NY REAL ESTATE/ CRIMINAL LAWYERS, HELP!

Career & Professional Development :Jerb:

Hi everyone! I have put in my resignation at the DA’s office (currently waiting to see if I’ll be released from my commitment, if not I’ll just have to quit unfortunately) and accepted an in house counsel position (which is also a sales rep role) for a very well established title insurance company that has a full in house counsel department. It offers health insurance (which was my main concern) and is commission only, no salary, which allows for flexibility as long as I bring them work. All of my work is from home and it’s far from a full time position so I can still remain the primary caretaker of my baby. I also got a job teaching criminal law as a professor at a local college in the fall 2 nights a week. I’m coming on here because I need advice from my fellow colleagues: (1) how do I pitch my title company without selling sales-y? who exactly should I be pitching to? I have connections but most are residential and I’d like to get into commercial (I am SO not in the real estate game… yet!), (2) I want to open up my own criminal defense firm doing traffic tickets and misdemeanors and covering for other attorneys to keep myself in the criminal law game, stay connected with my criminal law community - any recommendations for malpractice insurance in New York? Any recommendations for marketing? Should I get on the 18B panel and how exactly does it work? I know it’s $158 an hour but like how often would I be 18B of the day? Should I just do 18B and skip any private work? Also do I need my own office? The tile company said I can use theirs but I don’t really want to be bringing criminals there. Helpppp!

Posted May 6, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC

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