I just resigned

[teddieriley]

plaintiff or defense work? Hopefully the former, and hopefully cha-ching.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by SField

O jesus I hope it's not what I said to you in the thread yesterday about hating your job.

Are you going to be fine?

Haha, no - that was more of a joke (the thing about walking around and pretending to work) than anything else. I just saw your post in that thread - hadn't even read it before just now.


Actually, I've been planning to leave for a while now (posted about it in a thread about fasting a few weeks ago) and this was just the right time to do it. I've put a lot of thought into this and have a good business plan prepared, so I'll be fine. Always have been.

Originally Posted by teddieriley

plaintiff or defense work? Hopefully the former, and hopefully cha-ching.

Until now I've done mostly defense work, but when I go out on my own I suspect I will be doing more plaintiff work in the PI context. I also want to represent small/medium sized businesses in litigation matters, and that could be plaintiff or defense. Hopefully I will land that one killer PI case (no pun intended) that will fill the coffers with sweet booty.

 

[SField]

Originally Posted by odoreater

Haha, no - that was more of a joke (the thing about walking around and pretending to work) than anything else. I just saw your post in that thread - hadn't even read it before just now.


Actually, I've been planning to leave for a while now (posted about it in a thread about fasting a few weeks ago) and this was just the right time to do it. I've put a lot of thought into this and have a good business plan prepared, so I'll be fine. Always have been.


Good for you my man, I'm always supportive of people who want to strike it out on their own and to do something that makes their entire life more enjoyable.

 

[Piobaire]

Good look to you. I've seen what it took out of my friend to build a practice, but now that he's over the hump, he's golden. Hope it works out the same for you.

 

[Get Smart]

Best of luck to you Odor!!

 

[Tardek]

I read your comment a few days ago about resigning and was wondering if it was going to happen or was, as they say in the biz, 'a mere puff'.

Congratulations for making the dive. My father always used to say that you can never amass real wealth working for another person - to qualify that, it certainly seems to be true about being a lawyer. It does take bravery to do something like that in this market, because most people will be hanging onto their jobs for real life. It's also good to know that your firm values you enough to let you stay on for a month without wondering if you're going to be stealing clients.

Sadly I must wait 6 months to resign from my own job

 

[philosophe]

Congrats and good luck!

 

[EL72]

Best of luck Odoreater! Good move. If you're going to work hard anyways, why not do it for yourself rather than let others reap the rewards?

 

[brlfvr]

Best of Luck!

 

[GQgeek]

Good luck OE. Working for yourself is great. Hopefully you'll be able to kill something big. I suspect that I may do the same thing myself one day. Your timing for leaving a good job seems a little off though. Aren't you kinda worried that it will be hard to find work with the recession?

 

[kwilkinson]

All the best, OE.

 

[Go Surface]

Awesome, congrats. I always love seeing people doing what they want, instead of what they think they want.

 

[TowleY]

congrats gl with it sir

 

[odoreater]

Thanks everyone - I appreciate it.

 

[crazyquik]

Best of luck with stepping out as a solo. I actually read a great blog post a few days ago about how to start a solo practice but I can't find it now. The only thing I remember was printing business cards on a printer, and always having them on you.

I've also read that some solos only rent an office and conference room when they have to meet a client, and otherwise work from home, show up in court, go to real estate closings, etc. Depending on the size of your city you may not be able to rent office space by the hour.