Posts Tagged ‘pro bono client’
That Man Behind the Curtain
Total Black: $635.37
Total Red: $270,000.16
Felt a draft today. Went right up my dress. In a manner of speaking, of course. I uncovered a gap in my blogging security that might have revealed my true identity. And we can have that! Or can we? Keep reading . . .
Leaving New York
Total Black: $3,010.01
Total Red: $238,487.55
The day has arrived. My last in New York. And what a ride. I arrived back at my mother’s house around 11pm. Keep reading . . .
One Last Loose End
Total Black: $2,027.70
Total Red: $239,707.84
“All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go.”
Well . . . not quite. But pretty much things are coming to a close. My New York chapter is closing. The only last remaining task is the pro bono client. Keep reading . . .
Pushing Back
Total Black: -$66.73
Total Red: $229,112.23
Not much to update today. Just waiting. A lot it seems. Both today and of late. Keep reading . . .
Retardists
Total Black: $830.70
Total Red: $230,761.09
The new temporary attorney position I started today will be situated in the staffing agency’s review space. The law firm we’re working for is nearby, but we’ll actually be reporting each day to this off-site location. We had training all day today at the law firm but later stopped by the review space to scout out the location and take care of any last-minute paperwork. I nearly fell back upon myself in a double-take when I walked into the conference room where the bulk of the document reviewers work. At first I thought we had walked into an day care center for retarded adults. And I could have sworn that Opie from Family Guy was reviewing documents there.
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Back on the Chain Gang
Total Black: $539.47
Total Red: $230,761.09
Starting a new temporary attorney assignment tomorrow. The hours could be long and the pay is ok. A dollar less than the last temp assignment I had. But with more hours I shouldn’t really notice the difference. Keep reading . . .
Consulting My Paycheck
Total Black: $66.71
Total Red: $230,428.77
Another contract attorney and I got to talking today about legal consulting work. He told me about a friend of his who suggested he help out a third person who had been having difficulty collecting on a promissory note. This third person had loaned ten thousand dollars to another person, who also happened to be an attorney, and he was not paying and now wasn’t even returning her calls. Upon hearing from his friend about this woman’s matter, he didn’t feel particularly adept in handling it so he passed along the name of another attorney she might call, also a friend of his. Sometime later he met up with that friend and asked about the outcome of the woman’s debt collection efforts. His attorney friend told him that there was nothing he could do to help the woman because the promissory note she had was usurious. She put in a 10% interest rate. And if a lawyer had tried to collect on the note, my co-worker’s attorney friend informed him, that lawyer would have been subject to sanction by the court for attempting to collect on a usurious debt—akin to loan-sharking. What makes this story so noteworthy? My co-worker and I would have never thought to even consider the interest rate. Ten percent didn’t seem all that high to me given that credit cards can legally charge up to 30% on your purchases. His story represented to me the dangers accompanying legal consulting work. Keep reading . . .
