I have a 7.3 rating at Avvo, the online find-a-lawyer site. Why? I have no idea. I’m rated 7.3 (“very good”) in both California, where I live and work, and New York, where I’m admitted but don’t even know the names of most of the codes.

My sister, who’s been in practice almost as long as I have, has a 6.5 rating. Why? No clue. She only gets a “good.” My daughter-in-law outranks her at 6.8 (also “good”), after just five years of active practice in California. How come? Who knows?