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Reminder: Average salary of a solo practitioner in 2012 was $50k

$49,130 is not the starting salary for solo practitioners. I...
tan gas station potus
  12/17/17
do you have numbers broken down by state?
bateful purple meetinghouse
  12/17/17
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tan gas station potus
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sepia library tattoo
  12/17/17
That figure is compromised by all the people who make virtua...
snowy slap-happy becky
  12/17/17
and that average is boosted by the successful solo lawyers w...
razzle abode
  12/18/17
Your average solo is pretty SPS. But yes being a lawyer is a...
deep comical site
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tan gas station potus
  12/17/17
Most solos are dumb, terrible at business, and socially awkw...
Motley copper mediation scourge upon the earth
  12/17/17
(Wagecuck who doesn't know what business deductions are)
adventurous crackhouse nowag
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tan gas station potus
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shivering university
  12/18/17
Should I go solo
alcoholic clown cruise ship
  12/18/17


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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:03 PM
Author: tan gas station potus

$49,130 is not the starting salary for solo practitioners. It is the average income of all 354,000 lawyers who filed as solo practitioners in 2012, including those who have practiced law their whole lives.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942259)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:07 PM
Author: bateful purple meetinghouse

do you have numbers broken down by state?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942281)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:20 PM
Author: tan gas station potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942700)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:04 PM
Author: sepia library tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942269)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:10 PM
Author: snowy slap-happy becky

That figure is compromised by all the people who make virtually no money or mommy JD's working 'part-time' from home making $18K a year setting up pet trusts for their well-to-do friends.

I'm not saying the overall number is bad but if you were to focus on people who have been in business for 5+ years and actually practice, I am certain it's not as bad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942294)



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Date: December 18th, 2017 6:39 PM
Author: razzle abode

and that average is boosted by the successful solo lawyers who have practiced for decades and make 250k or more....me, I made 15k or less...then i went to the govt and got a job in a quasi-legal area

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34951806)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:10 PM
Author: deep comical site

Your average solo is pretty SPS. But yes being a lawyer is awful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942295)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:34 PM
Author: tan gas station potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942428)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:39 PM
Author: Motley copper mediation scourge upon the earth

Most solos are dumb, terrible at business, and socially awkward.

I made over $100k net my first year as a solo and have steadily made more each year.

Making money as a solo has almost nothing to do with being a good lawyer. I'm not a good lawyer. I hate the law.

It's all about being entrepreneurial and having good business sense. Most solos -- dumb, not business minded, and awkward -- are solo by necessity because they couldn't get hired or couldn't hack it in a firm. They never wanted to run a business but are now forced to do so. Those who go solo because they want to run a business do well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942450)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 2:42 PM
Author: adventurous crackhouse nowag

(Wagecuck who doesn't know what business deductions are)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942479)



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Date: December 17th, 2017 3:20 PM
Author: tan gas station potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34942703)



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Date: December 18th, 2017 6:28 PM
Author: shivering university



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Date: December 18th, 2017 6:32 PM
Author: alcoholic clown cruise ship

Should I go solo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3832141&forum_id=2#34951774)