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[quote=Anonymous]I work in a niche litigation area at a big law firm and my practice group is relatively small (less than 10 partners, 5 counsel, 25 associates or so).  I’ve been in the group for 10 years and find the work fine (as good as I expect big law litigation can be). The cases are challenging and novel, constantly learning, and I have flexibility to manage my schedule (dinner with kids, no work on weekends). But there is one partner that is a terrible manager and a bit of a bully.  She talks over people, dismisses people out of hand, makes things personal that are not, is unprofessional, creates a false sense of frenzy, the list could go on. Associates find it hard to work with her but she is in charge of assignments. I’m counsel and interact with her some, on a a much more limited basis than I used it.  I’m fairly thick-skinned and she doesn’t generally bother me too much.

I’ll need to make a decision about partnership in the next two years. My concern is having this woman as a partner sounds miserable — at least a couple of partners agree with the traits described above but defer to her as it’s just not worth the fight and avoid her when they can.  I’m not excited about having to engage with her on any regular basis (as I would need to do if a partner in the group). In fact, I would dread it.  This doesn’t seem like a good reason to turn down partnership. It also doesn’t seem like a good way to spend 12-15 years (how much longer I plan to work before retiring).  I get paid a lot more than I would anywhere else for the amount of time I work (and that would increase as partner), do I just grin and bear it?[/quote]

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