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transactional work SUCKS
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:40 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping I am a biglaw shitigator that has gotten sucked into an M&A "deal" this week. I can't believe how much it blows! Sit around all day with nothing to do then the client dumps the latest draft of whatever agreement we have so that we can "turn" it overnight. Then it takes literally 2 hours to do edits that would take 5 minutes on a brief, because you have to go through some sort of daisy chain of emails and calls to do it. And you have to sit around all night just waiting for the next person to respond to email, call, whatever. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813516) |
Date: July 19th, 2017 10:42 PM Author: Red Site yeah im a huge fan. tons of downtime to just chill (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813534) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:43 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping no that's terrible. instead of billing 8 hours and go home you have to be on call all. fucking. night. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813544) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:45 PM Author: Mewling Plaza Why wouldn't you bill for all that time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813562) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:47 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping bc i'm not working? i'm at home sitting around with my dogs but unable to drink beer because some random bullshit tasks will come in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813579) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:48 PM Author: arousing boiling water state Don't be a fag have a beer, you can still do the work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813593) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:49 PM Author: Mewling Plaza And bill while waiting to work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813601) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:51 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping u can't do that. is that what transnational folks do? like bill hours and hours whenever they *might* have some bullshit task come in? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813608) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:51 PM Author: arousing boiling water state Yes, if you're truly unable to do anything because you have to wait for work, that should be billed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813612) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:52 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping i can hang out, watch tv, etc. doesn't seem right to bill for that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813620) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:55 PM Author: galvanic tanning salon OFS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813641) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:56 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping what do you put in the billing entry? "waiting for work"??? i've only billed for "waiting" time once, and it is when the client directed me to stand by and wait to make a filing that had already been prepared. so i went to the bar and drank beer waiting for the "ok." but that was a special circumstance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813648) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:12 PM Author: Mewling Plaza It's akin to driving to a hearing while listening to some 180 podcasts.
As for what to write in the time entry, just flow from whatever task you just completed or work on next. You know this nigger gsme. |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:13 PM Author: Rusted nibblets Attn to correspondence and comprehensive support of deal matters (6.5); continued diligence and analysis related to same (3.2) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813785) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:17 PM Author: Mewling Plaza That sounds like some serious shit, like you're on the Tranny Night's Watch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813801) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:50 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping when I was a junior i did some doc review after a few beers and produced something that shouldn't have been produced and the assistant GC alled me and reamed me out saying that the GC had "flayed his fucking skin back over it". LJL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813603) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:17 PM Author: costumed brindle business firm Yeah, that sounds WAY better than tranny work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813803) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:46 PM Author: stimulating den queen of the night what (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813575) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:47 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping in litigation i rarely ever work past 7 or 8 pm. maybe twice a month. it's nice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813587) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:48 PM Author: Sticky motley stag film shitlib Weird flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813594) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:49 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813597) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:43 PM Author: exciting wagecucks Lol ya it's so much worse than having 75 open Westlaw tabs and volumes of evidence open trying desperately to think of how it will all come together in a brief (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813552) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:48 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping man fuck that. just pull somebody else's brief on ecf pacer from a similar case where the same issues were involved and pull all the cites from their brief. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813591) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:48 PM Author: Sticky motley stag film shitlib Are you low IQ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813592) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:58 PM Author: stimulating den queen of the night That is entirely different than the type of transactional BS OP is complaining about. The situation you described is procrastination and incompetence. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813670) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:51 PM Author: galvanic tanning salon Oh the EXIT OPTIONS of shitigation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813607) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:52 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping you're right about that. not sure it justifies the years of hell to be transnational though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813616) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:54 PM Author: galvanic tanning salon Shitigation is death (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813638) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:57 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping specialized litigation has exit options, at least. lower paying than big law to be sure, but you can still exit and not have to work a the firm till you die. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813662) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:59 PM Author: Beady-eyed Garnet Selfie Knife false (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813674) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:00 PM Author: stimulating den queen of the night Nah, true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813683) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:01 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping I know associates who have gone in House in my field and I've had offers to go in House. Salary is sub-200, but it's an exit option nonetheless. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813693) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:58 PM Author: Beady-eyed Garnet Selfie Knife just buy refundable airline tickets and don't have friends. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813672) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:58 PM Author: Beady-eyed Garnet Selfie Knife lol, cr
but it's better than everything else |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:07 PM Author: Vibrant Gaping Also, do transactional lawyer is ever actually have to write anything in narrative format? Are writing skills required at all? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813743) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:14 PM Author: onyx boistinker locale A contract is like a narrative, addressing the obligations of the parties (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813791) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:16 PM Author: exciting wagecucks In emails explaining stuff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813797) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:19 PM Author: Indecent shrine jewess Yea, when you go inhouse. Different audience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813821) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 11:59 AM Author: Nofapping set (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33816401) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 12:25 PM Author: Bespoke mood corn cake Have we all come to terms with the fact that calishitlawguru pwns the fuck out of all of this shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33816546) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 4:07 PM Author: Curious Filthy Field Cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33818215) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 4:11 PM Author: provocative incel half-breed Biglaw transactional work sucks because you are just brought in after all the major deal points are decided upon to just paper the deal, with everything being a fire drill.
Working for smaller entrepreneurial clients (who are usually rich as fuk) is much more interesting, as they look at you as more of an advisor, and bring you in for advice, both legal and business, from day 1 of a transaction and for any important decision. |