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   From: ArtClemons@aolSPAM.com   
      
   Jeff wrote:   
      
   > Sorry, I'm not sure where you get your facts from, but top paid lawyers   
   > can easily bill 60-80 hours a week.  You're not going to find any state   
   > employee judge doing that time.  Yes they have paperwork to do, it's   
   > part of their job.  Yes they have to do research during their workday at   
   > times, that's part of the job too.  No they don't sit around doing   
   > little, but the hours they spend on their job in a day and the time they   
   >   don't spend on their job just doesn't even compare with being a high   
   > grossing lawyer. Night and day.  A friend of mine was a judge (now   
   > retired) and a regular workday was  her primary motivation to ending her   
   > attorney career.   
      
      
   First if discussing criminal law, no criminal law firm bills for 60 work   
   weeks.  2nd, most lawyers don't have corporate clients willing to pay for   
   huge amounts of time spent on what they wish.  3rd, if you truly think that   
   judges are lazy that's your prerogative but it doesn't accord with reality.   
   Most competent full time judges spend more time on the items I suggested   
   than most folks spend during a normal workday.  I'll bet I know a lot more   
   judges than you do and have a better idea of the workload than you do.   
      
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