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re: OT lawyers. ..Ever think about hanging it up?
Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:30 pm to LoveThatMoney
Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:30 pm to LoveThatMoney
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The worst clients are almost always the pro bono clients..
The rule is, for the most part, the clients that require the most work and headaches typically offer the least remuneration. When a client sees a bill where he has to pay for the non-stop phones calls and emails, they drop off.
MedMal is pretty limited in LA. The Cap/PCF system eliminates most cases, except for big ones that make it worth the time and effort to pursue. Doctors may claim they do things just to avoid suits, but if you dig a little deeper, you might find some profit motive. There's a whole lot of tests and procedures performed b/c Medicare/Caid/Insurance will pay for them, not b/c they're afraid of suits.
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Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:38 pm to Salviati
Fair enough. 
Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:42 pm to Volt
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As a person that has worked in the medical field for 14 years, and will be practicing as an NP in less than 2 months, I think most lawyers need to hang it up.
Patients often ask "why" something is being done or ordered, and I've said "Morris Bart runs this ER". Most of what I do now and for the rest of my career is being dictated by the potential for being sued. So I have to treat patients based on that instead of treating them based on my education and training.
Sorry you don't know what you are talking about.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:51 pm to Salviati
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Of course, I practice an arcane law based on a federal statute that is over 100 years old. Probably less than 0.001% of practicing attorneys have ever heard of it.
Isn't most law arcane?
This post was edited on 8/20/14 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 8/20/14 at 1:57 pm to Traffic Circle
If I could find an alternative career where the money was even remotely similar, I would do it.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 2:12 pm to Traffic Circle
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Isn't most law arcane?
No. Real lawyers are immensely practical.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 2:14 pm to Burlee
one problem with law is it's hard to do it "part-time," because you're either engaged or you aren't. and in a firm, i've rarely seen reduced hours arrangements work very well.
i just had to find the right clients and get my priorities straight. get bills to a minimum so i'm not stressing if things slow down (and they will). also, i was never meant to be a true litigator. appellate work and ADR is fine, but i don't like the litigation environment. "I'm a uniter, not a divider."
i just had to find the right clients and get my priorities straight. get bills to a minimum so i'm not stressing if things slow down (and they will). also, i was never meant to be a true litigator. appellate work and ADR is fine, but i don't like the litigation environment. "I'm a uniter, not a divider."
Posted on 8/20/14 at 2:16 pm to Traffic Circle
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Isn't most law arcane?
Some of it can be...especially corporate/transactional, but even within that sphere you need to know a lot of other law. The big firms typically will have lawyers from multiple specialties working on a transaction.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 2:28 pm to udtiger
Daily.
Why? Disreputable opposing counsel. Some people actually think a license, a petition and harassing discovery are tools of extortion.
What is stopping me? Got some things to wrap up first.
Why? Disreputable opposing counsel. Some people actually think a license, a petition and harassing discovery are tools of extortion.
What is stopping me? Got some things to wrap up first.
Posted on 8/20/14 at 2:47 pm to Mung
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There's a whole lot of tests and procedures performed b/c Medicare/Caid/Insurance will pay for them, not b/c they're afraid of suits.
Inb4 False Claims Act.
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