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Kinda in the same boat. Thankful to have a job and I like my firm. But I don’t want to do this for a long time. I think it’s totally fine to just work for money in order to reach personal goals and not to love/be passionate about your job.
It’s me, I needed to hear it.
Feel free to direct message me if you want to chat more about it :) sometimes this feeling can be isolating
Same! I would love to not be a lawyer anymore but I’m not sure what I could do for a similar income.
I practiced law lang enough to get my kids go through college and not one day longer. I started as a phd chemist and got sick of being confined in the lab looking at some technical problems that nobody outside the lab understands while everyone decides my future. I went to law school only to find myself confined in intellectual property and corporate law only. The work was diverse and interesting in its own but how many ways can you look at an intellectual property claim, corporate bylaw, or the like. You are constantly dealing with the same type of issues no matter what. So, while it paid the bills and helped me secure my financial freedom, I could not spend one more day doing it once my youngest kid graduated college. Two weeks after his graduation, i was out of the payrolls! I think being an immigrant gave me different perspective that allowed me to function well despite not necessarily enjoying it.
I feel the same exact way, and it sounds like we’re not alone! I’ve been practicing for 5 years and miss being more creative and realize constant issue spotting and dealing with aggressive opposing counsel and sometimes partners is bleeding into how I see things outside of work too.
Yes it does! I played rec league kick ball last year and redlined the waiver the league made us sign 🤣😅
Feel everyone on this. I have considered the possibility of starting my own firm, but I then wonder if the usual pitfalls will happen and I just become more disenfranchised
Same here.
I have a very good friend who started his own firm with another attorney, also a good friend of mine. They left a firm that they both worked at for many years and clients did follow them including a big insurance carrier.
Much to everyone’s surprise he became very unhappy very quickly and none of us could understand why, because it’s the ultimate “dream come true “ right ?
As he and I are each other’s confidants, I asked him if he was ok and could I do anything to help.
At first he was reluctant to say anything because he always tries his best to work things out but as time went on he explained everything to me in great detail.
He felt a tremendous amount of financial pressure from the start and was very uncomfortable, and overwhelmed, with the amounts of the business loans that were necessary for the start up of the firm and the credit lines necessary to keep the firm operating through good times and bad. He became very concerned when the anchor client, a large insurance carrier, started with the usual antics of large corporate clients which is threatening to pull their account if the law firm does do XY or Z etc for them. While this are all very usual and customary things in a growing law firm, and he had witnessed these type of things occurring in the prior firm, this time he was in the direct line of fire and he didn’t know how to handle it and it took a toll on him.
Eventually he left the firm and took a different career path that he is far more content and confident with and I’m happy to see him happy again.
I’ve come to learn that it takes a certain type of personality to go out on your own and run a law practice, which is actually a business, and all that comes with it. That route is not meant for everyone but it can be very rewarding in some cases if done well
Thank you for this post, Associate Attorney! We all tend to think that we're unique because burn-out or disillusionment happens to you, but I think we have more in common as human beings than we care to admit. This community ROCKS and is very refreshing. So many bright and helpful people like you, kudos for offering this post. We all need this reminder now more than ever.
Thank you for this post !! This is a difficult subject to talk about.
I’ve been practicing for 16 years now, first as a Paralegal while attending Law School on a part time basis to be admitted to practice. I had a wonderful supervising attorney at the time who supported and encouraged me all the way ❤️
While I am so very thankful for the path I chose, the things I’ve learned and the perspectives I’ve gained by way of being involved in the practice of law I’m also seriously considering transitioning to another career path at this point and trying to figure out what that might be.
This is such a difficult time as all I ever wanted to be was a lawyer but my experiences over the past few years have made me question if staying in this profession is worth it anymore