is this a sign of a not-so-successful lawyer?
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Anonymous
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I was surprised to learn that this guy from my high school, who wasn't very successful academically, ended up going to and graduating from law school (the wonders of Facebook). I looked him up, he's still living in our hometown which is a mid-sized city, and he seems to be practicing but not with a firm. He seems to be listed in the yellow pages and he has been associated with things like personal injury cases, etc.
Just wondering if this means anything, or no? |
Anonymous
| MYOB. Who cares? |
Anonymous
I care. I'm curious and this is an anonymous message board. I'm bored and I'd thought I'd ask since the discussion will harm no one. This is a huge board and there is no way this guy will ever know people are discussing him. Why do you care why I care? Ignore the thread and move on. |
Anonymous
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An ex boyfriend?
An ex crush? |
Anonymous
| It just means that he is a lawyer helping people with personal injuries. And just because he is still living in the same "mid-sized city" does mean that he isn't a good lawyer. I know a few people that were not the best "grade students" but are good professionals now, one of them was a Valedictorian. |
Anonymous
| Stop stalking your ex-boyfriend. It's over. You made your choice. |
Anonymous
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No, it doesn't mean with regards to his success. Small towns need attorneys, personal injury attorneys are also needed & many people still use the yellow pages.
NBD. |
Anonymous
| He is probably very successful. |
Anonymous
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I'm not a lawyer myself, but per DH who is one - personal injury lawyers are really looked down upon by the rest of the bar. But some are quite successful (think John Edwards). DH knows a guy from his law school who makes literally millions a year - I bet that's more than 90+% of their graduating class. But I am guessing that's more of an exception than the rule.
Point is - you never know. |
Anonymous
| There are way more lawyers practicing solo than there are in big law firms, and the world needs personal injury lawyers, all jokes aside. It is entirely possible, especially in a smaller legal market, for a solo to be making a killing. |
Anonymous
Cool, thanks. Just curious because I guess all the lawyers I know are either affiliated with a firm or work for a trade association, etc. I don't know any lawyers around here who are in this kind of practice for themselves. And to the other PP, I stated "mid size city" to stress that he wasn't a DC area lawyer, since I'm sure there are fewer firm and in house counsel opportunites in non DC places. No, he's not an ex boyfriend or crush. My really funny, pretty, sweet friend was hung up on all through high school and part of college and none of us knew why. He treated her horribly. Anyhoo, he was pretty rich and because of his academic record I figured he might have bought his way into law school, if that is possible. There are so many lawyer postings on this board warning that if you don't go to a top tier law school (which I'm pretty sure this school isn't) and graduate top 10 in your class or whatever you won't get a good job, so just wondering if it was true in real life. But sounds like he could be doing well professionally so no way of knowing if that is true or not. |
Anonymous
| I don't understand why would anybody looked down at "personal injury lawyers" . If we don't have these type of liers, who would defend people with this type of cases? |
Anonymous
| Weird. Who cares? |
Anonymous
I'm a defense lawyer. That statement is untrue. There are a lot of exceptionally talented Plaintiff personal injury attys out there. |
Anonymous
| stalker |