My spouse is a PI lawyer in a firm, works 30 hours a week typically, and makes between 300 and 500 k a year. I'd say that's pretty successful. People may look down on PI, but they're the lawyers you need when you've been harmed by a hospital, etc.

OP, I'd work on letting go of stereotypes and old grudges. Life's too short.

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What a stupid post. Judge much? No way for anyone on here to know. You and your "friend," if the "friend" exists, should move on from high school.


Exactly. It's like, "I think this guy was/is a jerk, so I really want to believe he doesn't have a decent career.". Why?

OP, does it make you happy to think that this guy is not very successful? And conversely, you'd be disappointed to know he's doing well with his practice? You sound very petty.


Oh please. We all do this. Some of us are at least honest enough to admit it. Others prefer to act holier-than-thou, which is of course just another form of the same judginess.

No, we don't all do it. Some of us don't begrudge others success and can't be bothered wishing ill toward someone we thought was a jerk back in high school. It's called maturity, not "judginess."

OP, why don't you friend him on FB? Honestly, if you didn't date him, that wouldn't be a big deal, right? As an attorney who does Personal Injury, I can tell you that the big law lawyers don't do this kind of work, and some may say its looked down upon because of the idea that these PI attorneys are ambulance chasers- but in reality, there are alot of strict rules that prohibit attorneys from that type of stereotypical behavior. PI attorneys who are really successful start of with a few clients, work hard to obtain good settlements, and then build their practice from referrals made by happy clients. Plus, anyone who has opened up and maintained his own practice for 3 or more years is probobly doing really well. It requires not only good lawyering, but also running a business is something we are not taught in law school you have to be active, network with attorneys who don't do this type of work for referrals and really work your butt off to run the business side of the firm. You asked what does it mean? It means nothing except he decided to stay in the same town (possibly because he already has a network there to easily build a client base) and he has his own business and is practicing personal injury law. That's it.