Laid-Off Biglaw Attorneys

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Anonymous wrote:None. That’s why we need to reopen economy

Lol. Big law!

what does this even mean?

Big law attorneys already make a shit ton of money! You should’ve saved for a rainy day!

When I worked in BigLaw, I spent over $200k paying off my law school debt. It wasn’t uncommon for up to 50-75% of my take home (depending on year)
To go to loans. I definitely saved, but not all BigLaw associates are living large like you think.

where's my violin? You poor people!

When the pitchforks come out one day, I heard the lawyers will be right next in line after the bankers. Theres too many of you already, perhaps growing food would be a more useful application of your time.

No one is asking for sympathy just that you do some simple math.

You're a prestigious BigLaw attorney and you want US to do the simple math of how to save for you?

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Anonymous wrote:Associate from earlier here. I was informed more time is possible, but not guaranteed. Should I be doing work for the firm during this time?

It depends on the work.

You certainly should make sure smoothly to transfer all of your pending matters and assignments. If you have particular institutional or client information, be sure to write a detailed transition memorandum. Leave on the best possible terms. Say a sincere goodbye to everyone, particularly anyone you may have some friction with. Thank everyone for all they have done for you during your time at the firm, even if a particular person actually never did anything. Strive to be remembered as a class act.

As for continuing to work on substantive matters, there’s a difference between having what should be transition time exploited and continuing to carry your weight and maintain the goodwill of people you will need as references and/or network points. You’re the only one who can decide the proper balance, but leaving dissatisfied people behind can yield bad dividends for a very long time, just as a tidy departure can net you the referral that gets you your next, better, job.

Nice job not splitting the infinitive, but it really would have sounded better if you simply wrote “to smoothly transfer” - or “make sure that you smoothly transfer” - language rules change and this one you used has got to go.

So sorry, but I was writing to the attorney poster, who presumable understands such refinement of expression.

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It should be "You should make sure to transfer smoothly all of your pending matters and assignments."

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Anonymous wrote:It should be "You should make sure to transfer smoothly all of your pending matters and assignments."

No it shouldn’t.

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Yes, it should.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it should.

Or “ you should make sure you smoothly transfer” and avoid the briar patch. Agree though avoiding split infinitives is tiresome and makes writer or speaker seem pompous.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw a big-law attorney furtively picking through a garbage can, presumably looking for scraps of food. When I said hello, he was startled and tried to pretend he was merely glancing into the can. #compassion #tacos

troll

No, not a troll. I wish I were. He was hungry and disheveled. That's Big Law, April 2020.

I do not believe you. I do not think anyone who is educated would do that now, not to mention a highly educated big law attorney, because he knows picking through a garage can will increase his chance of coronavirus exponentially. You are still a troll.

I saw it and I am not the only one. We know him. It was a sad sight. You are the troll. Where is your compassion for this hungry man?

NP, I am not saying it is not possible for a former biglaw attorney (or anyone of any career) to reach a point of desperation. But I think the idea that a biglaw attorney has been driven by a pandemic related job loss to trash picking in less than two months is preposterous absent preexisting (or sudden onset) mental illness, which would make it nothing to do with the pandemic and the state of biglaw.

Well then you are wrong. We saw it, as did other passersby. He was eating garbage; foodstuffs-garbage, yes, but garbage just the same. That is a very telling portrait of Big Law, April 2020 (and of the desperation of hunger.)

I would like to know whether you are alleging that the dude was wearing a fancy suit and doing a little garbage diving for excitement or whether he was out there in slippers and a hoodie and a full beard etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, it should.

Or “ you should make sure you smoothly transfer” and avoid the briar patch. Agree though avoiding split infinitives is tiresome and makes writer or speaker seem pompous.

Quod scripsi scripsi.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw a big-law attorney furtively picking through a garbage can, presumably looking for scraps of food. When I said hello, he was startled and tried to pretend he was merely glancing into the can. #compassion #tacos

troll

No, not a troll. I wish I were. He was hungry and disheveled. That's Big Law, April 2020.

I do not believe you. I do not think anyone who is educated would do that now, not to mention a highly educated big law attorney, because he knows picking through a garage can will increase his chance of coronavirus exponentially. You are still a troll.

I saw it and I am not the only one. We know him. It was a sad sight. You are the troll. Where is your compassion for this hungry man?

NP, I am not saying it is not possible for a former biglaw attorney (or anyone of any career) to reach a point of desperation. But I think the idea that a biglaw attorney has been driven by a pandemic related job loss to trash picking in less than two months is preposterous absent preexisting (or sudden onset) mental illness, which would make it nothing to do with the pandemic and the state of biglaw.

Well then you are wrong. We saw it, as did other passersby. He was eating garbage; foodstuffs-garbage, yes, but garbage just the same. That is a very telling portrait of Big Law, April 2020 (and of the desperation of hunger.)

I would like to know whether you are alleging that the dude was wearing a fancy suit and doing a little garbage diving for excitement or whether he was out there in slippers and a hoodie and a full beard etc.

LOL

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Anonymous wrote:None. That’s why we need to reopen economy

Lol. Big law!

what does this even mean?

Big law attorneys already make a shit ton of money! You should’ve saved for a rainy day!

When I worked in BigLaw, I spent over $200k paying off my law school debt. It wasn’t uncommon for up to 50-75% of my take home (depending on year)
To go to loans. I definitely saved, but not all BigLaw associates are living large like you think.

where's my violin? You poor people!

When the pitchforks come out one day, I heard the lawyers will be right next in line after the bankers. Theres too many of you already, perhaps growing food would be a more useful application of your time.

No one is asking for sympathy just that you do some simple math.

You're a prestigious BigLaw attorney and you want US to do the simple math of how to save for you?

I’m the $200k debt former BigLaw lawyer. Agreed that I wasn’t asking for sympathy, merely pointing out the math of it all. This poster is obviously being a troll and it’s his or her loss. You can dislike me if you want because of my income, but that’s no skin off my nose. I was blessed to get to the position I was in and I pay it forward by giving back generously. I don’t know who/what hurt you, but I’ll keep you in my prayers and wish you well.