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[quote=Anonymous]Regarding the notion that biglaw partners have autonomy, I can only say, "yeah, you'd think so."  Here's two real life examples: I became a biglaw partner due to my expertise in a tiny and very important area of law.  So when big shot partner's big time corporate client had this particular issue, they'd call me.  I was fully occupied and well-paid with great work and brought none of it in on my own.  While I had the ability to work around my kids' schedules a fair amount, I was not autonomous.  DH, on the other hand became partner and soon had 100% his own bigtime corporate clients.  He's been fully busy and extremely well compensated for 10 years answering to no one but the clients. Technically, he's autonomous because he has his own clients but really the clients can call 24/7 from anywhere in the world and DH doesn't control the court's calendar, of course.  The far far more common scenario in biglaw is that an associate comes up through the ranks working for one or two bigtime partners working on their one or two bigtime clients.  When associate becomes partner, his responsibilities with the clients and in the courtroom hopefully and presumably increase, not decrease.  So, you can say you're "more autonomous" because you have one less lawyer layer above you or an extra lawyer layer below you but it doesn't hold much meaning in practice.  It's still lots and lots of work. And if you don't somehow secure a bigtime client of your own by the time you're 45 or so, you're job isn't even secure.  [/quote]

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