Today was crazy. It started out having to break it to my boss that it was going to take another $600 to close a deal we thought we were done with. I thought my head might roll, because I was pretty much responsible for everything--although this issue was truly beyond my control. But he took it well.
Then I got to get contentious with another lawyer about a motion to compel. I haven't had much contact with other lawyers--so that was kind of fun. And then my boss told me that I would probably get to argue the motion because they needed to get me into court. Yea! I've been kinda bummed that I haven't had more court time. Going to court is the most fun part of being a lawyer--I honestly can't understand why anyone would go to law school to do anything but litigate. But this lawyer is already pissed at me, so it will definitely be heated if I do get to argue.
Lots of little projects on my plate right now that keep getting pushed aside by the bigger ones. Found out I probably will not be going to DC--and if I do, not for the whole 3 weeks.
And Big Boss mentioned that my hours seemed a little low for the amount of time that I spend in the office. It was not accusatory or even implying that I wasn't putting enough time in--more like he thinks I am not recording all my time or cutting my own hours. But I'm not and I am pretty diligent about keeping up with my time. So maybe I'm not putting enough hours in. I do find that more time gets lost when I have to keep shifting among small projects than when I have one or two big projects. But he also said my hours seemed short last month--and I billed 200 hours last month. I'm not sure I can give much more than that. Sigh.
2 comments:
I absolutely agree that small projects suck up much more time than they seem like they ought to. On a day when I work on one or two things, I bill a LOT. When I am having to bill a lot of little things, it never seems to account for all of the time - I think I must take too much time to transition. The only thing that seems to help me is to group like tasks (write all emails/respond to all voicemails) rather than to work it case file by case file (write emails, respond to voicemails, review case file, draft - all on the same case). It really looks counterintuitive, but it works for me!
200 hours is awesome -- good for you!!!
200 Hours is a lot!! Anything more than that just becomes bragging rights. You can't possibly be doing quality work working over that many hours. Also, you don't want to burn out, you just started. :)
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