I’ve practiced litigation in DC for about 5+ years at a larger plaintiffs’ firm, and am considering a switch to a defense firm. Is there any insight to how many billable hours this would require, and how much time that would actually be? For reference, the firm has a 1900 billable hour requirement and the partner said I would have “no problem” fulfilling that based on the work they have.

Kisi ne chutti lene ke bad b billable hours dale h kya dte me ?😀

What are your current billable hours and salary? Is anyone actually on a good ratio with this - would love to hear

I use timers to keep track of my billable hours, but many senior associates and partners have told me that they just estimate their time. What’s the best method? How do you even accurately estimate?

In your experience, how accurate has the Robert Half Salary Guide been? Small law in LCOL area. Fourth year associate trying to figure out appropriate salary range. I’ve heard the 1/3 of your billable time value as well? Any guidance appreciated.

First-year associate here. For all those who have lateraled in this market, do you recommend I make the jump to a bigger law firm? I love my partner and enjoy the work, but the compensation is extremely low for comparable mid-size firms. I bill over the minimum billable requirements every month, and I’ve been told I’m a good associate and have good work product. Lately, it’s hard to feel motivated knowing that I’m billing as much as people making double what I make.

Did the billable hours bonus not get paid out today? Or is it to be paid in the next check?

Need some advice, I’m a third year healthcare/corp/M&A associate in Texas from a small firm. Was let go today because of recent hires and not enough billable work. Feel like I should try everything possible to secure another job and still a bit shocked. So if anyone in this bowl has any leads, please let me k ow! TIA!

Does anyone have experience working for a ALSP? How does compensation work (pay and benefits)? Are you an employee or technically an IC? Do you have billable requirements like at a firm? How do you think it prepared you to potentially move in house? I'm currently at a firm but thinking of taking a position with an ALSP but my goal is to go in house.

What's up everyone? I saw a salary survey posted earlier. What do y'all think I should make at a litigation boutique that handles primarily business litigation on a contingency fee? No billable hours.

Internal Thoughts: Being a lawyer is already stressful enough, but these BILLABLE HOURS can kiss my entire ass! Aside from going in-house can anyone recommend some other career paths in the legal field that don’t require billables? Thanks in advance 🥲

I am a 10 yr lawyer. 7 yrs in my practice area. Little over a year at current firm. Still an associate. Im at large plaintiff firm w/ billable requirements. I do mass/class cases and hold a couple leadership positions (these were competitive to get). What should salary be and when should I make partner. I’ll add I work remote and pretty autonomously. Little contact with partners or anyone at my firm.

To the post below- it is quiet, so I’ll bite!
Does anyone know about associate compensation at the regional Atlantic Canada firms? The the big ones have all been posting job ads for associates in the 3-5 year range. Any insight on salary and billable targets?

How do billable requirements (or expectations in my firm’s case) and bonus eligibility actually apply to first-year associates who may have had a few slow months starting out? I’m finally in the 200 range the past few months but started out sub-120 for the first few.

16 weeks and so worried all of the stress I’m under is going to hurt the baby. Between work, my own scary (non-pregnancy) health stuff, the pandemic, my mom (who is a widow and lives alone, basically isolated by choice due to covid) is having health issues, and pressures to keep billable hours up, I’ve been having complete breakdowns. Today I spent almost the entire day crying and now have to make up the billable time this weekend. I really worry abt what effect this will have on the babe.

Does anyone know what the billable requirements are for a counsel job (off the track) with Littler?

Is there a policy for charging billable hours on the weekend? Feel like I should be able to bill 1.5x+ for having to work on the weekend

How do you navigate the conversation of a client hinting at doing work over the weekend but you know it’s billable work you should be adding to your time?

Does everyone here accurately track their weekly non billable hours? I only include BD and holidays/PTO when appropriate. Should I be tracking time spent on WBLs, company events, travel, etc?

Did BCW NY just layoff it’s EA staff?! Seeing a bunch of these names on Connect and very upset that great people were let go!

I am hoping to integrate more culturally relevant reading into my school curriculum but am having a hard time finding free/copyright stories I can share with my students virtually. Anyone have any ideas or resources?

Friend has a small business. They want my help, be a consultant of sorts. Any ideas on how to go about this? They need HELP. Creating a brand and then selling the products. Know of any resources that I can use to guide me.

How much time JPMC takes to release offer letter after HR discussion? Can anyone help me out with this please.

Hey ladies! Any trust worthy credit repairers?

Hi Fishes,
I have offer from marsh mclennan of 16.5 and Varian of 17.5 . Which one to be preferred ?
Yoe - 5

I am a Partner at BCG and looking to exit. I find it very hard to find relevant opportunities. First, there are very few positions and for those positions, they want to hire folks with operating experience. Largely from competition. Please advise and share your wisdom.

