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IF YOU BILL 2400 HOURS A YEAR, HOW DOES ONE MANAGE TO MAINTAIN THEIR FAMILY BOND

just seems like work is always on your mind with that sort o...
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/23/15
2100 takes a toll on your home life. billed 2200 one year. c...
cyan business firm son of senegal
  11/23/15
damn can you describe how your average day was like when u b...
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/23/15
had a trial which meant a 280 hour month. that makes it a lo...
cyan business firm son of senegal
  11/23/15
This has been the only way I have ethically exceeded 2,000 h...
violent turdskin field
  11/23/15
cr. the key is not being in a feast or famine practice area....
cyan business firm son of senegal
  11/23/15
that's why so many partners are divorced from their first wi...
vibrant yellow coldplay fan gas station
  11/23/15
damn. that's fucked up. In their spare time when not working...
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/23/15
MOAR Law stuff
glittery crawly main people
  11/23/15
damn. Partners are doing primarily what in biglaw? An averag...
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/23/15
You don't.
provocative violet house halford
  11/23/15
I honestly wouldn't want to do anything else with my time. I...
flushed sinister lettuce crackhouse
  11/23/15
elaborate what fulfillment u get out of it
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/23/15
you don't
flushed sinister lettuce crackhouse
  11/23/15
It's really not that bad as long as the work is consistent. ...
mind-boggling indirect expression candlestick maker
  11/23/15
Your life blows
stimulating locus scourge upon the earth
  11/24/15
Nah, I work like one weekend a month most months. I have a ...
mind-boggling indirect expression candlestick maker
  11/24/15
haters gonna hate.
cyan business firm son of senegal
  11/24/15
...
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/25/15
, lisped the retard with crippling aspergers
mind-boggling indirect expression candlestick maker
  11/25/15
You are allowed three things in big law: work, family, and o...
aggressive den tank
  11/23/15
What family bonds?
chocolate disgusting telephone
  11/23/15
...
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/24/15
Curious how many real time work hours the 2k plus guys put i...
cerebral hissy fit
  11/24/15
it varies. i am a pretty no bs guy at work. sure, i talk to ...
cyan business firm son of senegal
  11/24/15
what are your primary duties at work? Review motions?
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/24/15
i write the first draft of everything on all my cases.
cyan business firm son of senegal
  11/24/15
makes sense. How long does it take you to write a Motion for...
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/24/15
depends on a lot of factors - client, budget, number of issu...
cyan business firm son of senegal
  11/24/15
not bad. What is your style when drafting/composing a substa...
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/24/15
again, depends on motion, but my practice area is almost all...
cyan business firm son of senegal
  11/24/15
what are some common policy/fairness arguments u make at the...
Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha
  11/26/15
I managed 2k last year. Was in office maybe 9ish hours a day...
laughsome stain property
  11/24/15
this is totally correct. weekends are the exception, not the...
cyan business firm son of senegal
  11/24/15
Your wife has to be independent.
Violent location messiness
  11/26/15


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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:15 PM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha

just seems like work is always on your mind with that sort of work schedule expectation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238649)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:30 PM
Author: cyan business firm son of senegal

2100 takes a toll on your home life. billed 2200 one year. could not imagine the train wreck my marriage would become at 2400.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238756)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:31 PM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha

damn can you describe how your average day was like when u billed 2200...like what did u do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238769)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:41 PM
Author: cyan business firm son of senegal

had a trial which meant a 280 hour month. that makes it a lot easier to bill that much. otherwise, i bill about 8-10 hours a day and a half day on saturday. took one full week (7 actual work days) of vacation and probably 1 random day off every 1.5 months. i think that is what gets you to 2200.

honestly, apart from the 280 hour month it was not terrible. that said, try telling my wife that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238840)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 6:35 PM
Author: violent turdskin field

This has been the only way I have ethically exceeded 2,000 hours in a year. A few monster months because of trials or crazy MSJs, while being solidly busy the rest of the year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29239184)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 9:57 PM
Author: cyan business firm son of senegal

cr. the key is not being in a feast or famine practice area. mine is consistently busy, but i can usually count on two or three crazy months a year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29240887)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:16 PM
Author: vibrant yellow coldplay fan gas station

that's why so many partners are divorced from their first wives and married a second trophy wife who is there for the money and prefers that her husband is working all the time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238657)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:17 PM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha

damn. that's fucked up. In their spare time when not working, what do these partners usually do? Go out to dinner ?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238667)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:20 PM
Author: glittery crawly main people

