How to cope with lack of work ?
We recently hired an associate 4 months ago (who has a billable requirement, I currently do not). The work I always received and billed she now gets. Her work isn’t billed because it is so bad that is has to get redone each time. I can only ask for work so many times per day. I’m told she needs “exposure.” It should not come at my expense as I now have little to do.

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What about administrative work? You could spend your time making templates for documents that are regularly produced. Review the files to make sure the documents that you need are there and that everything is organized correctly.

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