Anyone here work in assertive community treatment? Im for advice to improve my practice within the team…

What are your favorite tools for your role?

With a possibility of another lockdown, do y’all think Prometrics will close their testing centers again?

i desperately need to change my job, i have one year experience of system administrator and looking for job in bangalore for developer, analyst or junior cloud positions , if there's any opportunity kindly let me know

Hi guys, Got an offer for senior position from ANSR for US based organisation HY-VEE. They said payroll will be transferred in Feb or Mar 2023 from ANSR to HYVEE. My joining will be last week of Jan. Is it fine to proceed and join considering recession news next year. I am doubtful how this payroll transfer works.

Crowdsourcing for some advice!
Which is better for someone who is still somewhat early in their career:
1) Go to a mid-size/tier 2 firm with a solid reputation and knowing you’ll learn a ton (reputation for culture is pretty good too), but have little WLB and be potentially seen as a pawn in the group or 2) go to a small boutique firm that emphasizes their WLB and culture and you know the leadership, but company is super small and relatively unknown, scope of projects potentially limited

How long before it's reasonable to look for a new job? Been here 3.5 months, and not being challenged or fully utilized despite my requests/efforts/experience.

Heading towards my first (and hopefully last) divorce. I'm resentful of my career because I feel like it was a huge contributing factor to the failure of my marriage.

Any reading materials, blogs, podcasts etc. you recommend to stay current and continue learning?

Hi fishes, please suggest

Tcs - 8 LPA
Hcl - 8.5 LPA

YOE - 4
Tech - Reactjs

Which company to choose in terms of growth?

An associate attorney at my (now former) firm left in October and her picture & bio are still on the firm website. I just left the firm and can only assume that my pic/bio isn’t getting removed anytime soon either. Is there a way to approach this? It feels unprofessional to me for my info to remain long after I’ve left.

If you had the opportunity to take 3-6 months off work right now, what would you do during that time?

How long does it usually take for a firm to raise an associate’s billable rate?

Has your office been closed as a result of Coronavirus?

Does anyone enjoy lender work? If so, what about it did you find appealing? I’ve somehow been saddled with all the lender work at my firm (despite never having expressed an interest in it and having no experience with it) and it’s miserable. Having said that, our other practice areas are slowing down significantly and I don’t know if I want to rock the boat. Any advice would be much appreciated!

Thoughts on firms buying up smaller firms? I’m seeing a lot of this going on and I’m not sure what to make of it.

So today I got played. I went against my better Judgment and tried to be a nice guy and it blew up in my face.
I’m more pissed than anything. Lesson learned. Anyone else experience this?

Anyone have insight into finding recruiters that don’t make you want to tear your hair out? Recently have had a few experiences with recruiters at allegedly reputable recruiting firms that have left a pretty bad taste in my mouth (e.g., one implied that I need to flat out lie about my experience). In litigation — so a harder placement than corporate right now — and in a major market. Am I just looking in the wrong places?

Help—I’m in need of FL CLE credit. Best site for CLEs that allow for a wide variety of choice at a decent price? Thanks!

How to keep AWOL partners from taking you down with them when you can't start/submit time sensitive work bc you couldn't get a greenlight?

Can't exactly add "not my fault" to my signature block

Anyone do independent contractor 1099 attorney work for firms where your pay is collection based? I do this & the firm makes little to no effort to collect money owed even though most clients can afford to pay. Some clients owe tens of thousands & haven’t paid in months, yet the firm continues to do work for those clients. I stopped doing work for those clients but am still owed lots of $. Also, I realized that the firm was no charging some of my time without telling me. Anyone experience this?

Need contact info for recruiters in St. Louis. I need to get out of litigation. TIA.

I have been reading posts from newer associates about bad things partners have done or said to them and I think it could be fun for some of us more senior lawyers in the bowl to tell stories of mean things partners did or said to us when we were new associates. Hopefully it stays mostly light and not horrible things.

I use timers to keep track of my billable hours, but many senior associates and partners have told me that they just estimate their time. What’s the best method? How do you even accurately estimate?

How much is too much coffee to drink per day? My mugs are more milk with a hint of coffee but I’m at 3+ a day. Maybe at some point I will sleep enough to not need caffeine but until then...

Anyone feel guilty about not asking for more work when slow in order to take a little break?

Is there a path from adjunct to associate / full professor?

What’s the national market salary for a 4th year associate?

First-year associate here. For all those who have lateraled in this market, do you recommend I make the jump to a bigger law firm? I love my partner and enjoy the work, but the compensation is extremely low for comparable mid-size firms. I bill over the minimum billable requirements every month, and I’ve been told I’m a good associate and have good work product. Lately, it’s hard to feel motivated knowing that I’m billing as much as people making double what I make.

Partners, do y’all actually have your shit together? Or have you gotten really good at hiding that you’re also making it all up as you go along?