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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My spouse is a lawyer and has tried many different set ups over the years. Rarely staying in one role more than 3 years. They LOVE the law and their particular niche in particular. But they are always always stressed out. At law firms it was the billable hours. In house it was the cost cutting measures and weird in fighting. At the most recent place I thought things were going well but recently they have started ruminating again about hours. I have tried forever to get them to go back to therapy - at one point they went and developed a lot of coping skills and that was really really good. But it’s all disappeared now a few years out and they are back to walking around stressed out and snapping at us all. I know I can’t solve this and realistically it’s more about their anxiety than the specific work places but I keep seeing threads about lawyers who hate their jobs. Are there lawyer jobs that are more pleasant or at least less stressful out there? [/quote]

My DH (not a fed) has consistently told me that people and/or companies only call their lawyers when something bad is going on.  You never hear a movie line where someone is doing great and says "I am going to call my lawyer to have a chat!"  No you hear people in the back of a cop car or in jail saying "I need to call my lawyer!"  That is basically their job - to get people out of jams, which ends up being an emergency = stress for the lawyer. [/quote]

Hmmm that’s interesting. That did happen some when they were in house. Some people are just better at letting it roll of than others? [/quote]

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