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[quote=Anonymous]I left biglaw after 5 years and went to the government (litigation).  I have no regrets and I'm happy with my choice.

BUT, if I were in your shoes, since it seems like you're so close, I'd probably wait a year to see if I actually made partner.  The in-house opportunities won't dry up in a year.  If anything, you might have more opportunities just by virtue of the title change.  And, I think if you left you might always wonder "what if?"

Two caveats:

1) If you're truly miserable (not just unsatisfied or whatever, but truly miserable) then you should go.  The in-house opportunity sounds like a great landing after a decent stint in biglaw.  It will probably be a better lifestyle.  And honestly, the compensation will be plenty for you unless you have extremely expensive taste.

2) If you're counting on $700k as a junior partner, you might want to double-check your math.  You know better than I do, so I'm not telling you you're wrong.  But, I think that's higher than most junior partners make in DC biglaw (certainly higher than my previous firm, which was biglaw but not V10 or anything.)  Make sure you're accounting for capital contributions, tax increases, retirement contributions, etc. when you're trying to figure out how much money you'll actually be seeing.  I think at my old firm it was more like $400-500k for new partners.[/quote]

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