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Solo Attorney Well-Being
Get the benchmark data about solo attorneys and their professional satisfaction.
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ALPS INSURANCE REPORT FINDS SOLO LAW FIRMS BUCKING THE LAWYER WELL-BEING CRISIS TREND
While solo practitioners make up 49% of private practice lawyers in the U.S., relatively little research or attention has focused specifically on America's solo community. At the end of 2024, ALPS endeavored to establish benchmark data about solo attorneys and their respective professional satisfaction to determine how this subset of the nation’s legal workforce was faring. The findings were surprising.
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% of Private Practice Lawyers that are Solo Practitioners
49
# of solo attorneys that responded to the survey
300
% of solo practitioners were satisfied or very satisfied in their current professional life.
74
Collective score on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being “Not at all lonely”
3.96
% of respondents who envision continuing as a solo practitioner three years from now
76
% of respondents who envision leaving solo practice for a larger firm in the next three years
0

