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transactional work SUCKS
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:40 PM Author: curious reading party I am a biglaw shitigator that has gotten sucked into an M&A "deal" this week. I can't believe how much it blows! Sit around all day with nothing to do then the client dumps the latest draft of whatever agreement we have so that we can "turn" it overnight. Then it takes literally 2 hours to do edits that would take 5 minutes on a brief, because you have to go through some sort of daisy chain of emails and calls to do it. And you have to sit around all night just waiting for the next person to respond to email, call, whatever. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813516) |
Date: July 19th, 2017 10:42 PM Author: exciting yapping scourge upon the earth wagecucks yeah im a huge fan. tons of downtime to just chill (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813534) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:43 PM Author: curious reading party no that's terrible. instead of billing 8 hours and go home you have to be on call all. fucking. night. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813544) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:45 PM Author: Free-loading supple old irish cottage church building Why wouldn't you bill for all that time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813562) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:47 PM Author: curious reading party bc i'm not working? i'm at home sitting around with my dogs but unable to drink beer because some random bullshit tasks will come in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813579) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:48 PM Author: azure titillating karate Don't be a fag have a beer, you can still do the work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813593) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:49 PM Author: Free-loading supple old irish cottage church building And bill while waiting to work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813601) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:51 PM Author: curious reading party u can't do that. is that what transnational folks do? like bill hours and hours whenever they *might* have some bullshit task come in? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813608) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:51 PM Author: azure titillating karate Yes, if you're truly unable to do anything because you have to wait for work, that should be billed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813612) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:52 PM Author: curious reading party i can hang out, watch tv, etc. doesn't seem right to bill for that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813620) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:55 PM Author: Maniacal ebony theater stage OFS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813641) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:56 PM Author: curious reading party what do you put in the billing entry? "waiting for work"??? i've only billed for "waiting" time once, and it is when the client directed me to stand by and wait to make a filing that had already been prepared. so i went to the bar and drank beer waiting for the "ok." but that was a special circumstance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813648) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:12 PM Author: Free-loading supple old irish cottage church building It's akin to driving to a hearing while listening to some 180 podcasts.
As for what to write in the time entry, just flow from whatever task you just completed or work on next. You know this nigger gsme. |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:13 PM Author: painfully honest cuckoldry Attn to correspondence and comprehensive support of deal matters (6.5); continued diligence and analysis related to same (3.2) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813785) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:17 PM Author: Free-loading supple old irish cottage church building That sounds like some serious shit, like you're on the Tranny Night's Watch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813801) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:50 PM Author: curious reading party when I was a junior i did some doc review after a few beers and produced something that shouldn't have been produced and the assistant GC alled me and reamed me out saying that the GC had "flayed his fucking skin back over it". LJL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813603) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:17 PM Author: provocative very tactful deer antler Yeah, that sounds WAY better than tranny work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813803) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:46 PM Author: Bipolar gaped garrison sneaky criminal what (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813575) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:47 PM Author: curious reading party in litigation i rarely ever work past 7 or 8 pm. maybe twice a month. it's nice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813587) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:48 PM Author: Glittery institution Weird flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813594) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:49 PM Author: curious reading party ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813597) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:43 PM Author: Big nofapping office Lol ya it's so much worse than having 75 open Westlaw tabs and volumes of evidence open trying desperately to think of how it will all come together in a brief (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813552) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:48 PM Author: curious reading party man fuck that. just pull somebody else's brief on ecf pacer from a similar case where the same issues were involved and pull all the cites from their brief. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813591) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:48 PM Author: Glittery institution Are you low IQ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813592) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:58 PM Author: Bipolar gaped garrison sneaky criminal That is entirely different than the type of transactional BS OP is complaining about. The situation you described is procrastination and incompetence. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813670) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:51 PM Author: Maniacal ebony theater stage Oh the EXIT OPTIONS of shitigation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813607) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:52 PM Author: curious reading party you're right about that. not sure it justifies the years of hell to be transnational though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813616) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:54 PM Author: Maniacal ebony theater stage Shitigation is death (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813638) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:57 PM Author: curious reading party specialized litigation has exit options, at least. lower paying than big law to be sure, but you can still exit and not have to work a the firm till you die. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813662) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:59 PM Author: Irradiated canary mad-dog skullcap false (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813674) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:00 PM Author: Bipolar gaped garrison sneaky criminal Nah, true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813683) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:01 PM Author: curious reading party I know associates who have gone in House in my field and I've had offers to go in House. Salary is sub-200, but it's an exit option nonetheless. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813693) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:58 PM Author: Irradiated canary mad-dog skullcap just buy refundable airline tickets and don't have friends. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813672) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:58 PM Author: Irradiated canary mad-dog skullcap lol, cr
but it's better than everything else |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:07 PM Author: curious reading party Also, do transactional lawyer is ever actually have to write anything in narrative format? Are writing skills required at all? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813743) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:14 PM Author: Vigorous Becky Box Office A contract is like a narrative, addressing the obligations of the parties (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813791) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:16 PM Author: Big nofapping office In emails explaining stuff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813797) |
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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:19 PM Author: cordovan aromatic cruise ship Yea, when you go inhouse. Different audience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813821) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 11:59 AM Author: histrionic saffron regret knife (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33816401) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 12:25 PM Author: up-to-no-good infuriating tank really tough guy Have we all come to terms with the fact that calishitlawguru pwns the fuck out of all of this shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33816546) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 4:07 PM Author: Khaki state fortuitous meteor Cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33818215) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 4:11 PM Author: electric apoplectic mental disorder Biglaw transactional work sucks because you are just brought in after all the major deal points are decided upon to just paper the deal, with everything being a fire drill.
Working for smaller entrepreneurial clients (who are usually rich as fuk) is much more interesting, as they look at you as more of an advisor, and bring you in for advice, both legal and business, from day 1 of a transaction and for any important decision. |