[Ed. Note: The following is from the mind of our good friend PhilaLawyer. It’s simply too amusing, intense and culturally relevant to just link to, so here it is in full. Don’t forget to buy his book: Happy Hour Is for Amateurs. A must-read for every Bitter Lawyer. And listen to his weekly radio show/podcast [...]
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[Ed. Note: The following is the second reply in Bitter Lawyer’s offer to Ask the Philadelphia Lawyer Anything. We received a ton of “interesting” entries seeking advice from the all-knowing lawyer/writer, but he is only answering three. The lucky person who submitted the below question just won a copy of The Philadelphia Lawyer’s best-selling book, [...]
Laid off from Biglaw? We know, it’s horrible. The profession has been turned on its head. All that money, that schooling. All the years of suffering those hoards of social invalids and Napoleons in your firm. And now you’re in the poor house. Or maybe not… You can wallow in self-pity, groveling for scraps as [...]
Let’s face a fact: Most of the time lawyers are billing they’re not doing legal work at all. They’re playing on the internet, often reading “blawgs” or any of the numerous lawyer chat boards that have sprung up since the glory days of the original “Greedy Associates” site, when Y2K was our biggest national concern. [...]
