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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The “only missed dinner once in six months”
poster is so full of shit I can smell it from here.  I can’t think of any parent in any job, whether a big law partner or a garbage collector, who never, ever, ever, EVER has to miss dinner with the kids.   [/quote]

Wow, well, I'm that poster.  And what I said was he missed dinner once in the last six months, not that he never ever misses dinner.  I actually hadn't even realized he'd gone so long without missing dinner except that the night he was gone (recently, due to a work event), the kids acted like it was such a big deal, and that made me go back and look and realize that it had been at least six months since he'd missed dinner.  He DID miss dinner and bedtime much more frequently as an associate.  He also used to travel much more before covid.  But we both agreed that he wouldn't continue in private practice if it was as crazy as some people claim (and again - I know it is crazy for some lawyers in some firms), and so far, for him, it hasn't been.

He IS a partner in one of the very DC-focused practice areas mentioned earlier, at a firm known for being family friendly.  Perhaps in the NY market he would work longer hours (and make 8M instead of 2M) but in DC life is pretty good.  Partners in his firm, at least that he works with, often have evening time blocked off (slightly different times, depending on the age of the kids!) in which they won't schedule calls.  And with rare exceptions those blocked off hours are respected.

You can claim I'm full of shit all you want, it doesn't change what's true about my life and family.
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It isn’t true.  It just isn’t.  [/quote]

Yep. Plus if he's home every night and weekend, someone else is developing that work for him, and thereby getting all of the origination credit. And its nearly impossible to make $2M on hours you personally billed yourself (unless you bill a $hit ton of them) without also getting the origination credit. So the math is just not adding up. Including her assertion that all her husband's partners have the same sweatheart deal. They sound like service partners. And service partners don't make $2M. [/quote]

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