Restructuring/Bankruptcy associates, how slow have you been this year so far? Seems like industry wide it’s been a very quiet year.

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So slow... I'm never going to make my hours. I think I was annualizing 1700 hours before July. July has been the slowest month yet.

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Waiting for the flood gates to open when all the Covid moratoriums to lift

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I’ve been super busy, but I’ve also expanded my practice. Probably 60% bankruptcy, 20% out of court restructuring and dissolution, and 20% mixed bag of transactional and litigation work. I think bankruptcy is naturally suited to being a bit of a generalist, so I’m really embracing it.

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So slow have even been helping other groups to keep hours at minimum for bonus

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What?? I've been SLAMMED

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