I suspect the rumor was related to Kolesar. As reported, Jim Shea and Bart Larson already bolted. Rumor was all of the transactional guys were bolting.
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February 11, 2020 7:39 pm
How do you deal with being completely overwhelmed with work? I have a mountain of work to do with upcoming pending deadlines and new cases assigned almost daily. I feel completely overwhelmed to the point where I'm just exhausted.
If you work for a firm, you need to have an honest conversation with the partners assigning you work as to your current availability to take on new projects. Trust that they would rather have you say no to a project up front rather than saying yes and then being unable to complete it or unable to complete it well.
If you work for yourself, you either need to bring on more help, or say no to new clients.
On a more day-to-day level, it helps me to create a to-do list and then prioritize based upon level of difficulty/due date/time it will take to complete, and then schedule blocks of time to complete each task. during that time, focus only on that task at hand (don't check email, answer phone, etc.). You can check email, respond to missed calls in between completion of each task. Having a physical to-do list that you can cross things off as you do them helps with the mental strain because you can see that you are accomplishing things.
Exactly what 11:49 said. The only way to deal with being overwhelmed is to learn to say no – and that means saying no to your collogues and clients. cases are likely being assigned to you because you're not saying no, and/or you're super talented and dependable (both likely). it's typically the dependable attorney's that get dumped on. figure out a way to turn down work. you sound like you work in a firm and if that's true, delegate as much as you can to your legal assistant and paralegals. if you find you're doing menial tasks like drafting orders, JCCR's (or whatever that is if you're a criminal lawyer) delegate that crap. also – do not answer your phone, ever, unless it's a scheduled call. every day i send my voice mails to my assistant and tell her to return the calls immediately and schedule return calls for me so that it's planned (it also eliminates phone tag). you're not being rude by any stretch by not picking up every time your phone rings – and no one every has to know that you're not answer your phone – you're just time managing. if you're not careful you will begin to drop balls and guess what – that could become a serious problem. So – learn to say no, delegate & time management. I'm sure there is a lot more advice but these are the things that have helped me over the years at least want to not kill myself or others :-). Good luck.
More attorneys left Kolesar – I know Dushoff is gone and took a few others with him. An employee referred to it as a "mass exodus". Their office space is so cool, wish my firm would buy them out/merge.
Kolesar's website shows most attorneys there are shareholders. Of 30 or so attorneys, less than 5 are associates. Maybe that demonstrates financial issues?
Commercial litigation group at multi-state firm?
Is it Marquis Aurbach Coffing, as result of Aurbach and Coffing running for judicial seats?
https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/interim-unlv-president-meana-bows-out-of-search-for-permanent-president
I suspect the rumor was related to Kolesar. As reported, Jim Shea and Bart Larson already bolted. Rumor was all of the transactional guys were bolting.
How do you deal with being completely overwhelmed with work? I have a mountain of work to do with upcoming pending deadlines and new cases assigned almost daily. I feel completely overwhelmed to the point where I'm just exhausted.
If you work for a firm, you need to have an honest conversation with the partners assigning you work as to your current availability to take on new projects. Trust that they would rather have you say no to a project up front rather than saying yes and then being unable to complete it or unable to complete it well.
If you work for yourself, you either need to bring on more help, or say no to new clients.
On a more day-to-day level, it helps me to create a to-do list and then prioritize based upon level of difficulty/due date/time it will take to complete, and then schedule blocks of time to complete each task. during that time, focus only on that task at hand (don't check email, answer phone, etc.). You can check email, respond to missed calls in between completion of each task. Having a physical to-do list that you can cross things off as you do them helps with the mental strain because you can see that you are accomplishing things.
Good luck and take care of yourself.
Short video with stress management solution https://bit.ly/37m47x0
(Not a rickroll)
Exactly what 11:49 said. The only way to deal with being overwhelmed is to learn to say no – and that means saying no to your collogues and clients. cases are likely being assigned to you because you're not saying no, and/or you're super talented and dependable (both likely). it's typically the dependable attorney's that get dumped on. figure out a way to turn down work. you sound like you work in a firm and if that's true, delegate as much as you can to your legal assistant and paralegals. if you find you're doing menial tasks like drafting orders, JCCR's (or whatever that is if you're a criminal lawyer) delegate that crap. also – do not answer your phone, ever, unless it's a scheduled call. every day i send my voice mails to my assistant and tell her to return the calls immediately and schedule return calls for me so that it's planned (it also eliminates phone tag). you're not being rude by any stretch by not picking up every time your phone rings – and no one every has to know that you're not answer your phone – you're just time managing. if you're not careful you will begin to drop balls and guess what – that could become a serious problem. So – learn to say no, delegate & time management. I'm sure there is a lot more advice but these are the things that have helped me over the years at least want to not kill myself or others :-). Good luck.
Ditto
More attorneys left Kolesar – I know Dushoff is gone and took a few others with him. An employee referred to it as a "mass exodus". Their office space is so cool, wish my firm would buy them out/merge.
Their lease is enough to choke a horse….Gordon & Silver level audacious.
I've heard that from others who have looked at office space in Tivoli. there's a reason why it is about half dead all of the time.
Financial issues?
Kolesar's website shows most attorneys there are shareholders. Of 30 or so attorneys, less than 5 are associates. Maybe that demonstrates financial issues?
And Jeff Silver and Gerry Gordon are working past 70. Bill Noall sold out to represent the NRA. Keep telling me how successful these people are.
Poof, another one bites the dust. So sad. I only feel bad for the support staff and associates who are losing their jobs.
This is delightful:
https://tuckbot.tv/#/watch/f21180
In honor of all the dumb, needlessly aggressive cops out there that give the good cops a bad name.
Jeffrey Silver is the richest man in Las Vegas, next to Harry Reid.