Even better: one of my clients ALREADY PAID.
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@kirspatzer.bsky.social
Trial attorney and securities regulatory nerd. Advocating for the financial services industry since 2007. http://www.patzerlaw.com
Even better: one of my clients ALREADY PAID.
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I have officially sent out my first round of invoices for my firm!
Was it enough to cover all my living needs and expenses? No.
But was it close? YEP.
I will never input your attorney client privileged information into AI to search for answers to your problems.
05.05.2025 18:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I really don't think being a lawyer and using AI is a selling point.
But that's just me.
I have a professional connection who went solo about a year ago who practices in the same area as I do. We are going to set up time to chat soon. But I went to his website to see how he markets himself and it is the EXACT opposite of what I had planned on emphasizing. He is ALL IN on AI.
05.05.2025 18:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0JESUS FUCK.
California raised the fee for the out of state arbitration counsel application by 900%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NINE HUNDRED PERCENT.
The biggest downside of going solo is that I no longer have a database of previously filed motions and whatnot that I can crib off of.
24.04.2025 18:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Notice of appeal filed
21.04.2025 01:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Does this mean I am honorary #appellatelaw?
21.04.2025 01:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0$605 out the door
21.04.2025 01:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0It should not cost this much to file an appeal
21.04.2025 01:00 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0If I charged someone $850 an hour I would feel so bad.
18.04.2025 02:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0This is a dig on me, not them.
I will continue to under value myself because that is apparently what I do.
Me finding out my contemporaries literally charge up to double my hourly rate
18.04.2025 01:55 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank goodness for the Social Law Library. I would not be able to afford access to legal research otherwise. I will have to go into the courthouse to access Westlaw, but at least I will have access.
15.04.2025 19:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I cannot fathom doing this in front of any tribunal, let alone the federal judiciary.
14.04.2025 21:42 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Court didn't even take an hour to issue the order.
14.04.2025 21:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I will never not get over the high of a win - even a small one.
(This isn't a small one, btw, just sayin')
Just got notification that the court granted my emergency TRO. Batting 1000 over here!
14.04.2025 21:21 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My business cards and stickers came π₯°π₯°π₯°
13.04.2025 00:31 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0And, not to be pedantic, but whatever shenanigans those idiots are doing/plotting, it isn't "insider trading."
Market manipulation of some kind? Probably. But not insider trading.
I promise to not bore you all with my Investment Advisers Act hot takes.
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