What I do.

From 2008-2010, I taught fifth grade. Hardest and best job of my life.

I think of my kids—now more than fully grown adults—often.

What would I tell them I’m doing now?

Something like:

Okay, imagine two people or two companies get into a big disagreement

like “you broke our deal” or “you owe me money” — and they can't work it out by just talking.

So they take the fight to court, or threaten to take it to court, where a judge (and sometimes a jury) decides who’s right.

A litigator is a lawyer and a detective.

She fights for one side in that disagreement, by:

Investigating: Dig through emails, contracts, and documents to find clues that help her side’s story

Interviewing: Ask people tough questions (this is called a “deposition”) to find out what really happened

Writing: Create detailed papers explaining to the judge why her side should win

Arguing: Stand up in court and explain her case out loud, answering the judge’s questions on the spot

"Big law" just means she works at a huge law firm, like hundreds of lawyers, usually helping big companies with really complicated, high-stakes fights.

Think less “yelling in a courtroom like on TV” and more “solving a giant puzzle with thousands of pieces, then explaining the answer clearly enough that a judge who’s never seen the puzzle before understands it.”

It takes a LOT of reading, a lot of writing, and being really good at explaining complicated things simply, kind of like being a translator between “confusing business stuff” and “plain English.”

Sounds about right.

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