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stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/11/26
are you private or work for the state?
Citrine Stead
  06/11/26
Both, I suppose. I'm appointed by the courts and contracted ...
stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/11/26
do you bill the state by the hour? how much?
Citrine Stead
  06/11/26
It's hourly, but there are very draconian ranges/limits. The...
stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/11/26
Sounds chill if all you have to do is research and file brie...
Citrine Stead
  06/11/26
It's very chill, except all the administrative bullshit is a...
stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/11/26
Should I go to law school
house-broken bossy gunner people who are hurt
  06/11/26
Generally, no. But I lack sufficient information to answer p...
stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/11/26
im gay
house-broken bossy gunner people who are hurt
  06/12/26
Do you do this thread quartlerly? No Qs this time but thanks...
Federal red native
  06/11/26
I think I last did it around winter break. I hope at least s...
stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/11/26
I enjoy it. You ever pay for sex?
Federal red native
  06/11/26
Yes, I pay the bull for sex with my wife. But I've never ...
stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/11/26
You aren't the FBSM quotemo? Why don't you pay for a whore?
Federal red native
  06/11/26
Not me. I don't post much here.
stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/11/26
Keep it coming dude. We need more content, particularly law ...
misanthropic box office famous landscape painting
  06/11/26
180
transparent drunken azn death wish
  06/11/26
Any more q's?
stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/12/26
Theyre all guilty right?
Mind-boggling Genital Piercing
  06/12/26
Barring rare exceptions,* they're all guilty of something. D...
stirring useless lodge factory reset button
  06/12/26


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Date: June 11th, 2026 2:51 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button



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Date: June 11th, 2026 2:57 PM
Author: Citrine Stead

are you private or work for the state?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931118)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:03 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button

Both, I suppose. I'm appointed by the courts and contracted by the state and receive a 1099. No government benefits, but no boss.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931134)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:12 PM
Author: Citrine Stead

do you bill the state by the hour? how much?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931168)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:19 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button

It's hourly, but there are very draconian ranges/limits. There are 24 different categories of work (client comms, opening brief, reading the gov's brief, etc), and each category has specific guidelines and ranges and caps. If I exceed the guidelines, I need to explain the need. And there are beancounters who scrutinize the claim. It's very annoying.

Rates are $130 but $140 for murder or sex cases. If Gavin signs the proposed budget, rates will go up by $25 on July 1st, but someone could easily cut our raise out of the budget and fuck us.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931207)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:34 PM
Author: Citrine Stead

Sounds chill if all you have to do is research and file briefs with the occasional oral argument

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931271)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button

It's very chill, except all the administrative bullshit is a headache.

Client comms are annoying --- scanning their letters, printing out my letters and filed briefs for them, putting them in envelopes and stamping them, writing letters to them explaining that their proposed issues are stupid.

And then the CA courts are stuck in the 80s. For all the talk of AI, half the courts are still sending out transcripts in paper form. Scanning in records is a colossal waste of time.

And then there's all the claims/billing crap.

All the other stuff is annoying. But the actual legal work is really 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931294)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 2:58 PM
Author: house-broken bossy gunner people who are hurt

Should I go to law school

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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:04 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button

Generally, no. But I lack sufficient information to answer properly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931138)



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Date: June 12th, 2026 6:35 PM
Author: house-broken bossy gunner people who are hurt

im gay

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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:13 PM
Author: Federal red native

Do you do this thread quartlerly? No Qs this time but thanks for ur service

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931171)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button

I think I last did it around winter break. I hope at least some people enjoy it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931214)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:28 PM
Author: Federal red native

I enjoy it. You ever pay for sex?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931250)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:32 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button

Yes, I pay the bull for sex with my wife.

But I've never paid to have my own sex.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931260)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:34 PM
Author: Federal red native

You aren't the FBSM quotemo? Why don't you pay for a whore?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931273)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:41 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button

Not me. I don't post much here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931300)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:34 PM
Author: misanthropic box office famous landscape painting

Keep it coming dude. We need more content, particularly law content. I enjoy these threads like OldHLSDude's annual taking Qs thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49931266)



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Date: June 11th, 2026 3:34 PM
Author: transparent drunken azn death wish

180

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Date: June 12th, 2026 6:34 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button

Any more q's?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49934519)



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Date: June 12th, 2026 7:03 PM
Author: Mind-boggling Genital Piercing

Theyre all guilty right?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49934572)



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Date: June 12th, 2026 7:13 PM
Author: stirring useless lodge factory reset button

Barring rare exceptions,* they're all guilty of something. Doesn't mean they're not grossly overcharged, an idiot stattte court trial judge didn't make some big legal error or make a technical mistake in the calculation of sentencing, or the scum prosecutor didn't cheat, or certain counts weren't properly proven.

Exceptional cases I've had: a he said / she said date rape case between two high school kids and the girl thought she was pregnant and cried rape after... a couple true self-defense cases where an aggressive DA wanted to prosecute someone just because you have a dead guy, and the jury splits the baby and comes back with manslaughter instead of murder just because they also feel obligated to punish someone for a dead guy.

I really can only think of 2-3 cases where the guy wasn't actually "guilty."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5873176&forum_id=2#49934592)