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[quote=Anonymous]"Rude much? Maybe OP was given the talk because her barely top 100 firm isn’t doing very well. Or maybe it’s because all the male partners don’t see women as viable candidates. Or for some other reason unrelated to her skills. She may have something to offer a firm in need. She should talk to a recruiter.

You don't get passed over for partner at a barely top 100 Cleveland firm then move to a DC BigLaw firm as of counsel. It doesn't happen ever, I dare say, especially with no portable business."

Oh, well, it happened to me (except for the Cleveland part). Do you why? Because the decision had nothing to do with my skills or abilities. It had to do with the fact that I had a baby and the firm didn't believe new moms could be partners. Of course, the guy they did promote ending up failing badly - couldn't do business development to save his life, couldn't get any associates or support staff to do work for him because he was such a jerk, and clients didn't return to him for new work because he wasn't that great. So he ended up slinking off into some b.s. nonprofit policy job, while I moved on to a higher ranked firm.

Are you a white male, by any chance? Do you have no clue that firms can make bad decisions about the quality and character of the people they hire and promote, oftentimes because of implicit bias? [/quote]

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