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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But once you are partner its almost impossible to be fired right?  That has a lot of value too.[/quote]

Hahahahaha!

Sigh.
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Please explain.  That is also what I heard. ALMOST impossible be fired once you are a big law partner, right?  Not saying impossible, but ALMOST impossible.[/quote]

You are thinking about the federal government attorneys.  Oh, wait.....[/quote]

Worked in a big law firm for over 10 years.  Never remember a partner being fired.  Give an example a big law parter being fired?[/quote]

There are many ways to push a partner out without technically firing him/her. And it isn’t rare.[/quote]

Partners get pushed out of top firms on a regular basis, all the time. It's extremely common.[/quote]

Inadvertently rode the elevator with a senior partner that got pushed out at our firm once.  Literally, took his box of stuff and was departing the firm that second.  They don't have to give them notice when they do it.  It was a long ride.  It definitely happens often, and it is definitely done as quietly as possible, for the most part.  Also, they are not allowed to take their clients with them, or there are huge law suits that follow.  Guess who usually wins?  Not the guy who left.  So much sh*t goes down at law firms that most employees don't know about. [/quote]

This senior partner must be fired for cause (e.g. sexual harassment, stealing, etc.).  Cannot image a firm let a senior partner go for merely performance reasons (eg not generating enough revenue)[/quote]

[b]Lol[/b].[/quote]

+1 for the LOL.  I will add that the numerous examples I have seen are usually because of mean boy/girl behavior more than anything else.  As you get to the top of the peak the behavior gets much more intense and competitive.  A lot of quiet infighting and behind-the-scenes deal-making.  Biglaw definitely eats its own.[/quote]

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