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How did all the bros who went solo because of CSLG end up doingz?
| Appetizing native | 04/21/21 |
| beady-eyed sadistic chapel | 04/21/21 |
| Appetizing native | 04/21/21 |
| beady-eyed sadistic chapel | 04/21/21 |
| Appetizing native | 04/21/21 |
| beady-eyed sadistic chapel | 04/21/21 |
| Mustard corner | 04/21/21 |
| beady-eyed sadistic chapel | 04/21/21 |
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| beady-eyed sadistic chapel | 04/21/21 |
| Aromatic Laser Beams | 04/21/21 |
| beady-eyed sadistic chapel | 04/21/21 |
| Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House | 04/21/21 |
| red hideous really tough guy field | 04/21/21 |
| Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House | 04/21/21 |
| ocher set | 04/21/21 |
| scarlet senate | 04/21/21 |
| Aromatic Laser Beams | 04/21/21 |
| Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House | 04/21/21 |
| ocher set | 04/21/21 |
| pungent idea he suggested crackhouse | 04/22/21 |
| Chrome heady theatre | 04/22/21 |
| beady-eyed sadistic chapel | 04/21/21 |
| peach curious giraffe community account | 04/21/21 |
| Claret Cruise Ship | 04/21/21 |
| beady-eyed sadistic chapel | 04/21/21 |
| Metal Exciting Nursing Home Jew | 12/16/21 |
| scarlet senate | 04/21/21 |
| odious pink trump supporter meetinghouse | 04/21/21 |
| Mustard corner | 04/21/21 |
| Henna people who are hurt cuckoldry | 04/21/21 |
| mind-boggling maniacal therapy | 04/21/21 |
| French Dingle Berry | 04/21/21 |
| peach curious giraffe community account | 04/22/21 |
| Gay Useless Brakes Library | 04/21/21 |
| beady-eyed sadistic chapel | 04/21/21 |
| pungent idea he suggested crackhouse | 04/22/21 |
| odious pink trump supporter meetinghouse | 04/21/21 |
| peach curious giraffe community account | 04/21/21 |
| Marvelous psychic stead | 04/21/21 |
| smoky magical shitlib | 04/21/21 |
| Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House | 04/21/21 |
| scarlet senate | 04/21/21 |
| Appetizing native | 04/21/21 |
| Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House | 04/21/21 |
| scarlet senate | 04/21/21 |
| vivacious kitchen gunner | 04/21/21 |
| Claret Cruise Ship | 04/21/21 |
| vivacious kitchen gunner | 04/21/21 |
| Olive shaky forum milk | 04/22/21 |
| histrionic fortuitous meteor base | 04/22/21 |
| bright embarrassed to the bone generalized bond | 04/21/21 |
| Aromatic Laser Beams | 04/21/21 |
| Very tactful rigor | 04/21/21 |
| vermilion main people stain | 04/21/21 |
| unhinged corn cake rehab | 04/21/21 |
| odious pink trump supporter meetinghouse | 04/21/21 |
| histrionic fortuitous meteor base | 04/22/21 |
| bright embarrassed to the bone generalized bond | 04/22/21 |
| Fishy deep ceo garrison | 04/21/21 |
| Awkward electric furnace market | 04/21/21 |
| Very tactful rigor | 04/21/21 |
| Very tactful rigor | 04/21/21 |
| bronze messiness | 04/22/21 |
| Appetizing native | 04/22/21 |
| Disturbing razzle-dazzle goyim | 04/22/21 |
| Appetizing native | 04/22/21 |
| Disturbing razzle-dazzle goyim | 04/22/21 |
| vibrant shrine | 04/22/21 |
| Disturbing razzle-dazzle goyim | 04/22/21 |
| bronze messiness | 04/22/21 |
| odious pink trump supporter meetinghouse | 04/22/21 |
| bronze messiness | 04/22/21 |
| Bespoke circlehead | 04/22/21 |
| Metal Exciting Nursing Home Jew | 12/16/21 |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:39 PM Author: Appetizing native Other than Kenny and chandler (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324646) |
Date: April 21st, 2021 5:42 PM Author: beady-eyed sadistic chapel Not bad. I went non-PI route. 1st solo year: $90k gross rev 2nd: $520k This year: YTD $210k |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:46 PM Author: Appetizing native Pre solo experience? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324696) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:49 PM Author: beady-eyed sadistic chapel ~7yrs biglaw commercial shitigator (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324730) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:50 PM Author: Appetizing native Did you take a book with you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324737) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:51 PM Author: beady-eyed sadistic chapel Not a single client before solo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324740) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:48 PM Author: Mustard corner Wtf kind of cases do you take?? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324710) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:50 PM Author: beady-eyed sadistic chapel General biz lit; most of my practice is niche consulting / outside GC type work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324738) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:52 PM Author: Mustard corner How did you start to get clients your first year? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324748) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:30 PM Author: beady-eyed sadistic chapel Applied / asked to speak at every industry-related event I could possibly find. After you get a couple speaking engagements (and not CLEs that only other lawyers attend), you can grow a network of clients pretty rapidly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324990) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:49 PM Author: Aromatic Laser Beams What did you talk about? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325111) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 9:46 PM Author: beady-eyed sadistic chapel Hot Topics and Trends in Niche Business Area's Law (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42326049) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:03 PM Author: Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House I did exactly this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325165) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:07 PM Author: red hideous really tough guy field How do you do this? Just tell them "I'm a lawyer with N years experience and want to speak about X" and they let you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325186) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:09 PM Author: Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House start small, speak at local colleges. rent rooms if you need to and offer free legal seminars, never ever turn down an engagement. Graduate to synergistic relationships - I use insurance agencies a lot because my presentations are a loss leader to their clients
