{"id":1361,"date":"2013-05-03T16:03:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1361"},"modified":"2021-03-22T17:19:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T17:19:41","slug":"client-overlords-thats-why-im-a-plaintiffs-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/personal-injury-blog\/client-overlords-thats-why-im-a-plaintiffs-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Client-overlords? That\u2019s why I\u2019m a plaintiff\u2019s lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Funny thing about representing injured folks \u2013 they\u2019re generally grateful for my help and don\u2019t expect me to shine shoes, fetch coffee, or kiss ass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Ivey advises law students to hang out with B-school students, who will be \u201cyour client-overlords and referral sources\u201d after graduation. \u201cIf you want to make rain later, learn about their nonlegal needs,\u201d Ivey writes. \u201cPay attention to how they talk and think.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><cite><em>Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abajournal.com\/news\/article\/law_students_need_to_stop_talking_like_a_high_school_babysitter_former_admi\/?utm_source=maestro&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=weekly_email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Law students need to stop talking like a &#8216;high school babysitter,&#8217; former admissions dean says &#8211; ABA Journal<\/a><\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>You know all those surveys about how miserable lawyers are?&nbsp; I bet it\u2019s because most lawyers have to think about the \u201cnonlegal needs\u201d of their \u201cclient-overlord\u201d business-school clients.&nbsp; That and worry about billable hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong \u2013 there\u2019s stress in representing the injured.&nbsp; But being a plaintiff\u2019s lawyer affords me ample room for creativity, autonomy, and a personal life.&nbsp; I can\u2019t imagine working for the other side and being treated like \u201cthe help.\u201d&nbsp; Oh wait, yeah I can \u2013 I did that for ten years as an IT guy.&nbsp; And I hated the condescension and disrespect heaped upon me by self-important corporate jerks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So in summation, if you\u2019re a lawyer who hates having client-overlords and would just prefer to have clients, try representing the injured.&nbsp; They\u2019re by and large a much better class of people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1446,"template":"","blogtag":[24],"class_list":["post-1361","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blogtag-lawyers-the-law"],"acf":[],"x_featured_media":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Client-overlords-Thats-why-Im-a-plaintiffs-lawyer-1-220x220.png","x_featured_media_medium":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Client-overlords-Thats-why-Im-a-plaintiffs-lawyer-1.png","x_featured_media_large":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Client-overlords-Thats-why-Im-a-plaintiffs-lawyer-1.png","x_featured_media_original":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Client-overlords-Thats-why-Im-a-plaintiffs-lawyer-1.png","x_date":"mayo 3, 2013","x_metadata":{"_wp_old_date":"2020-10-29","image_header_blog":"1440","_image_header_blog":"field_5f86255998692","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"[]","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"[\"\"]","_thumbnail_id":"1446","name_author":"Justinian Lane","_name_author":"field_5fa027bb365d8","image_author":"1426","_image_author":"field_5fa02869365d9","alternative_link":"","_alternative_link":"field_5faae1f7dd7d1","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Client-overlords? That\u2019s why I\u2019m a plaintiff\u2019s lawyer - Justinian & Associates","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"If you\u2019re a lawyer who hates being considered as hired \"help\" by a corporate client, try representing the injured. Contact Justinian & Associates."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"blogtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justinian.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blogtag?post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}