I am making the switch from Plaintiff to Defense. Has anyone does this? If so, what has your experience been?

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I moved to a defense firm, but am working in subrogation. It's defense firm money, but you still get to do plaintiff work. Love it!

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I am excited for the defense firm money lol

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I love my firm and the work is interesting when you’re on the other side. Only thing is, there’s pressure to meet high billable hour requirements and the constant revisions/justification of your time entries and work when the insurance companies kick back the bills. Then you spend hours on that, when you could have been billing. It’s all part of it, but I hope you love it and are happy with your new firm! Congrats!

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I started my career in plaintiff work and quickly moved to Defense work. LOVE it - best decision ever. If you could do one you could do the other.

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