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Pros/transactional practice in a coastal non-NY city.
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
Nobody?
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
Favorite CAFC Judge?
Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop
  06/14/12
say gajarsa just for the lols
Yapping cruel-hearted field twinkling uncleanness
  06/14/12
Newman
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
Correct. I also would have accepted Rader, if only because h...
Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop
  06/14/12
Rader has the best views on software I think.
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
I agree, but I doubt SCOTUS does. I also agree with him on ...
Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop
  06/14/12
SCOTUS is never going to be able to tease apart 101/103, its...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
Approx. pay and hours worked.
Deep library
  06/14/12
All in right around $300k. The median week is probably 55, ...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
you must be horribly inefficient if you are typically in 55 ...
Opaque Internet-worthy Psychic Locale
  06/14/12
(guy who is not a patent prosecutor)
Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop
  06/14/12
I think that was clear by my focus on litigation in this thr...
Opaque Internet-worthy Psychic Locale
  06/14/12
Why U mad?
Mind-boggling rose school gaming laptop
  06/14/12
Also a guy who is not working on building his own book of bu...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
you must be doing a lousy job if you're putting that much ti...
Opaque Internet-worthy Psychic Locale
  06/14/12
dude just stfu and killself
exhilarant high-end gaping
  06/14/12
I don't think you understand how this works. You don't move...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
Thoughts on going in-house.
Deep library
  06/14/12
IT has its plusses and minuses. The most fun in going in ho...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
how hot is patent law right now? specifically patent litiga...
Opaque Internet-worthy Psychic Locale
  06/14/12
Patent lit is actually a sperate group where I work, so I do...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
Would your group hire a TMF?
dashing sandwich senate
  06/14/12
These days they are hiring anyone with a reg # and a pulse w...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
Are you happy with your career? Do you wish you were more...
Deep library
  06/14/12
I'm pretty happy. I would love to work 30% less for 30% les...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
What's stopping you from working less? Do you have billab...
Deep library
  06/14/12
There are billable minimums, but thats not really the main i...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
You can't hand your clients over to anyone?
Deep library
  06/14/12
Not really. You build up all kinds of knowlege and relations...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
Nothing else?
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
Advice for 1st year. Should I focus on lit or pros (assume ...
carnelian casino
  06/14/12
You should try both and see which one you enjoy. They are t...
anal slimy internal respiration
  06/14/12
First year V10 IP lit associate. No reg. number or pros exp...
Frozen boyish gas station
  06/14/12


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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)



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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?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20887961)



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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?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888041)



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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?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888147)



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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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1970786&forum_id=2#20888259)



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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)