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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not a humble brag, I am openly proud of him. He put in 12 years making less than I made as a first year associate and worked longer hours than I did with no help and a ton of responsibility. He deserved to make partner, was my point. There is value in government work and I do think he was on a "different track" to partnership than many of the the lawyers that came in at the firm on day one. [/quote]

Yes, obviously he took a different path than the people who went directly to the firm.  The question is whether people who come in at the 10 year mark from the government have to meet a different criteria to make partner than those associates/counsel who are homegrown.  And the objective answer is no, people don't make equity partner without a book of business or an exceptional value niche practice that is difficult to replicate (and litigator with good trial experience is not difficult to replicate).  Not sure if your husband came in as a nonequity or equity partner, but regardless, if he didn't/doesn't earn his keep, he's not sticking around, no matter how great you think he is.  And if he has been able to convert his successful government experience into rainmaking, he'll be welcome to stay.[/quote]

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