I always have to wonder about the quality of attorneys who post on /r/LegalAdvice. A buddy of mine works for a large firm and busts his ass working 40 billable hours each week (meaning only work that can be directly billed to a client counts as work. Coffee breaks, office meetings, and other non-case office work does not count). I don't think he has time to answer questions on Reddit, but what do I know.
The answer is non-attorneys. Their mod team is full of cops, and a bunch of the other "quality contributors" are just armchair legal scholars. There are a couple of users who claim to be real lawyers in r/badlegaladvice, but I think their active users are mostly law school students and rubberneckers.
40 billable hours is crazy. If I do more than 25, I'm stressed out. lol That's crazy to deal with. People don't understand when you work for yourself, billed time is how you make money but you still have to market and talk to clients off the clock.
eta: I've also kinda figured they aren't like some high-cost attorney who wins. Plenty of c-level attorneys out there. I can't imagine ones making big bucks would be on LA.
He makes a shitload, but they do work him hard. I don't think he has to talk to too many clients considering the size of his firm and what I know of what he does, but I don't know for sure.
/r/badlegaladvice has several examples of people testing the subreddit by posting the exact facts of important court cases. Not only do they get the wrong advice, but mods delete advice citing the aforementioned court case.
I would also wonder about the quality of lawyer that would respond to that particular thread. The events as described don't make any sense, so I suspect a lot has been left out.
He wasn't correct though. He told the LAOP there was nothing to "lawyer up" about when that is not true. I was a legal aid attorney in a state with terrible tenant protections. If LAOP came to my office I would have reviewed his lease and given him advice on what he should do to protect his interests if the landlord continued to breach the terms of the lease, even if he had no immediate recourse. It would have taken barely any time at all. Some of the private attorneys in my area would have done the same because really, it's a 30 min conversation at the most.
I'm fascinated with constitutional law, but I won't go to law school because 1. it costs a trillion dollars 2. I'd make the same money continuing my software career
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25 600_lbs_of_sin 2020-07-24
there is no lower human being than a cop janny. even people who cum on anime dolls deserve more respect.
15 WigglingWeiner99 2020-07-24
I always have to wonder about the quality of attorneys who post on /r/LegalAdvice. A buddy of mine works for a large firm and busts his ass working 40 billable hours each week (meaning only work that can be directly billed to a client counts as work. Coffee breaks, office meetings, and other non-case office work does not count). I don't think he has time to answer questions on Reddit, but what do I know.
15 TrailerParkRide 2020-07-24
The answer is non-attorneys. Their mod team is full of cops, and a bunch of the other "quality contributors" are just armchair legal scholars. There are a couple of users who claim to be real lawyers in r/badlegaladvice, but I think their active users are mostly law school students and rubberneckers.
7 Lysis10 2020-07-24
40 billable hours is crazy. If I do more than 25, I'm stressed out. lol That's crazy to deal with. People don't understand when you work for yourself, billed time is how you make money but you still have to market and talk to clients off the clock.
eta: I've also kinda figured they aren't like some high-cost attorney who wins. Plenty of c-level attorneys out there. I can't imagine ones making big bucks would be on LA.
6 WigglingWeiner99 2020-07-24
He makes a shitload, but they do work him hard. I don't think he has to talk to too many clients considering the size of his firm and what I know of what he does, but I don't know for sure.
3 fat_cox 2020-07-24
/r/badlegaladvice has several examples of people testing the subreddit by posting the exact facts of important court cases. Not only do they get the wrong advice, but mods delete advice citing the aforementioned court case.
2 OtherOtherBurnWard 2020-07-24
I would also wonder about the quality of lawyer that would respond to that particular thread. The events as described don't make any sense, so I suspect a lot has been left out.
10 rakrakaon 2020-07-24
Lawyers š
2 -holier-than-mao- 2020-07-24
Fuck you. We're awesome, and we don't have anything to do with arr-legal advice.
3 pepperouchau 2020-07-24
Learn to code
1 fat_cox 2020-07-24
I'm fascinated with constitutional law, but I won't go to law school because 1. it costs a trillion dollars 2. I'd make the same money continuing my software career
6 jerryjoneshere 2020-07-24
Iād bet hard currency that there are more licensed attorneys active on r drama than r legaladvice
5 pepperouchau 2020-07-24
Move over, peasants. That's right. A quality contributor is here. Will you be sucking me off now or later?
2 Lysis10 2020-07-24
They do it for FREEEEE
1 Systemsmodel 2020-07-24
God LA sucks