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What to Expect When You Are Expecting… Your Client to Kill You

June 7, 2013 by Bitter Editor Leave a Comment

You have gone through years of school. You have built a career from nothing. You have worked hard to become a professional.  Your clientele probably has not. Especially for solo or small firm practitioners, clients can run the gamut from normal to certifiably insane.  Normally you would try to weed out the real creeps, but…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: clients, Clients Gone Wild, criminal law, Solo Attorneys

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I Want to Be the Moby of BigLaw

September 9, 2011 by Ex-Bitter 1 Comment

Anyone I’ve told about my plan to change my name simply to “Karsh” has first laughed, then expressed surprise that I’m serious, which I am. Thoughts?

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, gl11, law firm names, Solo Attorneys

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I Eat Pieces of Solo Shit for Breakfast

June 10, 2011 by Ex-Bitter 9 Comments

Q) I’m not a regular reader of Bitter Lawyer but a friend passed on a recent post from “Chank.” Who is this guy? What a crock, providing “SmallLaw advice for BigLaw.” I’m an associate at a large firm and I eat pieces of solo shit like him for breakfast. Seriously. Every solo attorney I’ve come across…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, biglaw, gl11, SmallLaw, Solo Attorneys

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Crashing Solo

June 15, 2009 by Matthew Richardson 9 Comments

A few months back, I got an offer to strike out on my own and leave BigLaw for good.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: practicing law, Solo Attorneys, Unethical & Amoral

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