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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BIG law attorneys -- what do staff attorneys do? Are they associates who aren't on a partner track?

TIA, I've only worked in the government and am looking at positions with private firms. [/quote]

The last thing you want to be is a staff attorney. They primarily do document review (e-discovery) work. They get zero respect in their firms and are the first to be let go when things get slow. [b]They are glorified paralegals.[/b] They are definitely not associates who are not on partnership track – they are much lower than that on the totem pole.   [b]It’s a terrible job and you don’t want it.[/b][/quote]

Unless, of course, you want to eat, pay rent, and keep your utilities on.[/quote]

This person is ridiculous.  Ignore their drama. [/quote]

Not ridiculous. Drama is real for newly minted attorneys in this crowded buyer's market.

As an example: Within the past decade, West Virginia University School of Law--a very low ranked law school--placed a significant number of its freshly minted graduates in biglaw as staff attorneys doing document review. Pay was better than almost all other options and many would have been unemployed in a role requiring a law degree and bar membership if not for these biglaw document review positions based in the state of West Virginia.[/quote]

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