[Mercat]

I've been a lawyer now for 25 years. Most of the time in family law. Hard work. I'm now in solo practice instead of senior partner in a small firm. It gives me a bit more flexibility and although I have more responsibility for my clients, I don't have a staff of seven to worry about. I have one person working for me. I have more work than I can do and a decent income. Not a bad way to make a living. The key is keeping it to 40 hours/week or less and not bringing it home.

[angkor]

Most of the decent, helpful lawyers I've known have been in solo or small firm practice. Except one guy who took on so much work that his competence suffered (in retrospect I think he did that because he was trying to "help" too many people).

And of course there was the odd firm that did a high-priced but bangup job for me, but became suspect when it opened (and closed) branch offices first in DC, then the Caymans. Strange.

[Phaedrus]

I've been a lawyer now for 25 years. Most of the time in family law ... Not a bad way to make a living.

"Family law" is not about families, it's about divorce and the destruction of families. Lawyers are parasites on the process and make it far lengthier, more expensive and more painful, especially if significant assets are involved. "Not a bad way to make a living" indicates that you are clueless, if not heartless.