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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I stepped off the partnership track at a very large firm to the surprise of my colleagues because even though I liked what I did, there were other things in life important to me as well.

I have an in-house position that I love which pays well with interesting work.  If your field has in-house positions, then I would suggest that.   Is your field of a type that you don't need a lot of administrative backup? --e.g., fields that have lots of regulatory filings and are document intensive---such as securities or litigation---would be difficult to manage as a solo, while other fields are perfectly doable as a solo.  If the latter, then are there any other attorneys in your field who might wish to start a small boutique with you?  It would be better to have one or two partners with whom you can share the workload.

You may wish to consider going ahead and becoming a partner and then leaving.  The only thing I somewhat regret is not staying to actually get the title because if you leave prior to making partner, there will be lawyers who will always assume that you were asked to leave because you couldn't make partner----which is a little grating.  But you can't recapture those early years with your kids---which is far more important than what other people think.[/quote]

Meh, even if you leave after making partner people may assume you were pushed out because you weren't bringing in enough business for them to keep you.  Agree that who cares what people think.  [/quote]

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