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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cutting out the large re-post block.

The law is a business, and just like any other, the employees aren't going to get treated the same way as shareholders.  [b]If you think like a business person when you're an associate, you have a much better chance of making partner. [/b] Or, more likely, you'll recognize far, far earlier what a racket big law firms are and use your firm more than it uses you.

For example, long before Covid-19, I knew an associate who wanted to travel to far-flung locations like Bali, Japan, Patagonia, and similarly high-travel cost places.  He volunteered to do document review and other menial work on-site in cities all over the U.S. and the world.  Very few associates wanted to travel to North Dakota during the winter, or West Texas during the summer - but he did it.  1M+ frequent flyer miles plus hotel points, he would take vacations worth $10k+ while other associates were spending their own $$$ on bar tabs, dinners out, etc...[/quote]

A true entrepreneur would not be pursuing a career in law, let alone Big Law.  TBH, sounds like you're equivocating what your friend is doing to what an employee would do...a true "business person" according to your definition, i.e. partner material, would think ways to help the firm cut cost and maximize revenue rather than enjoying the perks of working for a company by being a glorified doc reviewer.  [/quote]

Unless the guy was doing what a PP mentioned - spending 1-3 years paying down law school loans, then deciding to go into business (perhaps also realizing that he didn't acquire any legal skills that would translate into better opportunities down the line).  I've met a few former lawyers turned business people in the corporate world, and they all did a quick stint in big law then went corporate.  They bypassed being in-house counsel - they simply took corporate jobs alongside folks with MBAs.[/quote]

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