The attorney I worked for in Colorado did personal injury defense. I loved that work....boy, did I catch some great fish stories plaintiff's told....(reading medical records, you find out lots of things).
The attorney I now work for does criminal defense, lots of V&T (DUI, speeding, etc.), Family Court matters (assigned counsel and Law Guardian). Some cases are quite interesting (and disgusting).
We're real busy, though, that's for sure.
I rarely enjoyed my time assigned to Family Crimes Unit and DVU. You lost even if you won with those cases-the tragedy of the lives that I saw made me vow that I would never take a divorce case in private practice and would never take any child abuse case unless I was 100% certain that the person was innocent and was being prosecuted because of someone lying to the cops.