But no one figured on the collapse of these industries. Once most of them were gone, the legal profession more or less has gone too. Some law firms have survived through numerous mergers and acquisitions. I worked for one firm that was bought and sold several times. Some firms carved out niches — those that focus on auto accidents, medical malpractice, etc. — but more than a few firms have failed, and the ones that survived don’t make the serious money they once did during the golden age of industry.
Of course, the hard times now translate into fewer jobs in the field. And it’s not only lawyers who can’t fins jobs. Support jobs in the field have dwindled. I would love to work part-time again, but part-time and even full-time secretarial positions here are practically non-existent. The last firm I worked for has figured out that because nearly every attorney is computer savvy, it doesn’t need as many secretaries as it once did. In the old days, a secretary would work for one or two attorneys at the most. Now, one secretary works for three, four, five or more people.
I’m sorry about the difficulties you are having. It stinks.
That is so true about the collapse of industries affecting the law practice.
Here in Washington state we used to have several railroads, a lot of fishing and timbering and the Alaska pipeline. The envioros have destroyed almost all the heavy industry with the spotted owl and other bs stuff.
Although the legal profession is a paper, soft sort of business, it needs heavy industry in order to prosper. Most of the decline in this state has taken place in the last ten years. We have yet another Dem governor which will no doubt continue to decrease the possibilities for all kinds of booming business, including the law.
That is so true about the collapse of industries affecting the law practice.
Here in Washington state we used to have several railroads, a lot of fishing and timbering and the Alaska pipeline. The envioros have destroyed almost all the heavy industry with the spotted owl and other bs stuff.
Although the legal profession is a paper, soft sort of business, it needs heavy industry in order to prosper. Most of the decline in this state has taken place in the last ten years. We have yet another Dem governor which will no doubt continue to decrease the possibilities for all kinds of booming business, including the law.
Most lawyers I know became lobbyists.