I handleda very difficult and convoluted succession for a black family. My client was astute and intelligent. We got along great. His family was difficult. Willfully ignorant.

Part of the succession dealt with clawing back $450,000 in insurance proceeds that a niece fraudulent received from the decedent by making herself the beneficiary on policies. A separate attorney was hired to handle that part before I was hired to handle all other matters, including settling a $500,000 debt with the...

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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, settling another debt stemming from another lawsuit filed in another state, selling property and litigating with an HOA about a $35,000 lien... among other things.

The other attorney was a middle aged white man. He charged $175,000 and received his fee.

I liquidated ALL assets for an estate initially in the negative by $100k. I was able to turn that around so each heir (8 of them) could walk away with $5,000 each. I charged $30,000.

They challenged my fees.

And I think about that often.

I can't wait to be done with this fucked up career cuz I'm over the people.

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Do you think the people will be better in a different career? Asking for myself. Sorry about this, but keep being great.

That’s just messed up.

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