Never charge money for these. And when you speak bring it. They don’t care about education they want to take away three points and laugh a shitload
I also recommend open mics; develop comedy timing. If you can make them laugh they’re yours and I’m not kiddjng |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:50 PM Author: ocher set How many shit lawyers actually do stuff like speak at local colleges? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325415) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:56 PM Author: scarlet senate you'd be surprised (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325441) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:01 PM Author: Aromatic Laser Beams I’ve done this at physical therapy college (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325460) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:15 PM Author: Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House I do. Call me a shitlawyer, don’t care
I grew up poor af and never thought I’d go to college. I now employ three happy employees, kept them housed in the recession, provide for my daughter, love my job, and am my own boss
It owns |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:33 PM Author: ocher set How do you go about getting these speaking giga (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325579) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 10:36 AM Author: pungent idea he suggested crackhouse 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42328946) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 10:45 AM Author: Chrome heady theatre this is sure as shit better than my gig as a biglaw service partner. i'm not even sure i like my job anymore. i like the work itself but the biglaw setup is just horseshit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42329011) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 9:42 PM Author: beady-eyed sadistic chapel Basically, yeah. Especially smaller events or conferences in their first iteration that are content-hungry. From there, you can apply to speak at larger events and cite your prior engagements to give credibility. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42326032) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:49 PM Author: peach curious giraffe community account what practice area/what did u do before? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324725) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 5:58 PM Author: Claret Cruise Ship Nice! Did you go solo because of me? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324783) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:30 PM Author: beady-eyed sadistic chapel You helped in my decision-making process. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42324993) |
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Date: December 16th, 2021 10:53 AM Author: Metal Exciting Nursing Home Jew update? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#43618791) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:41 PM Author: scarlet senate don't want to give CSLG all of the cred but he definitely helped. March - December revenue was about $48k my first year (I worked at my old office for jan-feb), I paid myself about $30k. Since December I have been north of $10k per month in revenue, which was my original "step 1" goal. My fixed monthly expenses are about $800. About to pay myself about $17k for Jan and Feb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325075) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:47 PM Author: odious pink trump supporter meetinghouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325105) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:47 PM Author: Mustard corner What kind of cases you do? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325107) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:07 PM Author: Henna people who are hurt cuckoldry you're an inspiration (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325188) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:42 PM Author: mind-boggling maniacal therapy Doing ok made 9 billion dollars last year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325078) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 10:21 PM Author: French Dingle Berry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42326293) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 9:57 AM Author: peach curious giraffe community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42328634) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:43 PM Author: Gay Useless Brakes Library Yr 1: 220k Yr 2: 200k Yr 3: 1.3M Yr 4 (current): likely 3-5M
No office, minimal support staff. CSLG really opened my eyes to what is possible. |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:45 PM Author: beady-eyed sadistic chapel Practice area? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325093) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 10:37 AM Author: pungent idea he suggested crackhouse 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42328957) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:45 PM Author: odious pink trump supporter meetinghouse Love it. Law hype house with guys who love the law, ducks, etc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325095) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 6:47 PM Author: peach curious giraffe community account (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325106) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:30 PM Author: Marvelous psychic stead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325567) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 10:18 PM Author: smoky magical shitlib (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42326255) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:02 PM Author: Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House Joined w two guys, have three man firm. Kept all of our employees employed all shutdown long. Made 385k gross first full year after starting April prior year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325162) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:03 PM Author: scarlet senate nice.
