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transactional work SUCKS

I am a biglaw shitigator that has gotten sucked into an M&am...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
yeah im a huge fan. tons of downtime to just chill
Motley stage cumskin
  07/19/17
no that's terrible. instead of billing 8 hours and go home y...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
Why wouldn't you bill for all that time?
well-lubricated incel resort
  07/19/17
bc i'm not working? i'm at home sitting around with my dogs ...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
Don't be a fag have a beer, you can still do the work
Stirring slate lay roommate
  07/19/17
And bill while waiting to work.
well-lubricated incel resort
  07/19/17
u can't do that. is that what transnational folks do? like b...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
Yes, if you're truly unable to do anything because you have ...
Stirring slate lay roommate
  07/19/17
i can hang out, watch tv, etc. doesn't seem right to bill fo...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
OFS
Vivacious travel guidebook
  07/19/17
what do you put in the billing entry? "waiting for work...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
It's akin to driving to a hearing while listening to some 18...
well-lubricated incel resort
  07/19/17
Attn to correspondence and comprehensive support of deal mat...
house-broken appetizing volcanic crater dilemma
  07/19/17
That sounds like some serious shit, like you're on the Trann...
well-lubricated incel resort
  07/19/17
when I was a junior i did some doc review after a few beers ...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
Yeah, that sounds WAY better than tranny work
wine casino
  07/19/17
what
lavender address
  07/19/17
in litigation i rarely ever work past 7 or 8 pm. maybe twice...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
Weird flame
spectacular ruddy quadroon
  07/19/17
?
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
Lol ya it's so much worse than having 75 open Westlaw tabs a...
Charcoal range nowag
  07/19/17
man fuck that. just pull somebody else's brief on ecf pacer ...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
Are you low IQ?
spectacular ruddy quadroon
  07/19/17
That is entirely different than the type of transactional BS...
lavender address
  07/19/17
Oh the EXIT OPTIONS of shitigation
Vivacious travel guidebook
  07/19/17
you're right about that. not sure it justifies the years of ...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
Shitigation is death
Vivacious travel guidebook
  07/19/17
specialized litigation has exit options, at least. lower pay...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
false
Azure jap toaster
  07/19/17
Nah, true
lavender address
  07/19/17
I know associates who have gone in House in my field and I'v...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
just buy refundable airline tickets and don't have friends.
Azure jap toaster
  07/19/17
lol, cr but it's better than everything else
Azure jap toaster
  07/19/17
Also, do transactional lawyer is ever actually have to writ...
razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea
  07/19/17
A contract is like a narrative, addressing the obligations o...
pearl school
  07/19/17
In emails explaining stuff
Charcoal range nowag
  07/19/17
Yea, when you go inhouse. Different audience.
olive sweet tailpipe
  07/19/17
...
180 startling native
  07/20/17
Have we all come to terms with the fact that calishitlawguru...
dark provocative rehab
  07/20/17
Cq
mind-boggling puce den turdskin
  07/20/17
Biglaw transactional work sucks because you are just brought...
sable site private investor
  07/20/17


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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:40 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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)



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Date: July 19th, 2017 10:42 PM
Author: Motley stage cumskin

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: well-lubricated incel resort

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: Stirring slate lay roommate

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: well-lubricated incel resort

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: Stirring slate lay roommate

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: Vivacious travel guidebook

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: well-lubricated incel resort

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813775)



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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:13 PM
Author: house-broken appetizing volcanic crater dilemma

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: well-lubricated incel resort

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: wine casino

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: lavender address

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: spectacular ruddy quadroon

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

?

(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: Charcoal range nowag

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: spectacular ruddy quadroon

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: lavender address

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: Vivacious travel guidebook

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: Vivacious travel guidebook

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: Azure jap toaster

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: lavender address

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: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: Azure jap toaster

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: Azure jap toaster

lol, cr

but it's better than everything else

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33813665)



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Date: July 19th, 2017 11:07 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle drab parlor marketing idea

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: pearl school

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: Charcoal range nowag

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: olive sweet tailpipe

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: 180 startling native



(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: dark provocative rehab

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: mind-boggling puce den turdskin

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: sable site private investor

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3679764&forum_id=2#33818254)