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I did both in PI and it depends on what you find stressful. Billing every waking moment, or dealing with a client who thinks this is your only file and demands 1 million dollars. You pick your poison (or find the defense non-billable job which is 1 in a million).
Plaintiff's work is more stressful in the sense that you're often working without a net. Unless you're in a very large plaintiff's practice doing pharna ir something, you're not likely to be working on a team or under close supervision. Young plaintiff's lawyers are often just handed cases and expected to figure it out. It's a very sink or swim environment, which can be stressful. On the hand, you'll likely get much more experience much quicker in that type of practice. I was handling defendant's depositions and trials long before my defense counterparts.
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I’ve done both and I think they both have pretty unique stressors. I wouldn’t say one is more stressful than the other, but I prefer defense work.
I think it depends on the area of law. I do first party property claims (Plaintiff) and almost everyone I talk to that does defense in this area either hates it or they always complain about it. But generally I think plaintiff work is better than defense work.
Defense work... work for a solo & we consistently get better results than big firms. Refuse to settle , not paper tigers . Win trials
Plaintiff’s work. You're usually wearing a business person and lawyer hat. Defense just has to churn out paperwork and get paid for it.
I think this question is odd. Are you only talking about tort work? In the context of a contract dispute, doesn’t matter to me which side of the v I’m on.
I do both plaintiff and defense (not PI or med mail), and I find the most stressful cases to be the ones w assholes on the other side. We are not our clients. We should be civil in our profession. 98% of my cases proceed in this manner.
Second most stressful cases are the ones w non responsive or unreasonable clients (idk, maybe I’d switch this and call this the most stressful).
Doesn’t matter to me who initiated the case.
If you work for a big firm.... it’s easy to collect a paycheck. But the same people who talk a big game have never made payroll or attempted to be on their own.
Plaintiff work by far if you are in state court. You have to do all the work