My practice is a little "whatever I can get that I can reasonably do without fucking up" right now, but I can see how once I can narrow my practice in a lot and get steady referrals, this is basically a license to print money. Plus doing some contingency stuff. |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:06 PM Author: Appetizing native How you learning the subject matter? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325183) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:10 PM Author: Coiffed Jet-lagged Step-uncle's House read cases, talk to lawyers, Google shit
Partners at ur firm aren’t wizards |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:33 PM Author: scarlet senate stuff that I've done in the past mostly, but figuring out a few things as I go (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325309) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:55 PM Author: vivacious kitchen gunner Was making mid-6 figures as biglaw "fake" partner. Left with a couple of others, now have booming firm. Made 1.5M in first year, set to make 3+ this year.
Fuck GC |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:55 PM Author: Claret Cruise Ship Nice! Assuming not a flame. If so, was it from my posting? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325439) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:58 PM Author: vivacious kitchen gunner No. We have traded posts before, but this was something that just evolved over time. have been wanting to do it for a while. Things just clicked because of Covid. (real estate was the biggest hurdle before, and now it doesnt matter).
Also, we were getting royally fucked by GC at our old firm. They did not value us properly. Too much overhead. Too much focus on BIPOC shit. Paying 4 middling female associates 500K+ per year and wrecking our overhead. |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 9:45 AM Author: Olive shaky forum milk Small firms are racist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42328572) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 6:33 PM Author: histrionic fortuitous meteor base Practice area? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42332088) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 7:59 PM Author: bright embarrassed to the bone generalized bond im a public defender now it’s 180. was a kooky day in court (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325453) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:02 PM Author: Aromatic Laser Beams Describe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325461) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:26 PM Author: Very tactful rigor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325544) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:17 PM Author: vermilion main people stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325507) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:31 PM Author: unhinged corn cake rehab DESCRIBE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325573) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 10:27 PM Author: odious pink trump supporter meetinghouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42326341) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 10:52 AM Author: histrionic fortuitous meteor base What’s your endgame now? Just suck on the govt teat until retirement? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42329057) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 6:41 PM Author: bright embarrassed to the bone generalized bond Maybe. hopefully will stay with this long enough to feel like I’ve mastered crim shitlaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42332148) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:33 PM Author: Fishy deep ceo garrison Not great fam, losing money so far. Money is "in the pipes" apparently (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325581) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:45 PM Author: Awkward electric furnace market sup
automating or attempting to automate a niche market solo firm to sell to some dipshit gen x or boomer for 3-5X EBITA in next 2-5 years
about 40K profit since beginning of 2021 |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 8:46 PM Author: Very tactful rigor how in the hell. explain? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42325686) |
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Date: April 21st, 2021 10:26 PM Author: Very tactful rigor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42326336) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 6:36 PM Author: bronze messiness Doing the same (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42332099) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 6:10 AM Author: Appetizing native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42327972) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 9:35 AM Author: Disturbing razzle-dazzle goyim Went solo 1/15/2018 six weeks after birth of my first child.
First year $110k, 2nd year $200K, 3rd year $270k. At about $250K right now and its only april of my 4th year so I should be able to coast into $400k or so. Copped a $300K settlement yesterday but I was brought in as cocounsel so my fee will only be $60K.
Doing a mix of criminal defense and PI. Already tried 3 cases this year. Having more fun than biglaw, also a bit more stressed at times. |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 9:36 AM Author: Appetizing native Didn’t you have help in the beginning? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42328522) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 10:29 AM Author: Disturbing razzle-dazzle goyim I rented space from my dad who is a crimdef lawyer and he fed me some shitty misdemeanor spillover cases that probably accounted for about $25K in revenue in my first year. I also get most of my PI referrals from people in the crimdef community (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42328893) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 10:32 AM Author: vibrant shrine I know a lot of solos with parents who were lawyers. It clearly helps a lot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42328910) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 10:43 AM Author: Disturbing razzle-dazzle goyim no argument there (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42328995) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 6:37 PM Author: bronze messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42332103) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 9:52 AM Author: odious pink trump supporter meetinghouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42328609) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 6:37 PM Author: bronze messiness 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42332105) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2021 6:42 PM Author: Bespoke circlehead nice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#42332155) |
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Date: December 16th, 2021 10:54 AM Author: Metal Exciting Nursing Home Jew social skills/10? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4816579&forum_id=2#43618801) |