Originally Posted by AndrewG View Post
Mr The Boz it will be interesting to see what happens with a lot of law firms over the next year. For many law firms the big paydays come from accident cases and with the lockdown there's less travel and fewer accidents. Hence the drop in car insurance premiums. There could be a windfall for the insurance companies because of fewer payouts.

On the other hand... divorce and family law attorneys might be doing a brisk business soon.

Bankruptcy firms I suspect will be doing well.

Law firm employees are a toss up. I know many offices that have closed but they are still paying their secretaries and clerks and paralegals because they know the lockdown won't last much longer. But at the same time the court system here in Vegas has changed dramatically. Rather than submitting docs by hand everything is now done via email and that is resulting in faster decisions but it's also cutting costs and a few jobs for runners.

Judges seem to be making decisions faster working from home via email.
I have tried to work from home for 2 months. It is difficult to do. While I can service some existing clients, I can't meet with any new ones. I can't open probate estates, access safe deposit boxes, or file Wills as it has all been closed. I can draft documents, but they couldn't be witnessed and notarized. They passed some new laws for virtual notarization of documents, but even if I had the required technology at home, the elderly client neither has the equipment nor would be able to operate it.

I do now have 7 COVID deaths awaiting estate administration, so there is some inventory for the future when the courts open.

To make matters worse, most of the race tracks were closed!!!