The Impact of Economic Downturns on Government Attorneys: A Focus on City and County Attorneys

Description

• Harrison shares insights on the benefits of working in government as an attorney
• Government attorneys offer stable employment with little downturn during recessions
• Revenues for government attorneys may be affected by taxing properties, but overall it's a good practice area
• Compared to other practice areas, being a government attorney can be pretty awesome

Transcript

Transcript:

There's a lot of benefits to working in the government, city or county attorneys. I haven't ever seen a big downturn in the work that government attorneys offer during recession, especially if you're there.

Obviously the revenues that government attorneys make is affected by taxing properties and things. So I logically don't think that government attorneys ever really have a lot of issues during recession, and it's actually a very good practice area.

It's a very good kind of job to have, and it's stability that government attorneys have. I think, compared to other practice area and it can be pretty awesome actually compared to other.