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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmm, this has not been my experience. Partner at a Big Law firm and went to a Midwest state school for law school. Have been at two big law firms in my career and we never focused much on law school when making partnership decisions. Much more focused on book of business.[/quote]

Most Big Law firms do NOT make partnership decisions "focused on book of business."  Most senior associates up for partner don't even have a "book of business."  "Book of business" will count a lot for lateral partners, obviously, but not for associates coming up through the ranks.

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I know everyone is different but you didn’t have a book of business as an associate up for partner? Clients that were your main responsibility/that you were matter manager for? Maybe my firms are unusual but associates absolutely have a couple of their own clients. Practice area is government affairs so maybe that is the differentiator. [/quote]

It's really unhelpful not knowing the firm that you're talking about, because for most top tier firms in top tier cities -- say, New York, DC, LA, Chicago -- this is NOT the norm.  Sure, senior associates might be expected to have clients that are their "main responsibility" or "matter manager" for -- but that still doesn't make those matters the associate's "book."  If the associate doesn't make partner and leaves the first, you can best believe that most of those matters won't walk out the door with her.

Yea, maybe in a niche practice like government affairs an associate up for partner might be expected to have their own client, but I'll say this:  that associate isn't going to make partner with any of the big guns in DC on that basis alone.  They're more likely to be offered a counsel position.   [/quote]

Don’t want to dox myself but such a huge firm not like it matters, ha. Dentons.[/quote]

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