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Date: June 14th, 2012 4:53 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration Pros/transactional practice in a coastal non-NY city. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887755) |
Date: June 14th, 2012 5:03 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration Nobody? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887795) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:04 PM Author: Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop Favorite CAFC Judge? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887797) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:05 PM Author: Yapping cruel-hearted field twinkling uncleanness say gajarsa just for the lols (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887800) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:08 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration Newman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887817) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:09 PM Author: Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop Correct. I also would have accepted Rader, if only because he looks like Willem Dafoe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887821) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:10 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration Rader has the best views on software I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887829) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:11 PM Author: Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop I agree, but I doubt SCOTUS does. I also agree with him on written description, but no way was that genie going back in the bottle. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887839) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:18 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration SCOTUS is never going to be able to tease apart 101/103, its a hopeless mess. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887872) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:10 PM Author: Deep library Approx. pay and hours worked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887830) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:16 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration All in right around $300k. The median week is probably 55, but there are definitely the occasional 80 hour week. I bill around 2k. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887858) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:17 PM Author: Opaque Internet-worthy Psychic Locale you must be horribly inefficient if you are typically in 55 hours a week and have some 80 hour weeks yet only bill 2000. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887863) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:20 PM Author: Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop (guy who is not a patent prosecutor) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887882) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:21 PM Author: Opaque Internet-worthy Psychic Locale I think that was clear by my focus on litigation in this thread, thank you for pronouncing that you can read. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887886) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:22 PM Author: Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop Why U mad? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887892) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:23 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration Also a guy who is not working on building his own book of business. I probably spend a good 5 hours a week working on pitches and meeting potential clients. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887901) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:25 PM Author: Opaque Internet-worthy Psychic Locale you must be doing a lousy job if you're putting that much time into it and not coming up with billable hours to put you over 2000. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887912) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:29 PM Author: exhilarant high-end gaping dude just stfu and killself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887945) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:29 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration I don't think you understand how this works. You don't move your way up at a law firm by billing heavy hours. You move up by bringing in work that associates do, and making sure that work would travel with you if you left the firm. This is you "portable book" and is really the only important figure of merit for success in biglaw. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887946) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:11 PM Author: Deep library Thoughts on going in-house. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887833) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:17 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration IT has its plusses and minuses. The most fun in going in house at a small company where you are part of the strategic team, but that is obviously risky. Working at a big company is not that different from Biglaw really (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887862) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:13 PM Author: Opaque Internet-worthy Psychic Locale how hot is patent law right now? specifically patent litigation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887846) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:18 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration Patent lit is actually a sperate group where I work, so I don't have access to all the metrics, but I know there is a decent amount of lateral hiring going on. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887869) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:31 PM Author: dashing sandwich senate Would your group hire a TMF? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887959) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:40 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration These days they are hiring anyone with a reg # and a pulse who acts like a quasi-normal human during the interview process. That last part might be a tough hurdle for him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888020) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:31 PM Author: Deep library Are you happy with your career?
Do you wish you were more directly creating value instead of a transaction cost? |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:39 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration I'm pretty happy. I would love to work 30% less for 30% less pay, but in general the work is interesting and challenging. I represent mostly young PE/VC backed companies, and I'm pretty heavily involved in my client's strategic decisions and business negotiations, so I have never felt like just a scribe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888012) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:44 PM Author: Deep library What's stopping you from working less?
Do you have billable minimums? What happens if you miss them? |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:48 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration There are billable minimums, but thats not really the main issue. To maintain a client base and stay on top of the work you really need to work a lot. Its not like when you are a junior associate and its possible to kind of selectively take work. If one of my clients calls and says "hey, we are in the middle of being acquired by a strategic buyer and we need to have an FTO opinion done ASAP" or "hey we have an opportunity to license out are IP, can you fly out to the west coast for the negotiation" you can't say nope, I already worked 40 hours this week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888068) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:57 PM Author: Deep library You can't hand your clients over to anyone? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888123) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 6:25 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration Not really. You build up all kinds of knowlege and relationships that can't just be handed off. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888256) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 5:44 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration Nothing else? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888042) |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 6:02 PM Author: carnelian casino Advice for 1st year. Should I focus on lit or pros (assume I have the choice to do both).
Easier in-house with pro vs. lit? |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 6:26 PM Author: anal slimy internal respiration You should try both and see which one you enjoy. They are two totally different jobs.
Much easier to go in house with pros. |
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Date: June 14th, 2012 6:38 PM Author: Frozen boyish gas station First year V10 IP lit associate. No reg. number or pros experience - pretty much pure litigation. EE background. Any idea what kind of in-house job (i.e., non-firm) am I looking at after 4-5 years? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888301) |