Being a small town attorney

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you could probably go to any old law school? Just don’t wind up in a ton of debt

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Talk to Boosie

He can get you in SUNO Law no prob

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Is this even a thing anymore? Everyone has a phone or can do zoom/video conferencing.

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Of course it is. Believe it or not there are still many many people out there who don’t do everything via screens.

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I have heard there is a real shortage of small town attorneys. How big of an issue is this? I think it would be fun to be a small town lawyer. One of the well respected members of the community (assuming you don’t do anything scummy). I like living in small towns and it seems like one of the few jobs that it would actually be feasible to live pretty much wherever you want. Also, you could probably go to any old law school? Just don’t wind up in a ton of debt

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I think most people would rather hire a local. Or somebody from the next town over.

They would possibly charge less too.

But yes, I’m sure that happens a lot

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One of the well respected members of the community

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small town attorney

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attorney

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well respected

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does not compute

More difficult than you think. You’ll have to know how to run and biz and keep good people. Keeping up with filing motions, discovery, all the mail, scheduling, etc. is a job in itself.

You’ll probably want to be skilled in family law, criminal defense, property, oil and gas, contracts and business law. That’s a lot of different subject matters to keep up with. Not to mention there’s probably already two or three guys doing the same within a 30 mi. Radius, so you’ll have to be better than them to keep business up.

End up doing mostly DWI defense from what I’ve seen.
Or family law which is scary.

SFP is a well respected, local attorney, and one of the brightest in Louisiana. He can give you great advice, and you'll know it comes with a 200+ IQ stamp of approval.

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Unless you work big law,

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You could probably scratch out a living if you’re a good enough salesman just doing PI

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Unless you work big law, I have never understood why one would be an attorney. Make partner in 9 years and 1 million a year, or make shite money, with the stress, and try to get any client you can...

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There’s like, 8000 other career paths there dude A frick ton of upper echelon business people (think corporate and private company executive officers and board members) have JDs.