what are some disadvantages and advanteges in bieg a lawyer?
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Advantages:\n  - You're serving the common man and have a sense of justice\n  - It pays quite well\n  - You get to work with people (sometimes a disadvantage)\n\nDisadvantages:\n  - Lawyer jokes and stereotypes\n  - Lots of school is required\n  - Hard work, long hours, little sleep\n  - Can't make too many crucial mistakes
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You become the butt of some of the oldest jokes around.\n\nPeople always have a "quick legal question" for you even though they're not "asking for legal advice"\n\nYou suddenly become the legal expert on all issues, irrespective of whether they are in your area of practice.\n\nYou risk being perceived as just another ambulance chaser.\n\nLong, long, long hours at the office.\n\nAs a result of those hours, potentially damaging your family life.\n\nBut the fulfillment you get from a job well done, when someone thanks you for doing something which really makes a difference in their lives and the lives of others and which also has a positive impact on society in general, that my friend is priceless and makes up for anything bad which people can and do say about lawyers.
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not lawyer b-cuz if you ever want to move to another country you wont be able to work there cuz te laws are different in every country. so i will go with electrical engineer.
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Dear Friend,\n\nThere are economic benefits.  Depending on whether you work for a big firm, for yourself, for government and/or, or a corporation, the salary can be huge or minimal.  \n\nThere are social benefits.  For all the lawyer jokes, being an attorney is still a widely-respected profession.  To be an attorney is to have a certain amount of status.  More fundamentally, much of society is run by people with law degrees -- like all judges, most legislators, and a fair amount of executives and other government officials.\n\nBut, ultimately, you will hate the law if you choose it for those reasons.  The only real reason to be a lawyer is because you want to take part in the progress of the law, the continual and gradually process of creating an orderly and equitable society.  Even the big money attorneys working for world-class corporate clients have to think in terms of values like due process, reasonableness, fair notice, and proportionality.  It is a professional all about getting facts straight and making value judgments -- applied social philosophy -- and when approached correctly, it can be the best job in the world.\n\nYour Friend,\nFrancesois
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You are talking of three different things -- sole proprietorship, partnership and incorporation. Each of these legal structure has their pros and cons, and they have tax implications, liabilities, among others. Your goal should be to choose one for you.\n\nThe article "Choosing the Legal Structure of Your Small Business"  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol3/legalstructure.htm spells out the advantages and disadvantages of each legal structure. For sole proprietorship, while it is easy to form, you also assume unlimited liability. With partnership, while more heads are better than one, you have to share the profit (which may not seem so bad since your partner is your wife anyway). For corporations, while ownership may be easily transferable in the event the owner leaves the business, there is double taxation.\n\nOne thing to consider when doing business with your spouse is to have a "buy-sell" provision to address what happens to the partnership in the event of a partner's death, divorce, disability, bankruptcy, resignation or retirement. That can cover a lot of confusion in the event the partnership (or marriage) dissolves.\n\nI work with my husband in our limited liability company, and things are going very well. But we do have very specific provisions in our partnership agreement - from sharing of profit to any other eventualities.
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Rieschels daughter Angela is the best connected best lawyer still practicing in Buffalo.  If you can get dad, Wayne, that much to the better.  Most people hire them so if nothing else, the other side won't get them.  They are honest and good people on top of it.  They have handled my legal stuff for years.  I have lived and worked in that area and part of my job is hearing all the gossip.  I only repeat the kindly stuff and here is an example of a time when it is no chore.  If I can otherwise help contact me at oddmom3@yahoo.com   Laura Bennett
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Law is one of those fields that is so saturated it is crazy.  Kind of like Real Estate - they are all competing for clients.  The US DOL Bureau of Labor Statistics may be helpful for your paper.  Check it out at http://www.bls.gov/.  Also you might try calling lawyers from the phone book and just asking if you can do short informational interviews with them (like 5-10 questions).  Then you can compile the data and put it in your report.  The worst they can say is no.  People generally love talking about themselves though so give it a shot.  Good luck on your paper!
