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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's a jerk, but also if he had a lot of business the firm would get pressuring him to train somebody. So it may be that he doesn't have a great practice and can't keep associates for that reason.

The culture at most firms is that partners train multiple people and grow them into senior associates who can eventually take over their book or find their own business for the firm. And though people may leave, they may be back or may reach out to you when they need co-counsel. It's a small world.

Where it really fell down, IMO, was partners who trained senior associates and promised they'd inherit the book but then never retired. A whole generation of senior associates / junior partners had to move firms about 15 years ago, in a way lawyers didn't used to, because of stagnation and lack of space at the top.[/quote]

Agree, and it’s even worse than that, in many cases they purged the rising X’ers as potential rivals. I see the same structure replicated in a lot of practices: lead partner, age 75, lost their fastball but still around due to relationships and because their reputation is such that it adds some cover to the clients in case things go wrong; principal lieutenants, early 40s, skilled but there is a lot of experience you get from say 40-55 that they are missing and it often shows. [/quote]

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