- Quickdraw McLaw
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How do you feel about law firms being the family business? Is it a good idea for spouses, parents, children, and/or siblings to work together in the same firm? Would you encourage your kids to become lawyers to follow in your footsteps?
What else is happening out there today?
I would love it if each and every one of my kids became a lawyer. Fulfilling in every sense — intellectual, spiritual, financial. Second only to being a priest/rabbi. When we were a young couple, I kept trying to get my wife to go to law school so we could practice together. Much as I love her, I think I would love her a tiny bit more if we could sit around talking about the law more.
Unsure if serious…
Is this a parody account?
This is 11:27, I mean every word. Even now as I goof off trying to avoid working on this huge motion, I am deeply grateful to be an attorney serving clients and society, while making enough money to live a comfortable life and provide my children a solid foundation for their lives.
Please please, @11:27, confirm for us that you kick dogs and yell at babies to make them cry
Au contraire, mon ami 1:22, I am a baby and dog whisperer. One of my party tricks is picking up a crying baby and, viola, le bebe stops crying, starts cooing and often just falls asleep. As for dogs, even junkyard dogs turn into cute puppies around me.
wow. right out of central casting. Let me guess; civil rights law?
I was prepared to dissuade all of my children (and their spouses) from attending law school and practicing. With the caveat that they loved the law or plan to use their JD for something else.
My youngest is contemplating law school (he is in undergrad). More so than my other kids, he seriously has the chops for it. The demeanor, the compassion and the grit. In reality, he would make a ridiculously good advocate. He has asked and seems to be open to listening to me about how to enter the practice and avoiding the few mistakes I made.
I suspect he will make more money than I ever did and enjoy it all that much more.
Current events:
At the risk of getting in trouble with the blog police, did the NVBar every put to vote its position on DEI? They force me to pay dues so they can blast me every week with hard left, divisive neo-marxist propaganda. It's bad enough that the Babsmachine enslaves us and plunders us to serve her far-left agenda, but now I have to go along with this vile collectivist and openly (and proudly) racist DEI garbage? "Oh, look at our great firm! We purged all those yucky straight white men! Let's celebrate how stunning and brave we are!"
I "identify" as me.
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
I literally lol-ed. Thanks 12:22. Now get back to work, FBU.
12:53 wins the blog for today
Why are we wasting our bar dues on the obvious–DEI. We already live in the most diverse city in the U.S.. We have more women judges than most jurisdictions. Agree that DEI is hard left propoganda. The Board keeps pushing it. Maybe we start there and clean house. It is nothing but awful.
I generally have no problem with DEI; it is a good idea. Here is my problem with DEI being pushed by the State Bar….. They have highlighted only large firms because all the State Bar focuses on are large firms. This is the bias that runs throughout our State Bar.
I think the SB really does very little to help lawyers. Yes, there is the mental health stuff, but really, I suspect not many use the service preferring to really trust their matter is kept confidential by hiring their own therapist. Other than that, SB activities fall into two categories: policing solo/small firms, and, salad dressing to "look" progressive, much of which waste my time or cost me money.
Come on! Be fair. Paola is filling my Facebook feed with her personally aggrandizing travel for the SBN. The most pompous presidential use of publication since Polsenberg put himself on the cover of "Nevada Lawyer" when he was president.
So stop following her on Facebook. You guys whine constantly, but do nothing to make things better or come up with solutions.
I have had a firm with my wife for 13 years. It is been an overwhelmingly positive experience. There is no jealousy or annoyance when one of us has to take off to take a kid to swim practice or the doctor (frankly we argue who gets to stay at the office). While our practice areas do not overlap at all, we always have each other bounce ideas and strategies off of, because unlike many other firms, when one of us succeeds, we both do. While there is a risk of not finding refuge from work away from the office, for the most part, we have been able to compartmentalize work from home.
Bravo!
Yes, bravo. You remind me of the ever-inspiring King and Queen of the Nevada Bar, the magnificent team of Robert and Tracy Eglet.
Except I like you 2.
I work with multiple family members who are lawyers. No complaints. Don't know if it would work for everyone, but it works for us.
Nepotism sucks for the nonfam staff and attorneys. There is a good reason five star companies ban it.
That depends. I know attorneys who brought in brain dead progeny who are resented by the competent non-blood colleagues, and I can think of attorneys who brought in kids who turned out great.
Generally speaking, a family business is a good thing. Some say the cornerstone of a high-functioning free society.
You can have a family business without nepotism. This is why for most firms I encourage that the younger generation go to another firm to earn their bona fides and then if they want to join their parent there is no issue.
I know of one firm that allowed Junior to come in straight out of law school and start acting like he was the boss. It didn't take long for that firm to have something like 200% turnover in all departments Junior touched. I don't think the firm ever changed how it operated, just eventually found people to work there who didn't mind.
That is no way to talk about Jimmerson's firm.
I couple of good examples are Josh Harris at Richard Harris Law firm and JT Moran III. Both solid lawyers and good people. JT suffered a little from the trust fund brat syndrome his first several years, but seems to have grown out of it into a solid member of the community. Happy to call both of these guys friends.
Fortune 500 companies allow exception for spouse hiring if they bring DEI to the table, i.e. one of them or both are minorities. Funny how that happens.