re: that hate for personal injury attorneys

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measuring my worth as an attorney in tenths of an hour (never pass up a billing opportunity!); being a slave to reporting requirements; being a cog in a machine;

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Ha, truth. Horrible.

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i for one got tired of measuring my worth as an attorney in tenths of an hour (never pass up a billing opportunity!); being a slave to reporting requirements; being a cog in a machine;

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Totally worth it though when after 12 years of grinding out chiropractor depos and litigating bumper damage you score that sweet .000000000000000010000000002% partnership interest!

I was in the game for a couple years. Money is great if you get the cases. You’re also a divorce or private school tuition payment from the partner screwing you out of a big lick. That and the big city firms subject their associates to every shiny new PI “boot camp” that comes along.

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You’re also a divorce or private school tuition

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Dont forget buying fake titties and the drugs. My nut every month was rough.

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ost people form their opinions about trial lawyers from observing trial lawyers.

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from observing trial lawyers commercials

fixed it for you and i get it---those are obnoxious.

i am on very good terms with pretty much every defense atty i deal with. we are different sides of the same coin.

i was not referring to the defense bar. LABI and the insurance industry and their lackeys in baton rouge gin up this hostility. How many tort reforms have we had? how many prior insurance commissioners have gone to prison for being too cozy with the industry have there been??

i can agree that we need to police ourselves better and crack down on the bs

but my friend you are entitled to your opinion. peace be with you

And also having partners stealing your hours via cutting yours to add to their “review and revise” time. I figured out what was going on so started saving copies of my drafts and the final filed version to show that the revisions were minimal in case I was asked. Then I realized no one was going to ask because they didn't care. Then I realized, why work for such a firm.

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but but but they bill at a higher rate!! damn fine way to get fckd out of your billables. but if they client doesnt know who is it going to hurt? the 3rd party that reviews the bills wont know any better

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You aren't making much of a case for any attorney. You must be from LABI. LABI has nothing to do with the opinions of trial attorneys for 90% of the public. Most have been in an accident where the other party was clearly not injured yet got a decent settlement. It's not just the ads either, it's the product.

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i get it, the ads are annoying but why the absolute hate? we perform a service.

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So you decided to be a PI attorney because you wanted to help people who couldn’t help themselves…not because it could be lucrative, right?

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Seeing accidents with sub-$1000 in property damage result in 5 figure bodily injury claim payouts is usually a good reason why people hate PI lawyers.

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My daughter got in to an accident at the intersection of Airline Highway and Greenwell Springs Road. The only damage was a bit of paint transfer and a slightly bent running board on our vehicle. Our insurance got taken for $14K because of "soft tissue damage." This kind of thing is why people don't like personal injury attorneys.

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i get it, the ads are annoying but why the absolute hate?

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As a person who used to do a LOT of PI work, I can give you the biggest reasons:

1. Huge and some would say, unethical, margins.

2. PI mills relying on the artificially high margins referenced in #1. Not only are they a blight to our interstate highway system, but there is a lot of chicanery and potential fraud.

Contingency cases should be more strictly regulated (or eliminated entirely) and PI cases should all be guided by the Lodestar Method to eliminate windfalls. This would solve most of the problems and create a much more natural marketplace.