In November 2019, I attended a meeting at new client's place of business. A lawsuit had been filed. I was needed.
Had a young, hungry associate attorney with me, who longed to be a social justice warrior, but who wound up addicted to the money at a large defense firm. (I had warned 'em. But as is the norm with young social justice warriors, they ignored me.)
The events at that meeting - and shortly thereafter - started me seriously thinking that I needed to retire from the large defense firm.
Then the world went crazy.
The longer it went on, the more I stayed sane. Even got more sane.
29 days ago, I gave my 30 day notice.
I've been digging a tunnel under the fence, have popped up outside the wire, and am currently running serpentine toward the tree line.
I will pause for one short last conference call in the early afternoon tomorrow.
And then, gentlemen, I will be free. Unemployed. (Likely unemployable.) Capable of inflicting much social damage, unrestrained by any need for decorum. Mind ravaged by over 3 decades of lawing.
Be warned.
There is a small-town-pool-room-schooled smart-ass about to be unleashed in these parts.
And he will be bored and sassy.
Had a young, hungry associate attorney with me, who longed to be a social justice warrior, but who wound up addicted to the money at a large defense firm. (I had warned 'em. But as is the norm with young social justice warriors, they ignored me.)
The events at that meeting - and shortly thereafter - started me seriously thinking that I needed to retire from the large defense firm.
Then the world went crazy.
The longer it went on, the more I stayed sane. Even got more sane.
29 days ago, I gave my 30 day notice.
I've been digging a tunnel under the fence, have popped up outside the wire, and am currently running serpentine toward the tree line.
I will pause for one short last conference call in the early afternoon tomorrow.
And then, gentlemen, I will be free. Unemployed. (Likely unemployable.) Capable of inflicting much social damage, unrestrained by any need for decorum. Mind ravaged by over 3 decades of lawing.
Be warned.
There is a small-town-pool-room-schooled smart-ass about to be unleashed in these parts.
And he will be bored and sassy.