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Finis Price III was a successful Kentucky lawyer, a popular professor, and a sought after technology consultant. He also enjoyed a marriage so close that his wife was also his business partner. The good days ended abruptly when he jumped to his death in 2012.
"Finis was my best friend since we were kids," Heather Price said of her husband, who taught at Chase Law School at Northern Kentucky University and managed a thriving practice until his death at age 37.
Finis Price III was a successful Kentucky lawyer, a popular professor, and a sought after technology consultant. He also enjoyed a marriage so close that his wife was also his business partner. The good days ended abruptly when he jumped to his death in 2012.
"Finis was my best friend since we were kids," Heather Price said of her husband, who taught at Chase Law School at Northern Kentucky University and managed a thriving practice until his death at age 37.
My guess mainly because I can't be bothered to read the article.
Giant piles of stress, year after year, toss in some depression and there you are... assuming that doctors, air traffic controllers and lion tamers also fall into these "at risk" professions.
I can't answer specifically why b/c I'm not a lawyer. But perhaps having an extremely stressful job, where you're viewed, overall, as malicious, incorrigible, and lacking morals, doesn't make things any easier.
Having lots of success and money does not guarantee anyone happiness in life. And they certainly don't protect one from one's own personal demons...
Finis Price III was a successful Kentucky lawyer, a popular professor, and a sought after technology consultant. He also enjoyed a marriage so close that his wife was also his business partner. The good days ended abruptly when he jumped to his death in 2012.
"Finis was my best friend since we were kids," Heather Price said of her husband, who taught at Chase Law School at Northern Kentucky University and managed a thriving practice until his death at age 37.
I would say it's partly because of the type of personality that's drawn to the law.
I don't think it's fair to call all lawyers scum as the previous posters have. If you're not a lawyer, you don't understand what they go through.
Making enough billable hours is insanely stressful.
Many attorney's really think their clients are in the right, they are innocent and take it to heart when they lose or find out it's not what it seems. And therein lies another part of the the problem. Because despite having that bubble burst time and again, they keep going back to fight the fight because they believe to protect the good, you must protect the bad and this time the client is "good" and you'll feel good in helping them. The dichotomy in living a life like that, coupled with income demands, the dependency of clients on them, family demands and their mental issues creates the perfect storm.
Insanely stressful. Like trying to bill out 40 hours a week at $250 an hour. . . . .
Which is like $10,000 a week in billable hours. It must be insanely stressful, because like, who could afford to live on less than that.
Unless it's a small firm, most attorneys don't get that money first hand. It goes to the firm and to partners. I'm not saying they're all good. My divorce attorney was a horrible little man and I tried to talk my ex out of using him. But that's for another thread.
Just remember, the attorney who got the criminal off on a "technicality" is the same attorney who makes sure that "technicality" is applied to everyone. That "technicality" is the Constitution. If they let law enforcement slide on one issue, then law enforcement will let it slide on everyone, including the innocent.
All I'm saying is that good people do bad things, bad people don't always present themselves as bad and it's not fair to judge all attorneys because of a divorce or one experience.
Besides, this is off topic. The topic is why their suicide rate is so high.
I guess though, you would look at Japanese kids, think about the Kamikazes and conclude that no one should care that the Japanese have a high suicide rate either.
Insanely stressful. Like trying to bill out 40 hours a week at $250 an hour. . . . .
Which is like $10,000 a week in billable hours. It must be insanely stressful, because like, who could afford to live on less than that.
40 hours billed =/= 40 hours worked. Even in firms with the most liberal billing policies, for most people, that's going to end up being between closer to 50-60 hours a week (depending on individual productivity/need for "breaks"). That still isn't too bad as a young associate, all things considered. The problem is that at many firms, the targeted billing "requirement" is really an "absolute minimum." Those who want to rise through the ranks at the big firms in primary markets end up having to bill closer to 2,200 hours--hence the 70-hour days that are seen as typical among New York big law associates.
And as another poster pointed out, even a partner at a firm isn't going to take anywhere near 100% of what he/she bills unless they work at a smaller shop. Big law associates usually start out between $100,000 and $160,000, depending on the market. Some firms (mostly the big ones) offer lockstep advances but many others proceed based on "merit" pay, so the battle is on...
Stress, long hours, financial issues/lack of security (if self employed or in a small group), confrontational nature, etc. Plus a lot of times they are dealing with scummy clients (even in civil law).
Finis Price apparently specialized in employment discrimination. When you make your money bringing mostly nonsense lawsuits against an employer on behalf of some idiot who got fired, just to get your cut of a small nuisance settlement, there's not much to feel good about.
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