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[quote=Anonymous]I also used to work as an associate at a big firm, took five years off to have kids and start to raise them, and am now working as a staff attorney at a (different) medium sized firm.  While I started off doing and supervising doc review, I am now not doing that at all but supervising a small team of staff attorneys draft routine filings.

I ... actually really like my job?  I know what I'm doing and I know how to do it, and I'm good at it.  It's not doc review and it's challenging.

I agree that as a staff attorney I am in the lower caste of attorney respect at the firm, but at the same time, maybe different firms treat staff attorneys differently?   We get raises and promotions.  I feel like I have been treated really well.

I still struggle with work life balance and probably work more than I should, but I also sometimes leave work at 3pm or don't come in until 11 if my son has an appointment.  This is the flexibility I needed I never had as an associate.  And I don't have to travel.

Maybe I will regret this 5-10 years down the line and will wish I had held out for another associate or similar position, but after being out of the game for 5 years, staff attorney life has really worked out for me so far.

You will know better than anyone on this board how your old firm treated you and how it treats its staff attorneys.  Best of luck to you![/quote]

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