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PI firms will love you. Go for it.
I’ve worked at a number of excellent pi firms. If you want to DM me with details about the firms you’re looking at or to even review your cover letter, I’d be happy to. I get joy from helping people. And who knows, you may refer me a case someday and vice versa.
Try and find the most successful PI firm in your area to maximize your $$. One that does wrongful death and TBI cases consistently.
I am not a Plaintiff pi lawyer so a little biased but I always say - while I have to be virtually perfect defending cases, all the plaintiff lawyer has to do to get paid something is hit the dart board. They don’t need to be anything close to perfect or write that well, especially in state court. All they have to do is work the case up well enough to get past motions and if we know they know how to try a case and rile up the jury and they aren’t too greedy, we end up settling. As a DA you Would have that leg up in terms of trial experience. Civil is way different but the differences becomes far less significant once the lawyers start a trial. I know the former DAs know how to try cases very well and they have far more trial experience than I so. They know how to persuade a jury and get verdicts to go there way even if they don’t know the law or the medicine especially well. It’s really a numbers game but make no mistake - One of the driving forces behind settling cases is knowing that the plaintiffs lawyer got past motions, isn’t afraid to go to trial at all, and has a punchers chance at winning in front of a jury. So PI is the logical transition. I know a bunch of former das who now do PI
Went criminal prosecution to plaintiff PI. You won’t get as many trials or time in the courtroom. Most PI firms expect the grind. Be careful you don’t land in one that also doesn’t believe in work/life balance and thinks you should be in the office every weekend even if there’s a slow week. I found people in my area were willing to help and tell me firms to stay away from. Although, it didn’t help much in my case and I chose the lesser of the evils. Your experience can be made or broken just on culture alone, especially in the PI field. I’m currently at a spot that preaches team environment but is unfortunately not that way behind closed doors.
My other piece of advice is be prepared to be bored. It’s such an adjustment and (if you couldn’t tell) I miss being a prosecutor and already looking to make the shift back to it after about 1.5 years out. Pay is better plaintiff PI though no doubt about that. Working up your case in PI consists of fighting about discovery disclosures and taking a ton of depositions too, all which was somewhat new to me coming as a prosecutor.
I will say if this is an itch you need to scratch or are doing it because of money then absolutely go for it. If I didn’t try it (since I’ve always thought I wanted to be a Plaintiff PI lawyer) then I would have always had the “what if” thoughts.
Oh ok. Thank you and good luck to you finding a place you're happy with!
COO at big PI firm, and consult for many top PI firms in each state - your trial experience is worth gobs.
Pair that with a willingness to learn/good work ethic and you can come in at a very comfortable spot.
Awesome, thank you!
Former prosecutor. I was a prosecutor for 15 years and left to do Plaintiffs work. You will see how easy the transition is. Your comfort in a courtroom will be a real asset.
I'm SO happy to hear that! Thank you!
PI is ultimately where you’d make the most money I’m sure but you have to be careful about the landing spot as you may get lowballed, even by some of the bigger more reputable firms.
Ever considered trying to go to a white collar defense firm? That was always favorite area, I just could never get an interview with the US attorneys office or a position with a good firm where I could do it full time. Don’t have the criminal experience or the Ivy League pedigree.
I'd probably lowball myself not knowing what a fair range is without having insider info with any particular firm.
I would definitely do white collar, but it seems they only look at people with better pedigrees than I have. I feel like I'm still limited by my school choice, which is really unfortunate!