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[quote=Anonymous]Worked for me. I stepped off into a pt roll as a counsel and then partner in big law. I walked out every day at 3:30. I was staffed on more research and writing based tasks and less on deal work. That worked okay for my practice area (tax). I still periodically had to log in in evenings but not often. This allowed me to pick up ds every day from preschool around 4 without having to do aftercare. He had moderate special needs at that age, and could not handle the full day. The downside of this period was I probably got paid less that 70 percent of what I would have been making if I was full time (even though I was on the 70 percent billable hours schedule). I am exceptionally efficient with work so I never had any problems keeping work to my designated hours. I did this for around five years and then went back ft when another colleague left and an opening needed to be filled, and ds was in a better place in school and with his SNs. Because I hadn’t left the big law path, I slid right into being a well regarded attorney at our firm and industry and currently lead our practice group and make a lot of money. So yes it worked for me! [/quote]

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