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Would the highest paid lawyer in Baton Rouge be a corporate lawyer or billboard lawyer?
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:55 pm
Went to my high school reunion the other day and had a girl in my class who's brother makes over $10,000,000 a year as a law partner in Houston.
Obviously, Baton Rouge isn't the market Houston is but I imagine they got some big rainmakers.
Eta: Billboard Lawyers = car accident lawyers.
Obviously, Baton Rouge isn't the market Houston is but I imagine they got some big rainmakers.
Eta: Billboard Lawyers = car accident lawyers.
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Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:57 pm to LaSalle
Why was this girl talking about her brothers salary at her high school reunion?
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:57 pm to LaSalle
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Eta: Billboard Lawyers = car accident lawyers.
not true I see plenty of tall billboards when I fly commercial
Posted on 9/22/23 at 2:58 pm to LaSalle
It's got to be Gordon right?
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:00 pm to LaSalle
Billboard lawyers, but in the big leagues, corporate law wins. Being a corporate lawyer for Pluckers can’t be that great.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:02 pm to LaSalle
It will be a personal injury lawyer, and will usually change from year to year depending on how many cases they settle and if they hit a big one. Corporate lawyers are tied to their hourly billing. Baton Rouge does not command very high hourly rates, like you'd have in a major city. And there are only so many hours in the day you can bill. Personal injury lawyers typically are paid a contingency fee of 25% - 50% of the award/settlement.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:05 pm to LaSalle
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$10,000,000 a year as a law partner in Houston.
Does he tho?
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:06 pm to Hermit Crab
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Why was this girl talking about her brothers salary at her high school reunion?
She took her subtle brag shot...
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:10 pm to LaSalle
the big Billboard lawyers make fricking insane money.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:10 pm to vistajay
A Big Law equity partner is not tied to their yearly billables
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:11 pm to LaSalle
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makes over $10,000,000 a year as a law partner in Houston.
Find this hard to believe.
This post was edited on 9/22/23 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:13 pm to LaSalle
Average Biglaw partner probably makes about $1.3m in comp, and the top partners at firms like Kirkland & Ellis top $20m, maybe max out at $30m.
In a market like BR partners are probably all under $3m probably significantly.
The major settlement mills if designed as a pyramid with one guy at the top could easily put over $3m in comp in the named attorney's pocket. My guess would a PI lawyers owns the comp title in BR.
One thing to note is Biglaw partner's comp can vary significantly year to year especially in a eat what you kill firm. Comp for Biglaw rose 30% or more between '20 and '22 on average but this year is off.
In a market like BR partners are probably all under $3m probably significantly.
The major settlement mills if designed as a pyramid with one guy at the top could easily put over $3m in comp in the named attorney's pocket. My guess would a PI lawyers owns the comp title in BR.
One thing to note is Biglaw partner's comp can vary significantly year to year especially in a eat what you kill firm. Comp for Biglaw rose 30% or more between '20 and '22 on average but this year is off.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:14 pm to LaSalle
I've always wanted to email Better Call Saul creator and writer Vince Gilligan to see if he could imagine a PI attorney resort to things like bible quotes on billboards.
Saul Goodman was supposed to be a stereotype.
Meanwhile, Gordon actually puts up billboards like this:
Is there any other lawyer in the country who could possible be this vile?
Saul Goodman was supposed to be a stereotype.
Meanwhile, Gordon actually puts up billboards like this:
Is there any other lawyer in the country who could possible be this vile?
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:14 pm to LaSalle
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Went to my high school reunion the other day and had a girl in my class who's brother makes over $10,000,000 a year as a law partner in Houston.
"I got pregnant by a high school drop out second semester of college and now I'm a single mom. I know you used to like me and I pushed you away. Please take me."
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:16 pm to Giantkiller
I think most of his billboards are a joke and he's playing along with how ridiculous it is
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:16 pm to vistajay
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Corporate lawyers are tied to their hourly billing. Baton Rouge does not command very high hourly rates, like you'd have in a major city. And there are only so many hours in the day you can bill.
LOL. You think the big time corporate partners earn money only from their billable hours?
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:19 pm to LaSalle
Gordon probably pulls the most, but some of the big corporate law guys are probably next in line.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:24 pm to Jones
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I think most of his billboards are a joke and he's playing along with how ridiculous it is
I'd agree - but a few years ago, I was working out and on my way out the gym, saw a few of these on a bookrack by the door: LINK
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A Christian Dilemma: Suffer Or Sue? By Gordon McKernan
I think he thought this was a smart way to market himself to the lowest hanging fruit in the personal injury industry, and then he wrote this bullshite book to justify it. I honestly don't know how you get any lower. In a sea of pieces of shite, Brother Gordon is swimming at the top of the toilet.
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:38 pm to LaSalle
If you can get in, corporate law or insurance defense is just much safer career path. Lots of personal injury lawyers that struggle greatly. Not many corporate lawyers struggling to provide. Personal injury is become more and more top heavy in Baton Rouge
Posted on 9/22/23 at 3:42 pm to vistajay
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Corporate lawyers are tied to their hourly billing
No they're not. Associates have minimum yearly hourly requirements and will many times have their bonuses based on their hours billed. Equity partners at a corporate firm are not paid based on how many hours they bill.
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