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So I actually prepared for this exam and then the state MC is almost entirely estate and evidence questions with a sprinkling of crim pro. MBE? Who knows? I did end up meeting a named partner from a Penn/NJ firm that was taking the bar to set up a shop in Ft. Lauderdale that asked me to hit him up for some potential work and have an interview for a state position in two weeks.
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Is there anything I can do with this lovely degree that isn't arguing with people? I have like 6 years experience arguing with people. In writing. In person. With a fancy robe on, if need be. There must be something else.
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The lawyer we have on retainer from a small firm doesn’t do much arguing, he briefs us then sits next to me nodding while I argue with people.
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CmdrSmirnoff posted:Is there anything I can do with this lovely degree that isn't arguing with people? Your clients will argue though and you can't fire them and they can't fire you.
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Toona the Cat posted:This job starts off great. You feel like you're making a difference. You even do a few suppression motions that someone else argues, and they win. They thank you for your help. You then get certified to do hearings under supervision. You don't win all that often, but you get thanked once in awhile. Then, you realize, after the 100th or so motion for bond reduction for a guy accused of ejaculating in his 5 year old step-child's mouth that maybe this isn't the line of work you want to do. Popped a molly I'm sweatin'
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CmdrSmirnoff posted:Is there anything I can do with this lovely degree that isn't arguing with people? What do you mean by "argue?" Try for Medicaid Fraud prosecution. Every state has one. It's a sweet gig. They argue but only rarely and mostly about money and they go home at four thirty every day and have time for potlucks and team building parties. Or some other obscure agency government work. I know the guy that just does dmv appeals. Talk about low stress. We also have several attorneys on staff at the courthouse. There are some career clerkship type people, who work with the appellate judges on routine matters (think the endless motions for extensions). Then there is the court forms attorney, who just invents paperwork for other people to fill out. She's super nice and runs marathons and has a good dog, so I assume her life is low stress. Or learn how to cook and change diapers, marry a doctor, and quit this whole thing to be a kept man.
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CmdrSmirnoff posted:Is there anything I can do with this lovely degree that isn't arguing with people? Join a codification commission or become a judicial reporter. When you have an argument, it will be over punctuation.
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echopapa posted:Join a codification commission or become a judicial reporter. When you have an argument, it will be over punctuation. Being a reporter on the crime beat would be a sweet gig if it wasn't a dead industry (but I suspect you meant the other kind of reporter, which is too much of a downgrade) quote:obscure agency government work Oh yeah that's the stuff. There's an open posting here to be an investigator for the local police complaints body. What a freak show that must be. quote:career clerkship type people, Too much of a pay cut, I have a wife that needs tending to now and I don't wanna know what her connected Mexican parents will do when they find out their baby's keeper isn't a lawyer anymore edit: the price of a basic starter house here in Toronto on the low end is like $700k so I can't just go pet dogs for a living CmdrSmirnoff fucked around with this message at 15:31 on Mar 1, 2018 |
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CmdrSmirnoff posted:Is there anything I can do with this lovely degree that isn't arguing with people? Just LOL if you don’t enjoy arguing with people, small children, grocery store cashiers, your smart TV, animals, ice makers, and the coffee maker in your office 24/7, 365 and wake up excited and energized every morning at the prospect of more arguing. ... Not
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I do tons of civil litigation, and honestly, outside of 'arguing' a motion or issue at trial, I don't really argue with opposing counsel very much. I mean, you're not gonna convince them they're wrong, and even if you do it's just going to alert them to what you plan to use later, so there's no point. It's just not productive. You should be talking to them to find common ground on an issue or something like scheduling or settlement. That's why it's annoying to deal with Dallas lawyers - it's like they have to justify their exorbitant fees by being unreasonably combative about everything.
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blarzgh posted:That's why it's annoying to deal with Dallas lawyers - it's like they have to justify their exorbitant fees by being unreasonably combative about everything. It's not a Dallas thing. I've run into M&A lawyers up in NYC that are the same, and it's miserable. Two firms in particular stand out as being made of these sorts of assholes.
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https://deadspin.com/robert-krafts-special-pal-had-a-baby-1823423039 Two thoughts... First, how much do we think the trust fund is? $10M? $50M? Kraft is worth like $5 billion so... Second, whatever it is I would think it's associated with an NDA as well as an agreement or stipulation never to assert paternity, demand child support, or claim any other rights. I don't do family law but I do know that such an agreement would probably be void in Louisiana since we have forced heirship laws that mandate a portion of the father's estate go to the child. Don't know about Massachusetts or NY or whatever. Does anyone know whether an agreement like that would hold up?
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JohnCompany posted:It's not a Dallas thing. I've run into M&A lawyers up in NYC that are the same, and it's miserable. Two firms in particular stand out as being made of these sorts of assholes. Oh sure, they're everywhere. Here in Texas (and North Texas in particular) "Dallas Lawyer" carries with it a connotation that one could earn even if they're not from Dallas, per se.
