The majority view answer? Don’t do it, kid. It can only hurt.
Unless business is just standing there in front of you 5 feet away–like the homely cotillion girl who no one is asking to dance–I suggest you never tell anyone you’re a lawyer. It will immediately limit–even if in favorable ways–how you are perceived for the rest of the conversation.
–From comment made earlier this year at ATL Surrogate to “Survival Tips for Today’s Lawyer, Part I: Professional Non-Disclosure,” a Partner Emeritus post.
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