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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an interesting post -- I am a labor attorney as well and curious about the OP because this is an extremely small niche field!

I have known people who worked on Board member staffs -- I think the job would be very interesting, but there is a major risk, especially if you are close to making partner.   I have heard from ex Board members themselves that when you go back to a firm after being on the Board -- yes there is a honeymoon period and everyone is happy you are there, but after awhile you have all of the same financial pressures about rainmaking etc that any partner does.   If you can't bring in the business, you'll be out the door (albeit gently).   Look up some of the prior Board members -- you will see much movement.   Not all of this was voluntary.   I imagine this problem would only be enhanced if you are only a staff member -- how many prior chief counsels can you name off the top of your head?

If you truly want to do public service and work for the Board, and could see yourself there for a long time, then go for it.   If you fit in there, they will find you a job even when your mber rolls off in five years.   But if you like private practice, have a good chance of making partner, and have a rabbi who is willing to help you across the finish line (and hopefully give you some of his business long-term) you are probably better off staying put.  [/quote]

I can't think of a Bd Member in recent history who has had trouble landing comfortably at a firm.  Republicans tend to come from firms.  Democrats take a different path.[/quote]

Nobody said that they cannot land at a firm.  It is what happens after you land -- you have all of the same business development and partnership expectations that anyone else has, in an extremely competitive environment with a shrinking unionized workforce.   The same would certainly be true of any Board staff member, even a chief counsel.   The point is -- if you want to be in private practice ultimately, is going to the board and working as a staff member going to change your fortune in a significant way? I think it's a tough case if you are already on the cusp of making partner anyway and work for someone who will feed you work.    Otherwise you will have to come up with that work on your own afterwards which is no easy task [/quote]

I'll take your word for it.  But ex Bd Members can dine out in that status for decades, even if they bounce around a bit. I agree that if one truly was on the cusp of making partner, walking away from that would be...odd.[/quote]

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