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[quote=Anonymous]I’m writing this from the perspective of a moderately successful attorney married to a big law attorney.

1. I have the sense that some people who leave big law at that stage have a chip on their shoulder because they are just finding out that they aren’t cut out for partner.

2. The crap big law firms feed you about how Uber special their firms are can make you feel overly important.

3. *When comparing equal work*, like document production v document production, I do think that big law attorneys and attorneys in positions as competitive as theirs produce better work on the whole. I think we should be honest with ourselves and say that when you have no chance of losing your job or being pushed out, some people are going to be less-motivated to do good-quality work. Also if you’re getting paid the typical attorney salary, you aren’t paid to work yourself ragged to produce good quality work and gain commensurate experience. So big law associates might see a disparity in quality of other attorneys v big law attorneys and assume that it’s them, they’re the cause of the quality (and it could be true).

5. Big law attorneys often don’t  realize that as they keep doing their general litigation, others are specializing in a way that offers more value. They don’t know the value of those they are competing against because they have their noses to the grindstone and nobody sees enough value in them to mentor them and let them know.

6. I think big law is heavily populated with entitled white men who act like this.

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