My very last gift to myself for passing the bar was a Dooney & Burke handbag. I'm not kidding about the warranty. Can I afford a purse that has a warranty? Not particularly.
Which brings me to the real subject of this post. Job hunting is not going well which isn't a surprise in the Northwest market (especially since I want to stay put where I live). While I continue job hunting, I'm going solo. To make this enterprise possible, I'm going to start up at home. Future contract work with a small firm has been lined up. As soon as I get my mythical bar number in the mail, I can start marketing myself for both contract work and private clients. My background is in civil litigation with a focus on family law. Since family law is what I know best, that is what I'm going to practice.
Right now I'm open to either getting a permanent job with someone else being responsible for keeping the lights on or settling into a solo practice. Beginning after Thanskgiving I'm going to start doing all the stuff I really don't like much such as attending organization lunches, going to events and networking, networking. Blech! As severely uncomfortable as self-promotion may be, it won't be nearly as painful as bar preparation.
For now I'm using a mail center for an address and I just hooked up VOIP for my fax and home office line. Who knows, maybe I'll decide I love being a solo. If so, I'll be in the market for an office share arrangement in the future.
And finally a big Shout Out to Shelley of The Menagerie who kindly responded to my frantic email seeking advice. Go check out her blog and her cute Peaches.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
My Purse Has A Warranty
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4 comments:
Thank you!
I thought about you today, when I went to meet with some (new) clients. (Yes, on a Sunday.) I'd been at the law library dropping off some CLEs, chatting with the librarian, when a couple came in and started speaking with an assistant; long story short, I ended up with new clients after I had just "celebrated" having finished my last pending dom/rel case. Sometimes the job finds you, rather than you finding it -- it just works sometimes.
Pretty heady stuff for an atheist, but still, there's something to kismet. :)
You are more than welcome.
To help kismet along, I'm going to be fully loaded with business cards wherever I go. Too bad we aren't in the same state, I'd definitely send you all the Wills and I'd take the unruly domestic clients off your hands!
Well, there's always reciprocity LOL!
Well it sound like you've got it well planned, and knowing your tenacity, you'll land on your feet one way or another.
One niggling question though... where's the random dog?
Never fear, the random dog shall reappear...
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