Years of experience and how much are you making on average every year? Do you like your job? Pros and cons? I am making the switch from commercial litigation to plaintiff as a third year lawyer going to a good plaintiff firm and I am nervous as can be about switching jobs. I wanna make sure it’s worth it

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Left commercial litigation about 8 years ago for PI. Make anywhere between $3.5M to $8M per year depending on the year. Took me about two years in PI to get there. It’s not easy and requires a little bit of luck but it’s doable. Good luck.

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WOW that is crazy. I work for a couple attorneys and they make great money but not nearly as much as you are making. I have always said all the money is in PI though.

This sounds like an excellent switch. Hopefully you were able to negotiate a % of cases you work on in addition to your base.

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About the same

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2nd year making 65k in the NYC tri state area. Business/commercial litigation. Mostly assist in cases so generally low stress.
I don’t have much experience to offer but I think a switch is always good. If you have been thinking about changing jobs then you probably have good reason. Best of luck to you in 2024!

3rd year made 97k last year. Love my work hate my job.

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