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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It has taken me more than a decade to realize that people don't usually call their lawyers when they are all happy and things are going great. No, they call their lawyers when shit has hit the fan and they need help with something. No wonder why lawyers work all the time.  It is always "life and death" or a company will lose billions of dollars if you don't fix this immediately and everybody will lose their jobs.  [/quote]

That's not the case for most in-house or government attorneys. The trick is finding a good niche practice area and lateral to the better positions. Pay won't be as good, but it will still be good. I did my time in the trenches for a decade after law school and moved into a great federal attorney job, non-supervisory GS-15. I get to spend so much time with my kids, and we travel a lot too.

But besides the good work hours, I function as both a legal and business advisor to the government decision-makers. As a PP said, these are good problems, helping to navigate and make good strategic decisions for the agency.

If my kids ever want to be lawyers, I will say federal government or bust. [/quote]

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