Started my career at a personal injury firm and I don’t think this is for me
I’m a new Attorney working in a small firm that primarily handles personal injury cases. I really thought I wanted to go this route based off of law school plus an internship that I did in law school, but now that I’m in month 6 of it, I’m honestly just not mentally stimulated or interested. It’s a lot of pushing paperwork, dealing with peoples insurance, and doing the same tasks over and over for low level type cases. I know that as a new lawyer, building some skills and gaining any experience is a good thing, but if this ultimately isn’t what I want to do with my career long term, does that mean none of this experience is relevant? I’m really considering trying something else— I know I want to litigate but I’m thinking I owe it to myself to try criminal instead of civil. PI is just boring and draining.
I’d like to hear not only from those who work in Personal Injury, but also from prosecutors and/or defense attorneys. If anyone here works in appeals I’d love to hear from you as well in regard to your workload and fulfillment with your work. Ultimately I’m not sure if this is too soon to switch and wondering I should stay a little longer before making that decision? What’s the best way to go about this?
Edit: let me be clear— I know all areas of practice can be extremely mentally draining. I’m not looking for a cop-out or an easy route. It’s not the hard work that bothers me, it’s more so that the type of law doesn’t thrill me