I am about to start practicing and have to pick my area of practice. Between entertainment law, real estate, immigration, and family law, which area will be easiest for me to go solo in the fastest and where it is easiest to start earning over 200k?

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The easiest is real estate law if you get involved in commercial real estate/development. Family law there is a ton of business, but fees are low. Entertainment law has a small pool of clients in Toronto, so it's tough to build a practice.

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As a family lawyer in Ontario, I would say real estate is easiest and less stressful. If you get 20 closings a month, it’s the equivalent of billing 100 hours a month roughly. And real estate is a lot less stressful. Immigration doesn’t pay crap also. It’s a lot of paperwork for no money and you have a saturated market with paralegals and immigration consultants. I wish I could switch to real estate now but I’m 4 years in and can’t afford a pay cut with switching to another area of practice. Good luck!

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They do..it varies but standard amount charged to the client is around $1500 plus HST..but then you have to pay your office overheard and staff as well. But if you have 20 closings a month (roughly one every business day), you make $30,000 a month, and roughly $330,000 a year (if you take an average of 4 weeks off of work a year). I work my ass off billing in family and only made $260,000 last year for the firm. So I would highly recommend real estate law to anyone looking for an area of practice.

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