Ya’ll Politics is reporting that in yesterday’s election Republicans won enough House of Representative races to take the majority in the House. Republicans now control both chambers of the state legislature and the executive branch. This is the realization of the doomsday scenario for Mississippi lawyers that I wrote about in August in this post.

On one hand I have to tip my hat to Republican politicians, who flat-out play the political game better than Democrats. But the results give me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. So much so that I am not going to write much about what this means until I am less upset.

Suffice it to say that more tort reform is likely on the way that will make the 2002 and 2004 reforms look pro-plaintiff. When that happens, many people working in the legal industry in Mississippi will lose their jobs. I’ll write more about who and why later. But when some of you who are reading this get laid off in 3 years, you should point back to this election as the cause.

If you are a lawyer working for a firm and your work load is currently low, then you probably will not have a job with your firm in 5 years. Good luck getting a job somewhere else or convincing the bank to loan you the money to start your own practice.