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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he's feeling up for it, he can just ask them if he can use the title of partner and become a non equity partner. Same job but different title.  Also, continue to work on developing business. It's not too late to be doing that. Establish a rapport w the clients he works with now -- don't just be the brief writer behind the scenes that the clients don't know. [/quote]
This should already be a discussion in annual reviews; otherwise he really doesn’t know how to navigate biglaw…[/quote]

This rarely happens. [/quote]
Only because people don’t take the initiative to bring it up.  Almost everyone I know who has made partner has these discussions regularly and gets clear signals they have a good chance of making it.  Firms don’t just surprise people with partner promotions.[/quote]

I mean, I guess.  It’s never gonna fly in the top DC-based firms, which don’t even have non-equity partners.  They don’t just hand out the title.  And the firms that DO have non-equity and WILL hand it out upon request?  It can’t mean very much at those places. [b] As OP said, non-equity is a bullshit title anyway. [/b] [/quote]
It might actually help for marketing purposes, and it sounds like this is where OP's spouse hasn't put in a lot of effort. Which I totally get, btw. Not everyone who goes into law has sales skills, outgoing personalities, people skills, etc. In fact, it's often the opposite...[/quote]

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