Let’s see who made the “mistake” of going to law school. To keep things private, you can skip a response after you have voted. However, if you wish, it would be interesting to find out why/how you got into your current field.

Question:
What is your current area of practice?

Choices:
Prosecutor - Federal
Prosecutor - State/County
Prosecutor - City
Judge - Federal District Court
State Judge - General Jurisdiction
Appellate Judge - State
Appellate Judge - Federal
Judge - part time
Magistrate/Court Commissioner
Justice Court/City Judge/Justice of the Peace
Juvenile Court Judge
Judge of limited jurisdiction (Not including city judges)
Alphabet Soup Agency
State AG Civil
County Civil Section
Law firm 50+
Law firm 25+
Small firm/solo practitioner
Public Defender
DOJ
Federal Agency - other
Retired
Judicial Law clerk/Attorney
Other

 

Unlucky #1, I hope this goes better than the karma threads!
Did 3 years before law school in insurance defense
Then 3 years of insurance defense litigation
Then went solo, doing litigation and real estate, 15 years going solo and I would never look back!

Two lawyer firm doing mainly criminal defense with some criminal type stuff as well (protection orders, rights restoration, civil forfeiture).

I was a prosecutor for 15 years as well as a judge pro tem (doing work as a substitute judge) and am now defense oriented with some public defense contract work.

Partner all criminal. Both of us have been in since 1996.

We met in law school in 1993 and started the firm in 2011.

Small firm private practice for the first 5 years, focused of real estate, probate and estate planning, and construction law, both transactional as well as litigation.

Now I do complex transactional real estate exclusively, but still in a small firm.

Been in practice since 2011.

Started out as a solo practitioner in 1986, moved to the 9th largest firm in Kentucky in 1990, and moved to a mid-size (by Louisville, Kentucky standards) firm in 1994 (currently 14 attorneys).

They haven't kicked me out yet.

I handle real estate litigation, lien enforcement, title law, and creditor's rights.

I'm a long-time Sigforum lurker, and infrequent poster.

I went to click Holiday Inn Express and there is no option for it. Please respect my knowledge and personal achievements in my field and add it to the poll.

After being in publishing and business and dropping out and crewing on sailboats, then working as a litigation paralegal in big DC and AZ firms, I went to law school in my mid-30s. After doing this and that post-Katrina, ended up in the legal training and publishing field, which is a pretty good place to be.

I retired last year, but spent my entire career as a transactional attorney specializing in software and technology.

I'm a solo practitioner focusing on start-ups, technology companies, contracting and licensing.

I also have a significant sub-specialty in business consulting, business planning and large scale distribution businesses.

Started out as a Public Defender then did criminal solo for a few years, then with a small firm. Stopped doing any criminal about 5 years ago. Mainly Real Estate/Business transactional law since 2003.

Yet, I still miss being a Public Defender. Go figure.

Commercial litigator focusing on IP and professional liability defense in a 100+ attorney firm in Tampa. I've been with the same firm since I graduated in 2005.

Small firm. Our practice is limited to estate planning and post mortem administration. In other words, lots of trusts, LLCs, and estate tax returns.

Ice cream maker, technically I have a small wealth management practice as well. (Just a friends and family thing.)

I started out in big law, stayed there six years. Then I went into partnership with one colleague and stayed in that firm for five years. I have been at the small firm (originally about 10 lawyers, now a little bigger) I am now with for eleven years.

I do family law, and general commercial litigation. I have always done commercial litigation, and added family law when I left big law.

Former prosecutor, now my practice is mostly civil litigation defense, focused on constitutional law, employment discrimination, police and corrections liability, and personal injury. Admitted to practice in 2005.

So far we are below the national avg for small/solo practitioners. But, we have two federal proscutors which has to be way above the avg.

What, no SCOTUS option?

There wasn't an option for in-house Counsel. I was in small firm practice for a couple of years, and then in-house for the past 8 years.

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Originally posted by Aeteocles:
There wasn't an option for in-house Counsel. I was in small firm practice for a couple of years, and then in-house for the past 8 years.

Sorry. I knew I was forgetting something. You can vote other.

Presiding municipal judge in 4 jurisdictions, managing partner at an 18 attorney firm, and in my spare time I try to make a living as an estate planning and small business lawyer.

I’m grateful for a diverse mix which keeps things interesting, but I really enjoy being a judge.