Comments on: Say Nay To the Naysayers http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/ Great Things Come in Small [Law] Practices! Sun, 13 May 2012 18:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dysonlaw http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-800 dysonlaw Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:00:56 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-800 I also would be interested in the age and experience leve that makes one too senior to find another position. I also would be interested in the age and experience leve that makes one too senior to find another position.

]]> By: dysonlaw http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5475 dysonlaw Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:00:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5475 I also would be interested in the age and experience leve that makes one too senior to find another position. I also would be interested in the age and experience leve that makes one too senior to find another position.

]]> By: soon to be solo 3L http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-799 soon to be solo 3L Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:51:06 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-799 great post. i have been stressing over this decision for a few months now. i will graduate in May from a top tier school and should finish in the top 1/3 of my class, but i just cant see myself going to work at some firm where i will just be a cog in the machine. i went to law school with the idea that at some point i wanted to open a general practice, and it just feels like now is the time. i am married with 1 small child and my wife has a good job with good benefits (teacher). my brother is also a solo and has been for about 5 years now with moderate success. am i crazy for thinking i can make this work? my plan is to start small and take as many appointed cases as possible until i am able to establish some client base. great post. i have been stressing over this decision for a few months now. i will graduate in May from a top tier school and should finish in the top 1/3 of my class, but i just cant see myself going to work at some firm where i will just be a cog in the machine.
i went to law school with the idea that at some point i wanted to open a general practice, and it just feels like now is the time.
i am married with 1 small child and my wife has a good job with good benefits (teacher). my brother is also a solo and has been for about 5 years now with moderate success.
am i crazy for thinking i can make this work? my plan is to start small and take as many appointed cases as possible until i am able to establish some client base.

]]> By: soon to be solo 3L http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5474 soon to be solo 3L Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:51:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5474 great post. i have been stressing over this decision for a few months now. i will graduate in May from a top tier school and should finish in the top 1/3 of my class, but i just cant see myself going to work at some firm where i will just be a cog in the machine. i went to law school with the idea that at some point i wanted to open a general practice, and it just feels like now is the time. i am married with 1 small child and my wife has a good job with good benefits (teacher). my brother is also a solo and has been for about 5 years now with moderate success. am i crazy for thinking i can make this work? my plan is to start small and take as many appointed cases as possible until i am able to establish some client base. great post. i have been stressing over this decision for a few months now. i will graduate in May from a top tier school and should finish in the top 1/3 of my class, but i just cant see myself going to work at some firm where i will just be a cog in the machine.
i went to law school with the idea that at some point i wanted to open a general practice, and it just feels like now is the time.
i am married with 1 small child and my wife has a good job with good benefits (teacher). my brother is also a solo and has been for about 5 years now with moderate success.
am i crazy for thinking i can make this work? my plan is to start small and take as many appointed cases as possible until i am able to establish some client base.

]]> By: Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-801 Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:51:17 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-801 <strong>Introducing the My Shingle Q</strong> Carolyn Elefant -- she of the Law Stars Hall of Fame, as of this week -- kicks off a new question-and-answer feature on My Shingle. She writes, Recently, I've been receiving a number of inquiries seeking advice on starting a Introducing the My Shingle Q

Carolyn Elefant — she of the Law Stars Hall of Fame, as of this week — kicks off a new question-and-answer feature on My Shingle. She writes, Recently, I’ve been receiving a number of inquiries seeking advice on starting a

]]> By: Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5476 Inside Opinions: Legal Blogs Tue, 20 Sep 2005 11:51:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5476 <strong>Introducing the My Shingle Q</strong> Carolyn Elefant -- she of the Law Stars Hall of Fame, as of this week -- kicks off a new question-and-answer feature on My Shingle. She writes, Recently, I've been receiving a number of inquiries seeking advice on starting a Introducing the My Shingle Q

Carolyn Elefant — she of the Law Stars Hall of Fame, as of this week — kicks off a new question-and-answer feature on My Shingle. She writes, Recently, I’ve been receiving a number of inquiries seeking advice on starting a

]]> By: Leanna http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-798 Leanna Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:41:46 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-798 What a timely post. I am 2 weeks away from leaving a paying job and opening the doors to my new firm. I am 1 year out of school, single and having the same doubts and fears. None of my clients are coming with me from my old firm, I am just working on networking with referral sources and marketing. I agree that the time is never perfect to do it, but if I waited until I had lots of money saved, or a huge client base, I'd never have done it. What a timely post. I am 2 weeks away from leaving a paying job and opening the doors to my new firm. I am 1 year out of school, single and having the same doubts and fears. None of my clients are coming with me from my old firm, I am just working on networking with referral sources and marketing. I agree that the time is never perfect to do it, but if I waited until I had lots of money saved, or a huge client base, I’d never have done it.

]]> By: Leanna http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5473 Leanna Tue, 20 Sep 2005 07:41:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5473 What a timely post. I am 2 weeks away from leaving a paying job and opening the doors to my new firm. I am 1 year out of school, single and having the same doubts and fears. None of my clients are coming with me from my old firm, I am just working on networking with referral sources and marketing. I agree that the time is never perfect to do it, but if I waited until I had lots of money saved, or a huge client base, I'd never have done it. What a timely post. I am 2 weeks away from leaving a paying job and opening the doors to my new firm. I am 1 year out of school, single and having the same doubts and fears. None of my clients are coming with me from my old firm, I am just working on networking with referral sources and marketing. I agree that the time is never perfect to do it, but if I waited until I had lots of money saved, or a huge client base, I’d never have done it.

]]> By: BigLaw Associate http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-797 BigLaw Associate Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:13:15 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-797 I am in almost the same situation as the Reader, except probably older and more settled (wife, kids and mortgage in addition to student loans). You make an interesting point about the Reader being sufficiently junior to find another position. At what age or experience does one become too senior to find another position? I am in almost the same situation as the Reader, except probably older and more settled (wife, kids and mortgage in addition to student loans). You make an interesting point about the Reader being sufficiently junior to find another position. At what age or experience does one become too senior to find another position?

]]> By: BigLaw Associate http://myshingle.com/2005/09/articles/questions-advice/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5472 BigLaw Associate Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:13:00 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/293/say-nay-to-the-naysayers/#comment-5472 I am in almost the same situation as the Reader, except probably older and more settled (wife, kids and mortgage in addition to student loans). You make an interesting point about the Reader being sufficiently junior to find another position. At what age or experience does one become too senior to find another position? I am in almost the same situation as the Reader, except probably older and more settled (wife, kids and mortgage in addition to student loans). You make an interesting point about the Reader being sufficiently junior to find another position. At what age or experience does one become too senior to find another position?

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