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I switched P to D. I found that plaintiffs tended to be more insane and unreasonable than dealing with corporate institutional clients, who are making, generally, rationally sound business decisions based on my advice rather that nutty people who are emotionally exhausting and refuse to listen to my advice.
I switched P to D in employment lit. Usually, within ten minutes of an intake interview I could identify the precise legitimate non-discriminatory reason they were terminated, usually that they were irrational, had anger management issues, or were otherwise acutely unpleasant to interact with. They mostly develop emotional relationships with their term suits, and just like you would not give up your spouse or child for any amount of money, they were equally emotionally invested in their cases and would not settle them for any amount of money. I had a term case from a client who made 55k/yr, was termed, and found a better job shortly thereafter who nevertheless turned down a $60k offer I worked my ass of to elicit from Jackson Lewis hardasses. She was in fact offended by the offer. I can’t work with clients like that.
I normally work in defense side insurance coverage (eg defending insurance companies against large commercial property/business interruption claims) the clients can be very demanding and clip some of the invoices but they pay and they generally understand the litigation ups and downs eg you win some you lose some. I have also worked on a few plaintiff’s side consumer actions when that group needed assistance and I will take the institutional clients any day. The individual plaintiffs are draining, unreliable and at times dishonest.
We once took something one of the plaintiffs told us at face value and incorporated the facts they were adamant about in a declaration and used them as an important part of a legal argument and awaited the documents they promised they would provide. Weeks went by, I kept following up on the documents - client’s promises to provide then turned to silence. Faced with the difficult decision I advised that without the documentary support we could not include those facts in the submission. The deadline approached I scrambled to change the declaration and legal arguments as we had to pivot significantly. Got the job done then when the client saw how we had to approach the situation they screamed and yelled that we didn’t believe him, called him a liar, etc. Case moves on. Later as I am reviewing defendants doc production I see documents confirming that what the client was so adamant about was false.
Since it essentially feels like comparing apples to oranges at this point. I was formerly at a mid size (but operating like a big law firm) so I very much feel one is the known vs. the unknown - but I’m also really excited by the unknown. But also don’t want to make some irreversible jump that I later regret! I’m kind of hoping the universe makes the decision for me and only one gives me an offer 😂
I switched from D to P doing class actions. There’s a lot more autonomy because you don’t have to answer to a big corporate client. And you still get to litigate against the top defense firms. But you will work biglaw hours and you won’t make biglaw money.