Underpaid at new job, ask for a raise or already seek new employment opportunities?

Hello!

A bit of backstory, I took a job in late June as an attorney with a company. This is my first job since passing the bar. In exchange for this position, I accepted a pretty modest sum (60,000) per year. The reason I accepted this rate was 2 fold. 1) I took 1 1/2 years off after passing the bar and drove for Uber/freelance legal work).

2. I was promised, in addition to the base salary, 10% of cases handled in state and 25% cases handled out of state.

In my position I am acting as the sole in-house attorney for a company with fewer than 25 employees. It is not OVERLY demanding work and business is slow.

When I took the job, I WAS told that business had been a little slow due to the season but it was also explained that business would be picking up soon and that would lead to great opportunities.

Since working at the end of June, 1 or 2 new cases came in, nothing for any appreciable amount. further, it seems most of the cases I'm working on have sub'd me in as attorney. So any proceeds will go to the attorney who actually handled that case before me.

I'm wondering what I should. I'm in between already looking for another job ( I am always doing this anyway), bringing this up to the owner around my third month working here (9/26/17) or just shutting up until the company either gets rid of me, makes me money or I find another job.

I would never quit until I had another opportunity. But I don't want to get another opportunity and then ask for a raise b/c of it either ( I think that would make for a much more awkward relationship moving forward with the owner).

It should also be noted the company views my inexperience as a mutually beneficial opportunity. They get to underpay me and get an in-house attorney for far less money. The issue is, they make a lot of money JUST by using my name on letterhead when they make demands, which I don't get a part of.

My thought initially was $60k base plus even $10k-$20k in bonuses would at least be something. But an in-house attorney for only $60k a year? That seems unfair. so I was thinking of possibly bringing this up towards my 3 month (unless you recommend another time limit) and possibly asking to renegotiate the salary to be higher without "commission", or to have a greater of arrangement, whereas, I get the greater of, $60k plus my commission for the year or $80k (just example numbers, open to suggestions).

1 final thought.. One of the appeals for the position was that I can put "In-House" or "General Counsel" on my resume. Another positive (because it is hands on experience at bigger firms I would never get )/negative (just me, no help) is that I am doing both the transaction work and all the litigation work within the state I work. Just by having this job for a few months, I think I can demand a much higher salary now that I can say i've worked as sole in-house litigation counsel for a company, or at least the attention of more prestigious companies that may have overlooked me before due not going to a top-tier law school or having a gap in employment.