MOAR Law stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238692)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:22 PM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha

damn. Partners are doing primarily what in biglaw? An average commercial litigation partner?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238698)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:34 PM
Author: provocative violet house halford

You don't.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238786)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 5:48 PM
Author: flushed sinister lettuce crackhouse

I honestly wouldn't want to do anything else with my time. I would just self-sabotage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29238875)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 6:03 PM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha

elaborate what fulfillment u get out of it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29239008)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 9:59 PM
Author: flushed sinister lettuce crackhouse

you don't

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29240905)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 6:08 PM
Author: mind-boggling indirect expression candlestick maker

It's really not that bad as long as the work is consistent. I don't really have fire drills very often so I know which weekends are free and which won't be pretty far in advance. Doesn't hurt that the wife works too. Having a stay at home wife would not be cr unless she was long suffering or you were an intellectual so to speak.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29239048)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 9:33 AM
Author: stimulating locus scourge upon the earth

Your life blows

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243173)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 9:37 AM
Author: mind-boggling indirect expression candlestick maker

Nah, I work like one weekend a month most months. I have a great family, decent job, and we're pretty much set financially. My life is pretty stress free. I could quit tomorrow if I wanted to.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243191)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 9:47 AM
Author: cyan business firm son of senegal

haters gonna hate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243252)



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Date: November 25th, 2015 5:23 PM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29252568)



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Date: November 25th, 2015 5:28 PM
Author: mind-boggling indirect expression candlestick maker

, lisped the retard with crippling aspergers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29252596)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 7:22 PM
Author: aggressive den tank

You are allowed three things in big law: work, family, and one other thing such as a singular hobby like golf. If you spend every waking hour doing only those three things you will succeed. If you are trying to do more than that you will fail.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29239538)



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Date: November 23rd, 2015 11:08 PM
Author: chocolate disgusting telephone

What family bonds?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29241450)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 9:24 AM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243123)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 9:42 AM
Author: cerebral hissy fit

Curious how many real time work hours the 2k plus guys put in? By that I mean how long at office each day?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243225)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 9:44 AM
Author: cyan business firm son of senegal

it varies. i am a pretty no bs guy at work. sure, i talk to the partners i work with and my associate colleagues, but i don't take more than a half hour to eat lunch and i don't waste too much time on the net.

with all that, i get in around 7 and leave around 6. some days i get in around 8, never later though. i put some time in at home after the kids are in bed, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243237)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 9:53 AM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha

what are your primary duties at work? Review motions?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243277)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 9:56 AM
Author: cyan business firm son of senegal

i write the first draft of everything on all my cases.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243286)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 9:58 AM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha

makes sense. How long does it take you to write a Motion for Summary J usually, with all caselaw and research included

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243305)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 10:00 AM
Author: cyan business firm son of senegal

depends on a lot of factors - client, budget, number of issues. putting all that aside, i typically carve out one whole week to write and MSJ. that includes outline, research, drafting, editing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243315)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 10:02 AM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha

not bad. What is your style when drafting/composing a substantive motion? Do you focus more on policy/fairness considerations or emphasize caselaw precedent/"clear language" of statutory provisions?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243327)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 10:05 AM
Author: cyan business firm son of senegal

again, depends on motion, but my practice area is almost all caselaw based. not a lot of statutory interpretation going on in my niche. some policy considerations, but that is mostly brought up in appellate work, which i also do a fair amount of.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243360)



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Date: November 26th, 2015 10:07 AM
Author: Sienna Offensive Ape Alpha

what are some common policy/fairness arguments u make at the appellate level?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29256030)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 10:11 AM
Author: laughsome stain property

I managed 2k last year. Was in office maybe 9ish hours a day. Some days were 9-5 others 8-6 or whatever depending on matters. Almost never weekends. Not bad, but I could never see myself getting any more than 2k in - just not worth the lost personal time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243402)



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Date: November 24th, 2015 10:15 AM
Author: cyan business firm son of senegal

this is totally correct. weekends are the exception, not the rule if you manage your time and actually work all day. i also agree about it not being worth the loss in personal time. if you are billing 2k hours, you are a superstar at most firms. you get close to the best bonuses and the partners assume you are doing a good job because you wouldn't be getting all that work otherwise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29243432)



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Date: November 26th, 2015 9:18 AM
Author: Violent location messiness

Your wife has to be independent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3052302&forum_id=2#29255908)