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re: OT Lawyers, what are the best personal injury firms to work for in the state?
Posted on 4/29/18 at 11:05 am to mikeybaw69
Posted on 4/29/18 at 11:05 am to mikeybaw69
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All the lawyers I know are alcoholics
I've been preparing for a long time. Glad I'm ahead of the curve.
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Posted on 4/29/18 at 11:18 am to momentoftruth87
99% of lawyers give the other 1% a bad name...
Posted on 4/29/18 at 11:37 am to mikeybaw69
Yeah the owners of such shops are going to share with the W2 pukes. Lol.
Posted on 4/29/18 at 11:45 am to mikeybaw69
Juan Lefonta
He fight, he don't play
He fight, he don't play
Posted on 4/29/18 at 6:55 pm to wadewilson
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All the lawyers I know are alcoholics
Same here
Posted on 4/29/18 at 7:10 pm to mikeybaw69
Go to work for John Bel's firm. Surely he will make a fortune in pay backs after he leaves office---maybe he will share with the hired help.
Posted on 4/29/18 at 8:13 pm to Paul Allen
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Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
I hate all lawyer ads, but I hate the ones by NB&A the most; "How much is your case worth (to me)?"
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:00 am to Paul Allen
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Neblett, Beard & Arsenault
Ehhh was kinda hoping New Orleans, Baton Rouge firms
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:33 am to mikeybaw69
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Ehhh was kinda hoping New Orleans, Baton Rouge firms
He isn;t going to make squat. No one's hiring young PI lawyers fresh out of law school. Like someone said earlier older experienced attorneys are jumping ship to work for McKernan and Callahagan's of the world etc.
There's no market at all for him.
he's going to starve.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:36 am to TigerGman
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No one's hiring young PI lawyers fresh out of law school
Maybe SULC grads
Plenty of small civil firms in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and New Orleans hire new grads.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:37 am to mikeybaw69
Since Morgan and Morgan are "For the People", the lawyers probably make a paltry amount, while the victims make bank.
Scratch M&M off the list.
Scratch M&M off the list.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:37 am to NIH
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Plenty of small civil firms in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and New Orleans hire new grads.
For P.I. work?
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:39 am to TigerGman
Sure. I see the ads on our job bank all of the time. Writing motions, taking depositions, and appearing in court every now & then is pretty much the standard requirements listing. 
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:40 am to TigerGman
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There's no market at all for him.
he's going to starve.
my, that's a bit harsh
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:48 am to mikeybaw69
lol if he thinks he will go straight into PI, he's got a mountain of bitch work before a firm will let him loose on his on
This post was edited on 4/30/18 at 11:52 am
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:50 am to Lake Vegas Tiger
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he goes to trial
Not in Louisiana
Hell, the guys who run our trial advocacy boot camp in August prefaced it by saying we essentially will not go to trial much in our careers
Posted on 4/30/18 at 11:52 am to Lake Vegas Tiger
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he's got a mountain of bitch work and trial experience he'll need to do before he goes to trial
what?
PI firms hire associates to do the stupid researching/writing and silly appearances as they learn how to do depos
then they do depo prep for a bit and handle that bitch work
then they get into preparing evidence and trial/mediation notebooks and may sit in on trials
their work is to allow the older lawyers the ability to settle cases, prepare for trial/mediation, and supplement at trial. who the frick is hiring young attorneys to do actual trials?
Posted on 4/30/18 at 12:05 pm to TigerGman
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He isn;t going to make squat.
That's not true I know people straight out of LSU that are getting paid 90kish at gordon, spencer. The crappier firms are 45-55kish from what i heard
Posted on 4/30/18 at 12:16 pm to mikeybaw69
1. You either have clients/cases (about 20% of practicing lawyers) or you work for cats who do.
2. If you work for cats who do, outside of "big law" firms in New Orleans and (doesn't really exist in BR, Laffy or Shreveport, but some are approaching) - lawyers working for a living usually top out at $75k, $80k or a little more. Guys who have clients/cases (or who can bring them in with either volume or high value) can make $200k or more, long-term and ramp up pretty quickly.
3. Lawyering in Louisiana is largely a 2-class society. A few "name" PI lawyers running their own (or with a parter or two) heavy advertising firm and senior partners at middle-to-larger insurance defense firms are the lion's share of cats making the big bucks. The rest of them are scrapping it out either 1 case or 1 billable hour at a time. I don't want to ignore the handful of solo practitioner/boutique lawyers doing well, but I'm focusing on the bulk of lawyers - litigators in civil, criminal or both.
2. If you work for cats who do, outside of "big law" firms in New Orleans and (doesn't really exist in BR, Laffy or Shreveport, but some are approaching) - lawyers working for a living usually top out at $75k, $80k or a little more. Guys who have clients/cases (or who can bring them in with either volume or high value) can make $200k or more, long-term and ramp up pretty quickly.
3. Lawyering in Louisiana is largely a 2-class society. A few "name" PI lawyers running their own (or with a parter or two) heavy advertising firm and senior partners at middle-to-larger insurance defense firms are the lion's share of cats making the big bucks. The rest of them are scrapping it out either 1 case or 1 billable hour at a time. I don't want to ignore the handful of solo practitioner/boutique lawyers doing well, but I'm focusing on the bulk of lawyers - litigators in civil, criminal or both.
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