Originally Posted by MonetFan
If it makes you feel any better, I had wanted to be an attorney since I was 8, yet I still hate it. In fact, the only attorneys I know who actually enjoy the practice of law are a**holes that I wouldn't want to ever actually spend time with. I can't imagine a more soul destroying profession out there.

What I'm basically doing right now is basically a form of social work (disability law). Mostly so I can avoid billing hours by doing contingency fee work.

I don't mind the part where I get to sue insurance companies for not paying the benefits they previously agreed to pay and then cut off the claimant because they wanted to save money. ERISA is so insurance-company friendly that you can lose pretty easily, though. We only get bench trials for them down here in the Fourth Circuit.