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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, but the pressure to be a rainmaker in law firms is greater than ever.  If you are not already cultivating social contacts with other firm lawyers and clients, you are making yourself very expendable.  Particularly in DC, it is less about how smart or nice you are, but instead about who you know and how you can monetize those relationships.  Have you thought about looking for positions in-house or with the government that might suit you more tempermentally? [/quote]

I definitely am thinking of going in-house in a few years, but I don't think the need to network ends there. There must be some way for people with my temperament to click with potential clients and other lawyers, just in different settings? Where do you meet potential clients, outside of the typical golf club-type settings? There should be a social networking site for quiet, nerdy lawyers to meet each other.[/quote]

Develop a substantive expertise and insist that your firm allow you to get involved with ABA committees where you can volunteer but also get to know people outside your firm.  You need to do this when you are still relatively young.  If you have a low profile when you come up for partnership, you will be entirely dependent on others to advocate for you and feed you work.  That leaves you very vulnerable in DC, because heavy-hitters often move back and forth between firms and government positions.  [/quote]

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