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[quote=Anonymous]Early Retired Biglaw Partner here.  I joined my former firm right out of law school, was named counsel after the eight or so years were up, and stayed counsel for at least as long as I was an associate before being made partner.

The firm kept me around as counsel because I was productive, did good work, was a solid firm citizen and was well liked in my practice group.

The firm made me partner after the opportunity surreptitiously landed on my lap to land the firm a major new client and I actually made it happen.  It was not something I planned; I was pretty happy as counsel and had stopped gunning for partner years earlier.  But when it did happen I was rewarded for it.

In other words, the firm didn’t suddenly decide after I had been there for nearly two decades that they were wrong all along and I was actually a brilliant litigator. No - I was suddenly a seasoned lawyer with a book.

The reality of the situation that your husband is in I similar, I bet.  His job is secure as any job can be, and he will continue to be well paid and appreciated by the senior members of his practice group.   But without a book, he will never, ever make partner because the firm has no incentive to make him one.  They know he is not going anywhere, and they also know that even if he does he’s not taking any business with him.

It is what it is, so he and you both should make peace with it.  And as someone who has lived it, there are worse things.  [/quote]

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