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Skills of a good lawyer generally: understanding of basic legal principles, ability to research, to be organized, to write coherently, to follow directions -- all the stuff they talked about in law school; still applies in a firm.\n\nThe thing about a big firm, as opposed to small private practice or even most corporate environments, is the caste-structure. Junior associates are bottom of the food chain. That means long hours, little respect, and everyone telling you what to do. \n\nNow, remember also that just because you've graduated law school and passed the bar, doesn't mean you're ready to practice. I'm graduating in two weeks, and there are huge practical areas that I never learned in school, but that I learned because of internships and real-world cases I was involved with. A firm (or any other knowledgeable employer) knows that a recent graduate probably doesn't have a lot of necessary knowledge about how law works in the real world, as opposed to the theory we learned in school. So, the first few years are designed to teach that, while also dealing with the fact that until you learn it, you are much less useful than a lawyer with a few years practical experience.\n\nFinally, remember that unlike other employment situations, a law firm acts as a collective. What one lawyer in the firm does is imputed against the others, including potential conflicts of interest. So, toeing the party line is important. It's also about fitting in and conforming to what the firm expects, both professionally and socially.\n\nGood luck.
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advantages\nnew experiences\nnew climate\ndifferent change of pace\nnew perspectives\n\n\ndisadvantages\nmore money\nmore loans/debt\nmay not like it and then have to move back transfer which can be stressful and take time
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It is generally a good thing.  It is a cheaper alternative than litigation and not nearly as adversary.  It has a structure but not as formal.\n\nHere is some information as to the drawbacks.\n\n"Critics of arbitration argue that contractual requirements to arbitrate can be unfair to employees or consumers who have no power to negotiate what is often a form contract. In these cases, the choice of arbiter may be spelled out in a contract. The arbitration panel may contain industry experts who may be more sympathetic to the industry than to the individual. Also, some have argued that the fact that an arbitration company may handle many cases for a corporation while an individual rarely goes through arbitration twice may bias the arbitrators in favor of the company. On this note, many arbitration companies have these corporations as their sole source of income, further biasing their judgments. The fact that most arbitral procedures are not public, and that there may be no provision for an individual to be represented by counsel, may also work to the disadvantage of the individual. These potential disadvantages make the ethics and professionalism of arbitrators even more important.\n\nArbitration in the U.S. has also been criticized because of the unavailability of appellate review. Although the New York and federal arbitration laws were based on the English arbitration law of 1898, they omitted the English provision permitting for de novo review of questions of law. Thus, American courts can overturn arbitral rulings only for extremely gross procedural errors that violate due process, but cannot reverse most substantive errors.\n\nUnlike judicial opinions, arbitration opinions are often confidential. As a result, the law relating to activities (such as reinsurance contracts and certain types of securities industry disputes) where contracts to arbitrate are widespread may develop more slowly because the usual process of creating precedent is not available." information taken from wikipedia.
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Go to the Better Business Bureau website and there is allot of information about existing company's that are in that area, you will see the pros and cons.
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There's a bit of arbitrary here. In the US, any lawyer who is a member of his/her state Bar Association is a genuine lawyer. And the same is true in other countries as well, though with different terminology. \n\nBut what you're really asking is whether you can find a lawyer who wil actually work on your behalf rather than merely doing a perfunctory jub and then billing. Perhaps so, but you'd be more interested I think, in whether the lawyer was good, regardless of his/her attitude to ward you personally. And there's little way to tell that, unless you can foretell teh future. perhaps comments (idelaly anonaymous) of other lawyers in his/her town. and hope that all their opinions are honest as well as infomred. \n\nBut, since your problem is acute, you may not have enought time to do that. you might want to chekc local media for prior news (local lawyer sentenced for incompetence will be a giveaway, of course) and Google his or her name as well. You might turn up out of state problems.\n\nAnd interview before hiring. See whether you and a prospective lawyer get along personally. The hale fellow, well met cartoon sort of lawyer might not be suited to a shy and retiring slip of a girl client. \n\nGood luck with your problem.
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My husband got charged with reckless driving after doing 84 in a 55.  He was advised to hire a lawyer, which he did, even though it was a misdemeanor charge.  The lawyer got it reduced to speeding, and he had to pay a much smaller fine.  Far fewer points on his record too.  But of course, lawyers cost money, so in the end, he ended up paying the same amount.  But the advantage was the reduction in points on his record.  I have heard some cases in which the lawyer can get the charge dismissed entirely.  So, this might be a good route for you.
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Rejection from elitist law firms;\n\nPaying massive amounts of debt for the next 30 years;\n\nHaving your profession ridiculed and spat upon regularly, \n\netc.
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Talk to your local bar association.  They can give you a recommendation and tell you how long a particular attorney has been practicing PI work, as well as win/loss ratios.
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Talk with a lawyer first.
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They might not be as competent...this is true.  But all attorneys take an oath to represent their clients to the best of their ability.  Their competency will depend on their experience...and their passion.  Your brother would be smart to be very proactive...participate as much as he can..give as much information, ask as many questions as he can..help in his defense.