Private bar caseloads
Posted on
June 18, 2007 by
Gideon
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No, not that kind of private bar. I mean non-state employed lawyers. What’s your caseload today? Criminal, civil, both, other, doesn’t matter. Post anonymously if you wish, but do leave a comment with the number. I’d like to get as many responses as possible, so please post on your own blog and direct readers here. I want to get a rough estimate of how many cases you carry at a time.
Thanks!
Edit: Ah, what the heck. PDs too.
Okay, I’ll show mine first.
Total 21 criminal cases in various stages of litigation.
Five state court misdemeanors.
Eight state court felonies.
Four federal court cases pre-trial.
Four federal court cases post-trial.
State misdemeanors – 25
State felonies – 15
State appeals – 4
Civil – 1
I have 189 active cases. One lawyer, two legal assistants. And we get outstanding results for our clients.
[quote comment="2173"]I have 189 active cases. One lawyer, two legal assistants. And we get outstanding results for our clients.[/quote]
And I used to be a Public Defender. That’s how I learned to handle so many cases so effectively!
I always thought that PDs who go into private practice would make a killing because they generally know how to handle a large caseload.
If I wanted to work twice as much, I could probably do as good a job on 40 cases as on 20. Not having been a PD, I can’t conceive of do as good a job on 80, much less on 180.
As for making a killing, at some point the limiting factor becomes the money the clients have rather than the number of clients or amount of time the lawyer has.
Good point about the money – there’s only so much of it to go around.