I found the following entry on a relatively new lawyer’s blog, and it made me remember how I felt last summer when I was working at The Firm, and why I was so, so, SO excited to get the offer of employment. And I thought it sort of nicely sums up an answer to the question I get asked alot: "Why do you want to litigate, especially in a big firm?"
Can you tell that right now I am really happy to be a lawyer? And at this point in my career, all I get to do for big cases is the motions, but I still get all worked up trying to exclude an expert or win some procedural issue. Oh, and when I get some ridiculous motion (or notice of appeal!) filed by the other side, I love the way it makes my heart start to race. I feel my jaw clench and my eyes narrow, but at the same time I can’t stop grinning. I love it. I guess the ups and downs are why some people don’t want to litigate or don’t do it for long. But I would guess for those people it is more that they don’t like the highs. I feel like a drug addict saying I just want to be high all the time. I think I just need more practice managing the emotional toll and other outlets so my intensity level can remain more consistently high.
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I’m Marissa, can-do-ologist, perpetual Curious George, and daily adventurer. 
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