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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m considering moving to a law firm from an agency for a partner-track senior associate position.  The portfolio looks fantastic/ideal to me but obviously 1900 billable hours (1950 for bonus) is  going to mean changes and sacrifice.  I have heard horror stories of course but am just weighing options here…
There are lots of moms who are associates and partners who make it work.  For those moms at comparable law firms, what does your daily/weekly schedule look like?  What do you have to miss?  What are your hacks?  How much vacation do you take?  I’m thinking I can do this for a few years and then go in-house.  My 2 kids are in high school and middle school and my husband works remotely.  
Thank you![/quote]

Back in 2004 I did 3,000 Billable hours. 1,950 is a joke That is 7.8 hours a day billable. But to do 3,000 hours I took zero days off that year, no lunch breaks worked around 8-8 every day on average, no vacation or sick days and did non billable admin work at night or weekends or before work. I had a 2 and 4 year old when did it. That was crazy however, but got me a big promotion. I was normally just 2,000 hours billable which was pretty easy.

All you need is a supporative spouse which I had and the ability to sleep very little. I have sleeping issues and go to bed around midnight every night and wake up aruond 545 am and fresh as a daisy. I can go on 4-5 hours sleep weeks on end. My spouse needs like 9 hours a night or cant function. Me other other hand can do fine on five hours a night so I have 20 hours extra each week of time.

I think the not sleeping is the wildcard. I could do all nighters in my 30s get home at 5am take a 90 minute  power nap, get up, have coffee, shower, new clothes and be on road at 715 am no problem. My spouse it would knock her out for a few days.            [/quote]

It sounds like you're the male partner, and I bet you didn't have kids.  Or at least you weren't a mom raising kids when you did that.[/quote]

And was probably an associate on a fat-bill-litigation matter, with all travel time counted, where you could actually fill a full day with billable time.[/quote]

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