Senate Prepares for "Nuclear Option"

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  • toasty
    Sir Toastiness
    • Jun 2004
    • 6585

    #31
    Re: Senate Prepares for "Nuclear Option"

    Well, having done defense work for the first few years of my legal career, I would actually say that my opinion is that the grass is greener on this side of the "v" and we probably do get to live more fulfilling lives -- or at least live more of our lives, as opposed to working crazy hours. Now, I get in to work at 9, and I'm gone every day by 5:30, 6 at the latest. Never work weekends. Of course, there are times when things are really busy and we burn the midnight oil just like you do, but when we work like fools it is because there is something that legitimately needs to get done right now, as opposed to simply needing to crank out billable hours to keep the partners off your back. Oh, how I hate billable hours -- I so prefer being in an environment where my overall worth is based solely on the results I achieve rather than how much time I can bill.

    Of course, if you go to a ptfs' firm like Milberg or Cohen Milstein, you're going to work the same hours you do now, you'll just be doing it on the plaintiffs' side.

    I'd be happy to chat with you if you are interested in making a move, the pros and cons, my experiences with various plaintiffs' firms, etc. Feel free to drop me a PM or something if you'd like to discuss it further.

    Cheers.

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    • gsturm
      Addiction started
      • Jun 2004
      • 459

      #32
      Re: Senate Prepares for "Nuclear Option"

      Sweet, thanks so much. Predictably getting reamed here at work today but will check in soon when things free up a bit. Cheers.

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      • thesightless
        Someone will marry me. Hell Yeah!
        • Jun 2004
        • 13567

        #33
        Re: Senate Prepares for "Nuclear Option"

        this conversation has made me glad i never got into criminal or civil law and stuck with taxation and WTE(will,trusts,estates). much easier and no lee way in the law, everything has to be proven and is a yes or no.
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        • toasty
          Sir Toastiness
          • Jun 2004
          • 6585

          #34
          Re: Senate Prepares for "Nuclear Option"

          The plot thickens:

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          • gsturm
            Addiction started
            • Jun 2004
            • 459

            #35
            Re: Senate Prepares for "Nuclear Option"

            Brown seems to be at least thoughtful from what I have read, but Owen is a total shill IMO. The fact that even Al Gonzales ripped her in print for being an activist says it all.

            I guess one piece of news that we can all cheer about is that Tom DeLay will soon be out of Congress and probably locked up. What a freakshow. I loved him saying it was "incredibly outrageous" that Justice Kennedy uses the Internet to conduct legal research. What planet does that guy live on? :?

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            • thesightless
              Someone will marry me. Hell Yeah!
              • Jun 2004
              • 13567

              #36
              Re: Senate Prepares for "Nuclear Option"

              just a quick polling question, who is a US citizen out of all people posting in this thread,, just out of personal interest.
              your life is an occasion, rise to it.

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              • toasty
                Sir Toastiness
                • Jun 2004
                • 6585

                #37
                Re: Senate Prepares for "Nuclear Option"

                I am

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                • gsturm
                  Addiction started
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 459

                  #38
                  Re: Senate Prepares for "Nuclear Option"

                  uh, i am

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