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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would go to the big law firm.  It's seems a no-brainer to me, and if the firm is well-known and somewhat prestigious, you will have that on your resume for the rest of your life.

As some prior posters noted, having a DOJ background is not always viewed as impressive, and unfairly or not, there is a notion that the work of prosecutors is somewhat routine and you max out those advocacy skills after a few years.

I think it's a no-brainer.[/quote]

op here.  why am I putting prestigious things on my resume?  I think three decades of that is enough, and I'm ready to decide what to do with my life and close some of those doors that professors and grandparents are always telling you to keep open.  I respect that apparently some senior biglaw folks do not hold DOJ experience in the highest regard, but that seems component-specific and I would probably self-select (now and in the future) away from any place that, for whatever reason, had a lot of people that viewed DOJ trial section experience as a negative.  [/quote]

I started at BigLaw and moved to DoJ. There have been people in my section who started here at DoJ and moved to Biglaw. There are also people who have moved back and forth. Both can be done, and there are lots of variables like expertise, timing and the economy. One thing I can say about this supposed Biglaw types not viewing DoJ as impressive - I think it is more that they know attorneys with substantial DoJ experience are not going to take a lot of BS from BigLaw partners. It was amazing to see after I left BigLaw just how reverential some of the associates at my former firm act about the partners. I suppose I did as well when I worked there. But now, they are just some man or woman on the street, or maybe some party across the table in negotiations. But they don't run my life anymore, and I would have a hard time returning and taking their sh!t[/quote]

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