tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post3915903880164513852..comments2023-12-03T06:40:50.836-08:00Comments on Capricious Bubbles: Markers of PrivilegeShinyunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223210004939369907noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-60483855632120477452008-08-28T20:26:41.367-07:002008-08-28T20:26:41.367-07:00lovely post. i can so relate to this. Cardozo HS, ...lovely post. i can so relate to this. Cardozo HS, ey???? I know too many ppl that went there. Although, not in a bad way, you're years ahead of me...asianlawstudenthttp://asianlawstudent.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-5821523632899986042008-08-28T21:07:18.007-07:002008-08-28T21:07:18.007-07:00I can see why some other attorneys (who make way l...I can see why some other attorneys (who make way less than you ever did) would be less than receptive to your story regarding Big Law. Most of us think we should make just as much as our old classmates - we are just as competent, presentable, etc. But the fact that sets us apart is that we did not "sell our soul" to the devil. You, perhaps, did - or loosely so - when you agreed to bill Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-77595079123391117462008-08-29T10:36:40.557-07:002008-08-29T10:36:40.557-07:00I think a lot of the ire from your fellow attorney...I think a lot of the ire from your fellow attorneys comes from the sense of entitlement you seemed to have with respect to your job. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you were a 10th year associate with no book of business. Why were you surprised that they fired you? It's not a secret that biglaw is an up or out system...and from what I understand you weren't doing your part to move up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-88558835814457621612008-08-29T10:47:52.670-07:002008-08-29T10:47:52.670-07:0010:36 - Thanks for your comment. The focus of my ...10:36 - Thanks for your comment. The focus of my surprise wasn't that I was let go, but the way it was handled. I actually expected that it could happen given the shortage of business in the office. I even told the partners who gave me the news that I expected that it could happen but not like this, particularly given my relationship with the people in my group. I'm not sure how long Shinyunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223210004939369907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-12062862085964566352008-08-29T12:12:13.453-07:002008-08-29T12:12:13.453-07:00Are you now really willing to give up practicing/l...Are you now really willing to give up practicing/looking for work at a prestigious law firm? What kind of law firm are you willing to settle for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-7721917566066232202008-08-29T13:50:58.049-07:002008-08-29T13:50:58.049-07:00Hi, 12:12,Prestige isn't the word that comes t...Hi, 12:12,<br><br>Prestige isn't the word that comes to mind when I think about my last job. I am thinking about what to do about my future. I am not looking to join another big law firm, and I wouldn't have sent the email unless I was ready to walk away from that path. I am considering a career change, but it'll probably take me some time to figure it out. Anyway, thanks for Shinyunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03223210004939369907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-54424445496447695442008-08-31T17:58:13.121-07:002008-08-31T17:58:13.121-07:00Halcyon DaysI find this debate about who should an...Halcyon Days<br><br>I find this debate about who should and should not be labeled as "entitled" quite interesting. As lawyers we are consummate storytellers, and the wide range of commentary regarding Ms. Oh's departure seems to involve at least two narratives about who is, and is not, properly entitled to Big Law's exorbitant financial sums.<br><br>If Ms. Oh is the entitled Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-60508236995174040482008-09-02T04:14:26.913-07:002008-09-02T04:14:26.913-07:00i don't see why you feel you were not entitled...i don't see why you feel you were not entitled to your salary. the comparison here is not what biglaw attys make versus your average joe shmoe. the appropriate comparison is partner profits versus what biglaw attys make. you were entitled to every penny you made, by virtue of working for biglaw where partners make ridiculous amounts. while you were not entitled to the job itself, your 10 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-28235552038567339312008-09-02T09:59:50.278-07:002008-09-02T09:59:50.278-07:00I just can't get over the fact that PH (or any...I just can't get over the fact that PH (or any other BIGLAW firm) could justify billing a client $600 per hour to respond to interrogatories or prepare a motion. I do that work in real estate and my billing rate is nowhere near that sum. Seriously, why do clients allow lawfirms to get away with such rates? I'm sure that how someone from Harvard responds to interrogatories is not that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-16717099943076698132008-09-02T13:42:45.962-07:002008-09-02T13:42:45.962-07:00I don't know which blog or law posting you are...I don't know which blog or law posting you are referring to, because I've given up reading anything where lawyers post often. Why? Because after 7 years in law (actually, I realized this a lot earlier) I've discovered that big firm lawyers have nothing to say that I want to hear. Here is what they say and post - I'm so wonderful/I deserve a $200,000 starting salary because I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-36642484179893243092008-09-09T10:16:39.854-07:002008-09-09T10:16:39.854-07:00This is precisely why, after a year in a corporate...This is precisely why, after a year in a corporate setting, I started to rethink my career path of becoming a Court Reporter. Did I really want to sit in a room, for hours on end, and listen to self-important people argue why others were in the wrong, and therefore needed to compensate for that wrong monetarily...all the while developing carpel tunnel and being treated like furniture? No, that&Georgia Hardstarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02078282338680124654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-47928377058232091052008-09-20T10:56:31.137-07:002008-09-20T10:56:31.137-07:00wow cardozo hs - i know so many people who graduat...wow cardozo hs - i know so many people who graduated from their all doing incredible things of course some years younger than you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-72149608533196180592009-01-09T10:12:05.621-08:002009-01-09T10:12:05.621-08:00I know it's a little late to be leaving a comm...I know it's a little late to be leaving a comment but I was reminded of your story from ATL and started to read your blog just now. This entry made me tear up as it reminded me of my own parents. My parents are also Korean immigrants and I am always amazed how they worked so hard and managed to provide for me and my sister.<br><br>I think, sadly, that a lot of "successful" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306924738545479337.post-58578424877796428482009-01-09T13:05:38.692-08:002009-01-09T13:05:38.692-08:00I think a number of people fail to realize that no...I think a number of people fail to realize that no matter how high you climb in law (and you did get pretty high)it is the nature of the profession that you will always be surrounded by and competing with attorneys who climbed higher. If you got into a top-50 law school, you lose out to the top-25. Top-14, and you lose to Top-3. If you are at one firm, then there is all kinds of snobbery about Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11765709902686717379noreply@blogger.com