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Recent content by accountofapro

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    Difficulties in being a trial lawyer

    I am more ADHD-esque though. I am not diagnosed with any full blown autism spectrum if that makes any difference. Some have suggested my ADHD involves "autistic traits". I dont know if you are familiar with this. I still havent read up on it a lot.
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    Difficulties in being a trial lawyer

    Two major issues I faced in my career so far were: (1) clients judge me based on dress, cost, lack of fancy office, being a bit "neurodivergent" etc. vs. the work I actually do and what I know; and (2) many cases I saw were decided based on relational and unwritten forces rather than the law and...
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    Difficulties in being a trial lawyer

    One more thing. I craved novelty in the profession and now cases are becoming more repetitive and its also not as exciting for me. Many of my novel legal theories were dismissed by other colleagues who wanted more efficiency, routine, and predictability.
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    Difficulties in being a trial lawyer

    I started practicing general practice law about 10 years ago and quickly opened up my law firm. When I opened up the firm, I was mostly taking on a very small number of clients and doing a lot of free and discount work and I was happy because I could explore issues and cases that I enjoyed. As...
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