Attorney 2: We need all of these documents from the Recorder.
Me: Really? I got all of these docs for you last year. Can't we just use those?
Attorney 2: Well, we need to make sure they're all there.
Me: I'm pretty sure they're all there
Attorney 2: Well, what do you think? We have a client that needs to know the answer to a question. Do you think we can tell them we're "pretty sure" or do you need to do it again?
Me:
Attorney 2: Really? Have you looked through the folder with the documents in it?
Me: Of course I looked through the folder. All of the documents are there.
Attorney 2: So, you'd be comfortable giving the client this answer?
Me: You bet.
Attorney 2: Blah, blah, blah...role of a lawyer...responsibility to our clients...lesson to be learned...
Me: I'll go double check the folder and get back to you.
The lesson I got out of this: You get what you pay for. If you want me to give a damn, you're going to have to give me a lawyer job and/or pay me a lot more.
Attorney 2 meant to say, "I have to bill the shit out of this case, so do the search again because that takes time and time is money. BTW, even though you're a clerk, we bill you out as an attorney at $225 an hour."
ReplyDeleteValid point. I'm actually only billed out at $100/hour. Which is roughly 6.66 times what I make in an hour. Funny how that works out.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they hire you on as an attorney?
ReplyDeleteCan't afford to, otherwise they would. Attorney 4 is actually leaving within the next year or so, so if I wait it out, I'll get her job. But, I really don't want to sit around for another year.
ReplyDeleteI would totally hire a lawyer whose attitude is "I don't give a shit until you pay me a magical amount that you will never know, given that I already agreed to do the job for the amount you offered."
ReplyDeleteI have that attitude about working for anyone other than myself. If you don't pay me enough to make you 1st priority, I will be taking side jobs & you could end up lower on the totem pole. Not worth my time to dress up daily if I'm not making 6 figures; thank God I work in a more casual industry.
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