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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Transitions
Hey 4-8 readers (in all seriousness, the people that read this are aMAZing).
So....
Not gonna be my own boss.
Not gonna eventually hate myself.
Not gonna watch Titanic (unrelated).
Not gonna start my own firm (yet).
I took a position w/ the Humboldt County Public Defender's office. It's a small office- ten attorneys, but it will be great experience. I will be handling misdos (misdemeanors) and backup for felony work- mostly preliminary hearings I believe.
Now, there are obvious drawbacks and sadness in leaving the South Bay- I have people I love and care about here, so much food, and I finally have some semblance of direction. (Who are we kidding, I still get lost going to the grocery store.) The upshot is that 300 miles, while far, is certainly not an insurmountable distance. I'm planning on at least two trips down monthly (that's biweekly for you fellow government employees), and would gladly put people up that wanted to schlep up the coast.
Career-wise, though, this makes sense. It's unavoidable how much sense it makes. I've been told that my caseload for a year would be about a thousand. This pretty much guarantees two tracks for my cases: settle, or fuck it, let's go to trial. TRIIIAAAAAAAL. Voir Dire. Cross Exams. Opening Statements/Closing Statements. In Limine motions. Rules of FUCKING evidence. Don't get me wrong, I love that I've had a unique year of felony work doing the prison cases, but you can't put a price on misdo experience in a PD/DA's office. I will take cases to trial, probably lose, maybe win, and in a year, will be able to confidently say that I am a trial attorney.
So with the above in mind, let's make a deal, you and I, my loyal readers. I will keep writing, but I think I'm going to make yet a new blog/blawg. I want it to be as holistic as possible- incorporating what's going on with my career, my life behind the Redwood Curtain, and my MANY adventures to Southern California. (Note: Southern California = Everything South of Eureka, apparently. No joke, I was reading RnR on Craigslist for shits and giggles, and they kept referring to ALL outsiders as from LA. Needless to say, I will be wearing NOTHING but Angels gear to piss people off. J/K, it will be all Lakers gear.)
So yeah, I'm scared, sad, excited, happy, overwhelmed, sleepy, hungry, and ready to start this new chapter.
Here's to hoping you guys will stay along for the ride...
So....
Not gonna be my own boss.
Not gonna eventually hate myself.
Not gonna watch Titanic (unrelated).
Not gonna start my own firm (yet).
I took a position w/ the Humboldt County Public Defender's office. It's a small office- ten attorneys, but it will be great experience. I will be handling misdos (misdemeanors) and backup for felony work- mostly preliminary hearings I believe.
Now, there are obvious drawbacks and sadness in leaving the South Bay- I have people I love and care about here, so much food, and I finally have some semblance of direction. (Who are we kidding, I still get lost going to the grocery store.) The upshot is that 300 miles, while far, is certainly not an insurmountable distance. I'm planning on at least two trips down monthly (that's biweekly for you fellow government employees), and would gladly put people up that wanted to schlep up the coast.
Career-wise, though, this makes sense. It's unavoidable how much sense it makes. I've been told that my caseload for a year would be about a thousand. This pretty much guarantees two tracks for my cases: settle, or fuck it, let's go to trial. TRIIIAAAAAAAL. Voir Dire. Cross Exams. Opening Statements/Closing Statements. In Limine motions. Rules of FUCKING evidence. Don't get me wrong, I love that I've had a unique year of felony work doing the prison cases, but you can't put a price on misdo experience in a PD/DA's office. I will take cases to trial, probably lose, maybe win, and in a year, will be able to confidently say that I am a trial attorney.
So with the above in mind, let's make a deal, you and I, my loyal readers. I will keep writing, but I think I'm going to make yet a new blog/blawg. I want it to be as holistic as possible- incorporating what's going on with my career, my life behind the Redwood Curtain, and my MANY adventures to Southern California. (Note: Southern California = Everything South of Eureka, apparently. No joke, I was reading RnR on Craigslist for shits and giggles, and they kept referring to ALL outsiders as from LA. Needless to say, I will be wearing NOTHING but Angels gear to piss people off. J/K, it will be all Lakers gear.)
So yeah, I'm scared, sad, excited, happy, overwhelmed, sleepy, hungry, and ready to start this new chapter.
Here's to hoping you guys will stay along for the ride...
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