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innocent man finally released from prison Paging Actus Rhesus.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:innocent man finally released from prison quote:Swinton, who was 51 years old and had no significant criminal record, always maintained his innocence and endured a lengthy trial in early 2001. The only physical evidence linking Swinton to the crime was the testimony of the victim’s sister and Dr. Karazulas’s bite mark evidence, which was presented over the course of five days of trial testimony, far more than any other witness. The state put on several witnesses who gave conflicting testimony about Swinton’s presence in the bar on the night of the murder. Three informants with substance abuse problems or prior felony convictions claimed that Swinton made statements relating to the victim in the months after her death nearly a decade earlier. The state also introduced portions of a tape recording from a freelance writer who interviewed Swinton for an article sensationally titled, “Killer at Large.” While the article implied that Swinton made self-incriminating statements, the unedited tape of the interview revealed that Swinton consistently professed his innocence. The state also presented a jailhouse informant used in at least one other case who claimed that Swinton confessed to the crime. However, in a secretly recorded conversation between the informant and Swinton, there were no incriminating statements. Rather, Swinton maintained his innocence and asked, “Why are you picking on me?” Swinton was convicted and sentenced to 60 years. Thank goodness for those selfless prosecutors, willing to literally sell their souls for a conviction 
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Imagine ending up in prison because someone named "Dr. Gus Karazulas" said your teeth sort of match a wound and the police found a bra in or near your apartment complex which they "theorized belonged to the victim." oh and you're black
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Phil Moscowitz posted:https://deadspin.com/robert-krafts-special-pal-had-a-baby-1823423039 Re: child support, courts in p much every state hold that the right to child support belongs to the child, and the mother/father cannot waive it or bargain it away - this usually voids any agreement the parents make that is either a 'pay no more child support' or 'here's a pittance of a lump sum that will count for now until the kid turns 18'.
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Owyhee County, Idaho, is now looking for a deputy prosecutor. I don’t know why you would need a deputy prosecutor in a county that has eleven thousand people spread out over the size of New Jersey, but there you have it.
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Vox Nihili posted:Imagine ending up in prison because someone named "Dr. Gus Karazulas" said your teeth sort of match a wound and the police found a bra in or near your apartment complex which they "theorized belonged to the victim." oh and you're black https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/justice/exonerated-prisoner-update-michael-morton/index.html quote:The prosecutor, speaking to the jury in emotional terms with tears streaming down his face, laid out a graphic, depraved sexual scenario, accusing Morton of bludgeoning his wife for refusing to have sex on his birthday. Evidence included the fact he owned pornography. Good times in Williamson County.
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That's my county, baby!
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Flutieflakes017 posted:https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/justice/exonerated-prisoner-update-michael-morton/index.html The most shocking part of this case is that the prosecutor ultimately faced repurcussions, including the eventual loss of his license.
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Imagine working yourself up to blubbering in front of twelve strangers to sell some hosed up sexual fantasy you cooked up because you wanted to send an innocent person to prison/the death chamber
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Like if Jake Brigance had every ounce of humanity stripped from him with sandpaper then got dunked in a vat of Scalia’s urine
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Imagine working yourself up to blubbering in front of twelve strangers to sell some hosed up sexual fantasy you cooked up because you wanted to send an innocent person to prison/the death chamber ah yes, classic zealous advocacy
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I do that in court, but to keep corporations from having money. To be clear: I create elaborate sexual fantasies about what two corporate entities did to each other.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I do that in court, but to keep corporations from having money. Did they create joinder?
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Something something loving the taxpayer.
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Flutieflakes017 posted:https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/justice/exonerated-prisoner-update-michael-morton/index.html Then there's this guy who fought the DNA test for years: https://www.texastribune.org/library/multimedia/john-bradley-texas-prosecutor-asserts-change-of-heart/ Bradley ended up in Palau, BTW. If you fight DNA tests as a DA, you're a loving rear end in a top hat.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:To be clear: I create elaborate sexual fantasies about what two corporate entities did to each other. Pounded in the butt by an S Corp.
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Piercing the corporate veil.
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The greatest sex story in this thread is from Phil about warwasza.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:I do that in court, but to keep corporations from having money. You need court to sexually fantasize about corporate entities? Just say “disregarded single member LLC” to me and I’m off to the races.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:The greatest sex story in this thread is from Phil about warwasza. I get a chuckle thinking about it every time I see the word catamite.
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Discendo Vox posted:Two benefit corporations, one trust. 
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:The greatest sex story in this thread is from Phil about warwasza. LINK
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blarzgh posted:LINK https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3301274&perpage=40&pagenumber=897
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