Hello, loved ones. I have some news! I’m looking for a new job. I don’t have one yet, but I have actually told my Firm that I want to go. This is not something that would ever have occurred to me, but after speaking with several other moms who left the Firm recently, I learned…
Category: Lawyerin’
Saturday Morning Meal Planning
Had a big talk at work the other day about whether I want to pursue promotion to senior counsel and/or partner, which has prompted a great deal of thought on my part. I’m developing a list of questions, questions for them and Big Life Questions for myself. It’s an interesting time in my career –…
Christmas is Settlement Season
I have never been so slammed in December. Last week I pulled an all nighter – basically worked 36 hours straight, with an hour or two break here and there to give the kids dinner, sleep for an hour, take a shower. I’m digging out . . . it won’t be this way forever ….
Family Game Night and Other Pleasantries
I’ve had several insane weeks in a row at work – mostly because there was a bit of a snafu re: overstaffing. There is a central staffing office but several folks put my on pitches without notifying the staffing office, and when they got awarded to us, I suddenly was on a billion cases. Since…
*Blearily Blinks Eyes*
Hello, internet friends! I cannot believe it is mid-September, I really can’t. The weeks zoom by, the children’s limbs shoot out, and I occasionally look up from my computer screen and go outside for a walk before returning to my billing. It was lovely weather for a walk here in NOLA for a few days,…