (in-house at large tech company) to a boutique firm where "quality" is king. Problem is, every partner/client has their own idea of what "quality" is.

Feeling like I'm starting over brand new, and the stress is really getting to me. Everyone at my old job told me I was at the top quality-wise, but the partners at the firm all tell me it's going to be 2 years before I'm really confident/comfortable. I'm a 6th year. Is this normal? Having bad imposter syndrome.

Which IP firm has best in-house exit options?

What do hiring partners (or HR in in-house) generally think about a lateral that are in the middle of a part-time MS degree program (STEM MS program)?

Has anyone on here ever requested redaction of a filed application? I'm looking to redact a few paragraphs of a provisional application.

Do you work somewhere where quality is valued over efficiency? Where can I find this? In-house? Small boutique?

Does anyone’s practice also include patent lit? I’m thinking of switching from prosecution to litigation (my firm has separate lit and pros practice groups). If you practice patent lit, is there anything that you dislike about it/anything you wish you would have known earlier?

What would you say the going rates are for (i) non provisional application drafting and (ii) office action responses?

I’m looking for a tool that allows me to search for text in Office Actions and responses. For example, is there a way to search for ‘written description’ or ‘improper Markush’ issued by Examiner John Smith? Does something like this exist?

For those at small/medium patent pros boutiques, what is your compensation structure, billing requirements, and salary like?

Anybody know anything about Nicholson de vos Webster Elliott for patent pros? Culture, pay, hours etc? Mid level looking to lateral

What do folks find most frustrating about patent prosecution? Drafting, OAs, client relations, other?

For me, I dislike drafting the spec to explicitly recite the basic things it does, eg, server talks to client to do <basic action>.

Raise your hand if you received the “paul budnek” email today

Is it reasonably possible to jump from patent prosecution to trademark prosecution?

In what order do you draft a patent application? I know the official answer is “it depends.” But what do you find yourself do most often? For me, it’s claims —> drawings —> spec.