S/O: How many lawyers do we have on here?

[codex57]

Sounds like there are tons. Might as well get to know each other a little better. Even if you don't practice anymore, just say what you used to do.

If you're willing, let us know what:

State you practice in?
Areas of practice?
Private or Public?
School you went to?

Guess that means I have to start off.

California
Business and Estate Planning
Private
UC Davis

[crl]

licensed in Missouri (currently inactive)
environmental law
worked for the federal government
University of Colorado

Catherine

[boolady]

licensed in two states, inactive in one of the two
assistant county prosecutor (supervisor of unit with three other attorneys and myself [and one extremely patient secretary])
public
not saying because same as the state where I work and would prefer to keep that private

[jenfromnj]

Not currently in practice, but pre-DS:

State you practice in? New York and New Jersey (mainly NY practice, but from both locations)
Areas of practice? Capital markets/structured finance
Private or Public? Private
School you went to? Edited because the other responses have me paranoid about giving too much away!

[KpbS]

licensed in my home state
mostly bankruptcy, although our firm is in a small town (a little of everything)
private
rather not say (where I live now)

ETA I'm at home FT with my loudest clients ;)

[smiles33]

There do seem to be a huge number of lawyers here!
- California
- Law school administration
- Boalt

Edited as I realized you can probably figure out exactly who I am if I disclose more details since there are only so many law schools in CA. :)

[NancyJ_redo]

State you practice in? California
Areas of practice? Intellectual property/technology/general corporate
Private or Public? Private
School you went to? Don't want to disclose for privacy reasons

[[email protected]]

California (inactive)
area of practice: decline for privacy
public
UCLA

[dcmom2b3]

Smiles33--Boalt? Me too!

Gave up long ago on any kind of discretion since my name's fairly unique and my bar puts it all on the web anyway. "Mary-Helen" is like "Cher" so I've been told.


Practice in DC, inactive in Maryland
ethics prosecutor DC Office of Bar Counsel
Former antitrust and securities litigator, Jones Day DC
Boalt '93
Wellesley '88

[bigpassport]

Estate Planning and Probate
Private

I'm going to keep the other information private. I think I'm too easy to find as it is.

[kellij]

Oklahoma
Tax/Estate Planning/Probates (when I work, which is just from home now, so not that much).
University of Oklahoma and NYU for LL.M.

[Melbel]

After practicing for 12 years, I have been a SAHM for the past 3.

I specialized in employment law at a large international firm (private practice). I plan to keep my license active.

[JMS]

I still don't know whether I have ever considered myself a lawyer. I graduated from law school but never practiced law (I worked in taxation/accounting in a very boutiquey banking firm for a few years).

JD from Villanova, I also took a couple LLM classes in taxation, also at Villanova.

My disclaimer (ha ha) is that I have always wanted to be an interior designer :)

[fivi2]

I worked for a couple of years for a state agency, no longer practicing. Went to a big public law school.

[MommyofAmaya]

Inactive in Texas. Worked for a private immigration firm prior to being a SAHM. Doubtful I will return to immigration.... or practice at all for that matter.

[Zansu]

State you practice in? Arizona
Areas of practice? Gov't procurement, Water, Construction, International Trade
Private or Public? Private (previously public)
School you went to? Arizona

[Minnifer]

State you practice in? New York
Areas of practice? Corporate (transactional/securities/contracts/regulatory)
Private or Public? Private
School you went to? Don't want to disclose for privacy reasons

[bubbaray]

BC, Canada
Broad practice area (for privacy) Civil Litigation

You should have asked number of years of practice. 16 next week!

[NancyJ_redo]

You should have asked number of years of practice. 16 next week!

Good point! I'm coming up on 16 also - hard to believe!

[crl]

I practiced for a total of 9 years before becoming a SAHM.

Catherine

[fivi2]

lol - I practiced for just over two years. (law was a second career)

[PearlsMom]

New York (inactive - now work in a related industry)
Litigation - primarily white collar and securities defense
Private
NYU

I thought getting a law degree was the most flexible credential I could have...then I fell for DH and moved overseas. Current job does make use of my specific legal background and I work with a lot of American lawyers, but I'm not actively practicing.

[kam]

NYC
Litigation (commercial and for non-profits)
Private (though I want to work at a non-profit, even for less pay!)
Withheld for privacy reasons

Oh, and I've been in practice for almost 10 years (!)

[Nu_mama]

I am a law student so not technically a lawyer yet.
Any MN attorneys?

[MMMommy]

SAHM now.

California
Corporate law
Private sector (in-house counsel)

[mctlaw]

Kind of late to the game here, but I practice in Chicago. Civil litigation, insurance defense.