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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two big law stories I have heard:
1. Woman who worked billable hours five hours after giving birth.
2. Man with chest pains, EMT was called, but he refused to leave his desk and insisted on working.

It's a cult where you are supposed to present yourself as unbreakable with the partnership carrot dangling in front of you.[/quote]

There are tons of stories about 1.  I think not happening now or at least as much.  Change in views.  Mostly women now in 50s, 60s.  Also on 1 -- it is the particular woman not Biglaw.  Every story like this I have heard the woman is nuts.  Not happening to sane women and did not happen to them 20 years ago.

2 just is not a thing.  Doubt it ever happened.  Ever.[/quote]

OP - I say to my husband all the time that if he were to have some catastrophic health emergency his clients would not give a flying sh*t and would still probably ask him when he would get his memo done. Or whatever other work needs to be done.

The clients do not see their lawyers as humans at all.  One partner was in the hospital after a very big health issue and when he called his clients to let them know he was out of pocket while he recuperated he had one client who said they were sorry he was hurt but in the very next sentence asked when the draft of the work would be completed.  [/quote]

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