A Day in the Life of an Attorney at a Top Litigation Firm in Arizona
A day for this attorney is highly variable, involving a mix of "attending hearings," mostly via Zoom, and producing "work product" such as motions and discovery responses. Significant time is also dedicated to depositions, which can last "three to four hours," alongside constant client updates and ensuring the quality of work for review by a supervising partner.
Legal Practice, Court Hearings, Client Communication, Legal Research, Time Management
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Davis Bauer
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Top Litigation Firm in Arizona
University of Arizona, Eller College of Management (B.S. Marketing, 2010-2014)
University of Kansas School of Law (J.D., 2018)
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Consulting & Related Professional Services, Law
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Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Attorneys have varied daily tasks, including hearings (often virtual), working on motions and other legal documents, and conducting client updates.
2. A significant portion of an attorney's day involves managing deadlines and reviewing work product for submission, often under the supervision of a senior partner.
3. Depositions are a time-consuming aspect of the job, typically lasting three to four hours and requiring thorough preparation and information gathering from witnesses.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of an attorney look like?
It's different every day. One day I will be at a hearing in the morning. I'll come in in the afternoon and update the client on how the hearing went.
Then I'll probably move on to a motion that's due that week or the next week. You have deadlines that come up; they're all on your calendar. Essentially, you want to move the motions that are due along as fast as possible.
When you get your work done, it's called work product. Your boss, the partner of the law firm, reviews everything you're doing. So it's always good to get those done as soon as possible so he can review them and they get filed.
So, I'm always attending hearings, which are mostly over Zoom. Some are in person, but mostly over Zoom. I'm working on work product, which would be motions and discovery requests or responses to discovery.
I'm also attending depositions. Depositions are a major thing. There's a witness in a case, civil or criminal, and you want to learn as much information as you can from them. One deposition probably takes me anywhere from three to four hours.
Between those three activities—hearings, work product, and depositions—they take up most of my time in a regular day. Of course, I'm also updating the client whenever I can and doing what I can to make sure my work product looks good.
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