The View From Your Recession

A reader writes:

I am a small town lawyer in a two-person, general practice firm.  My firm has been doing very little of the work we did quite a lot of two years ago (business formation, real estate transactions, construction defect/warranty litigation).  On the other hand, our criminal defense and family law practice has picked up.  And my partner, who does personal bankruptcies, is doing at least 3-4 new consultations a week. Two years ago, he would have that many in a month, if lucky.