Litigation question: plaintiff brought personal injury action in 2018. Defendants were notified that plaintiff passed away in January 2021 but plaintiff's counsel has still not filed a suggestion of death with court and does not know whether plaintiff has an estate for the case to proceed. Can defendants move to dismiss for failure to prosecute? (MA state case)

Snowbird here, heading down soon. What fun things are happening Labor Day weekend?

Is it misleading to just look at Total Compensation from a $ dollar value/ Total Compensation seems to be much more subjective than base salary in terms of its value. Some factors might be:

RSUs granted on dollar value or by # of shares & stock price trends
Vesting schedule
strike price on ISOs & delta between strike price and real market value

For instance, most of value in Amazon's comp seems to be granted in years 3 & 4, but it's well known that most people last only 2 years max there.

Partners: where do your clients come from? Do you spend more time acquiring new clients or using your network from past projects/peers?

Why does Newark close tsa pre lanes? Terrible

Hello! I’m happy/surprised that a CRM bowl exists.

Any Amazon counsel or other FAANG attorneys willing to share how their comp review has worked? I’m really happy with my offer(lower base, really high signing bonus and decent RSUs) and was told their would be yearly comp reviews but wondering how that plays out the first few years...

What is the 2022 package for new hire at Texas instruments Banglore?

What’s the salary for a 5th year associate at JL or other comparable firms in Los Angeles? TIA

When we will get the salary slip of October 2022.

Hi all, I'm an experienced Scrum Master and Agile Coach. Can someone please refer me to a job posting? I can share the job ID. It would be very helpful. Thanks!

Do partners at top consulting firms have better WLB?
An Associate here contemplating whether all this is worth it.
Thanks!

Is there any way to get around the coinbase fee when buying crypto?

These roboadvisor fintech companies like betterment and wealthfront can't be lasting much longer.

To my fellow ladies, how do you all manage to look impeccable at the office every day? I struggle to put on a clean outfit every day

Does ML urine test?

There’s no practical difference other than taxes, but do you think there’s a prestige difference between being “partner” versus “shareholder” or “member” at a law firm?

Feel like I just bombed my first arbitration. Partner was sitting in and then called me after to provide feedback 👻Please give me your first arb horror story to validate my feelings. Thx

Are there “prestigious” plaintiff-side firms? Ones with mostly or all T-14 grads?

So I was a 5th year associate in nyc making 100 k a year 2k billable hours.. I decided to leave for the role Im in now.. my old countered to keep me at 115k (which was like pulling teeth for them) but I left anyways now I find out that they offered a 7th year 150 k and a partner title should I be offended that they didn’t even try more with me

Newly barred attorney here of almost a year. Looking to maybe ditching the “traditional” attorney/bar licensure track and going into other areas where JD degrees/lawyers are preferred. Anyone have experience with this untraditional track?

What’s the most unethical thing you’ve seen OC get away with?

Going through some relationship issues and having a hard time focusing at work the past couple of days. Not sure how to prevent my personal life from affecting my work.

Typical non-equity partner salary? Include law firm size pls.

I want to emphasize in my resume that I defend major corporate entities, including Fortune 500 companies. What is the best way to word this on a resume (without sounding obnoxious)?

Gripe in here about Legal Assistants (more in comments)

Best deal toy / tombstone ever?

Doing my first examination/deposition this week! Any tips?

I just gave notice. I’ll need to take some of my work products with me because I’m flying solo. What is the best way of leaving the firm with some of your work products besides taking photos of them? 🥲

They should really poll the associates to seed ideas for holiday party locations...

Am I the only one left at the end of the month trying to bill 10hour days to meet hours because I slacked off at the beginning of the month? It’s a vicious cycle. Then the end of the month hits and I’m so exhausted that I need to take it was the next week... and the cycle continues

I found out a soon to be 2nd year associate got a 10k raise making his salary 110k now, while I, the soon to be 3rd year associate got a 2k raise making my salary 107k. So now the 2nd year male associate is making more money than me. How do I bring this up to the partners?

honest question: why does everyone hate Lewis Brisbois?

First time interviewing multiple potential hires at a job fair tomorrow. Any tips or suggested questions?