Plaintiff lawyers: do you see yourself doing that long term? Is the money there? I want to make the jump but nervous of being stuck litigating forever. For the record, I love litigation I just get worried if I’ll get burnt out in the 15 years from stress

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Yes, but mostly because I run my own practice. The goal is to build out teams of attorneys/support staff that can handle prelit & lit on their own and focus more on expanding the business than practicing.

Ps: the money is definitely there, but as the associate you have to have your own book of business to really see the money that everyone talks about.

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Yes, I see myself in it for a long haul. I started out working in-house for an insurance carrier doing insurance defense 3 years after law school. Cushy, worked about 30-35 hours a week and made good money, but I hated having adjusters dictate litigation and being a robot. I’ve been doing plaintiff work for the past 3 years and I like it. Sure, clients can suck, and there is undoubtedly more stress as a plaintiff. But I like the eat what you kill comp structure and it feels great to have an actual financial interest in each case you handle. In addition, as a plaintiff, you get to be creative and more or less be in control of litigation. I just need to figure out how to bring in my own cases, which is the only way you’ll really make a ton of money as a non-partner/owner. I also do not think it’s realistic for me to take a huge paycut and go to a completely different practice area at this point in my career even if I wanted out.

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