Lawyers, Professional & Amateur (A Poll)

In My Humble Opinion
21

Professional
Seattle
Product liability defense

22

Non-pro (Paralegal)
Wisconsin
Not in parctice, but interested in civil/constitutional rights law

23

Formerly pro, now quasi-pro (see below)
NYC
7 years of practice in securities/mergers & acquisitions, followed by career change into legal writing on education law. I need a JD for my job, but I don’t provide legal advice to clients.

24

Pro ('tho some days I feel like an amateur :slight_smile: )

NYC (but would give my right arm to be back in Texas)

Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities

25
  1. By that definition “Pro,” but I don’t practice.
  2. Seattle
  3. I’m not practicing.
26
  1. Semi-pro.
  2. NYC
  3. Landlord/Tenant law
27

Pro

Virginia

Corporate, contracts, IP (copyright).

28

I like to think of myself as a pro, and I’m admitted to the bar.

New York City.

Mostly Litigation & Real Estate.

29
  1. PRO
  2. Dallas
  3. Insurance Defense/Med Mal

blanx I think I got Williams memorized…we should play “who’s got the worst bad baby case” someday :slight_smile:

30

BBJ strangely, that was arousing… :slight_smile:
you use Creasy and Resnick any? I like that better for some stuff…

31

Thanks for the rousing defense. Most of the work I do is the work that would otherwise be done by our Entertainment Lawyer. Most of it is basic contract, copyright, and trademark issues. The “IP Monkeys” have become so well-versed in the specifics of what we do that our actual Ent. Lawyer doesn’t want us to stick our heads in her office unless it’s for something that actually requires admission to the Bar.

That being said, we also aren’t doing anything terribly complicated. It’s mostly procedural, requiring an understanding of the language and structure of contracts, familiarity with licencing agreements for music and film, and good knowledge of the applicable copyright laws. A law school student with a penchant for contract and ent. law would be able to manage just fine.

And again, we do have both an Ent. Lawyer and an IP Lawyer do doublecheck everything when we feel it’s necessary. So far, so good.

[sub]The only time we got stumped was when dealing with a licensee overseas whose lawyer boggled a clause and confused the hell out of us. But that ended up being a language/translation issue (a good chunk of the contract looked like it had been translated by Babel Fish Alta Vista! :confused: )[/sub]

32

Pro in Embryo
Champaign, IL (hey, another Illinois law student up there Rhum Rhummer!)
Don’t know. I’m thinking antitrust, bankruptcy or something property related if I go into practice. I’m also seriously considering becoming a law librarian-esp. since my school already has a really good MLS school.

33
  1. Immature, er, amateur (very very very amateur)
  2. Lawrence KS
  3. I’d like to go into Media law or mayhaps politics.