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Re: Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

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Originally Posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck (Post 487060)

Honestly, I'm not taking another bar exam, so I may not even BE a lawyer if we move to CA, unless I can get an in-house gig where they really don't care if I'm licensed in CA.

Maybe I'll work for some wine compliance company? Maybe I'll see if Gallo is hiring for their legal department? Maybe I'll take a harvest intern job and get paid jack shit and chase my dream of becoming a winemaker? Who knows? I could live in a tent and be happy at this point, so long as I don't have to write another fucking motion, draft another buy-sell, or revise another purchase agreement.

Long story short, I'm about done being a lawyer. It was fun while it lasted.

Wait, no it wasn't.

There's this guy, reported in a competition law news service I get:

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⇒ San Francisco litigator and Jones Day partner Peter Larson has left the firm to work as the senior vice president and general counsel to Trinchero Family Estates, a Napa valley winery. Larson until recently was counsel to Wal-Mart in the In re DVD Rental Antitrust Litigation where a settlement between the national retailer and anyone who rented a DVD on Netflix is still being challenged in the Ninth Circuit for the $6.8 million it awarded to plaintiffs’ attorneys.

Re: Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

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Originally Posted by notcasesensitive (Post 487110)

I want to flag this for being awesome.

Thanks!

Re: Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

This job doesn't look like it requires a CA license, or any license. I can only imagine the clusterfucks you'd have to deal with.

Re: Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

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Originally Posted by notcasesensitive (Post 487104)

I fully support anyone who wants to stop being a lawyer. Find something you love and figure out a way to earn money doing it.

ncs
(retired from law for 6 years and counting...)

Just saw this post now. So weird. ABBA and I just had lunch today and she mentioned you had made the transition to doing something else.

Moving seems like a good reason to make the change. I'm seriously considering it.

Re: Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 487132)

This job doesn't look like it requires a CA license, or any license. I can only imagine the clusterfucks you'd have to deal with.

Oh, fuck yes. (Or maybe even "Oh fuck, yes.") That's perfect.

Re: Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

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Originally Posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck (Post 487060)

Honestly, I'm not taking another bar exam, so I may not even BE a lawyer if we move to CA, unless I can get an in-house gig where they really don't care if I'm licensed in CA.

Don't believe the hype. If you prepare, it ain't that bad.

Slave(3 bars down and considering Hawaii)NoMore

Re: Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

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Originally Posted by Mister_Ruysbroeck (Post 487100)

Didn't know they were in Modesto. O-o

California wines ... are not my thing. I find OR and WA wines much more balanced.

"There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true."

- Kierkegaard

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First post in more than five years!

Re: Discussion of Firms and Life in SF/SV

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 526661)

First post in more than five years!

Wtg!