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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The vast majority of people I know who've left Big Law are happy to get out.  If you make partner, that has some perks, although fewer than you might assume, but the life of an average law firm associate is awful (expected to work long hours constantly, yet largely dependent on more senior lawyers to generate the work) and the vast majority of associates will never make partner.

If you do take a Big Law job, it's best to look for a firm that is HQ'd in DC or has a large DC  presence.  Except for Gibson Dunn and maybe 1-2 other firms, the big NYC and California-based firms look down on their DC outposts and treat the people there like crap. [/quote]

I work at the DC office of a CA firm and DH is at the DC office of a NY firm.  Not sure I agree with your statement that DC offices are looked down upon.  DH would not want to work in the NY office and thinks his life is (relatively speaking) better in the DC office.  The only downside either of us see is that partnership might be slightly harder in a satellite office, but (a) it is a real longshot anyway and (b) it is hard to say if the branch office is really a disadvantage and will probably depend on numerous factors out of your control -- like everything in the partnership process.[/quote]

I doubt that, from your vantage point, you really know how you and DH are regarded by the higher-ups in CA and NY.  The bottom-line is that the associates in CA and NY only have to prove themselves to the partners in the home offices.  If you work in the branch office, you'll have to distinguishing yourself to the partners you work for in DC, as well as find a way to ingratiate yourself with the senior partners in the primary offices.  But, yeah, maybe your husband has better hours than the NY associates, if that's all that really matters to him.  [/quote]

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