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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't believe how many people are telling OP that you have to stick around for several years out of good will to your firm, if they make you partner.  Do you think any men are thinking this? No, you leave when the right opportunity comes up. That means you aim for partnership and when a better opportunity comes, you take it.  It may take 2 years to get a government job. The economy may crash and there may be zero jobs in another year.  You'd be a fool to "opt out" of partnership this year on the expectation you'll find something better immediately thereafter.

Women need to stop being so apologetic about their careers.

PS if the economy crashed, the firm would have no apologies about firing you within the year you made partner.  [/quote]

It would be bad for men to leave in the same window.  Partners who work with you are expending considerable political capital to get you promoted because of perceived need in a practice area.   Most dont leave because partnership is their ambition.

I know of only one person who left a partnership as a junior partner and they left the practice of law altogether  It is a a rare occurrence.  As people get more senior in partnership, they might leave for plum inhouse position( where they will be expected to feed work back to firm), a political appointee level government position, or another firm, [b]typically as a result of a compensation disputr or a practice group leaving[/b].  But genrally, most partners stay until retirement.

OP may have more government options before she makes partner.  Outside of political appointees, the feds don't  hire extemely senior people.[/quote]

At my old firm the two bolded items seemed to happen fairly frequently.  There's been quite a few articles in Law360 about this trend.

Agree that it's harder to get a fed job as a partner because there's a perception you won't want to go back to being a line attorney.[/quote]

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