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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to quit. There’s no other option. Take the steps to create a light at the end of the tunnel - basically give yourself a deadline and work toward it. Life is too short and big law isn’t going to change anytime soon. Clients pay a huge premium to obtain immediate service and partners won’t tolerate anything less.

I’m on the other side of a decade in big law and I haven’t regretted my exit for a second. There are humane lawyers out there doing interesting work.[/quote]

Yep. Everyone I know who started in Biglaw has quit or is a man. [/quote]

Everyone I know in big law at the partner level (since most others bailed before then) have SAH spouses. Interestingly enough it's 2 men and 2 women. I can see how it's basically necessary since you are giving your spouse 2 options, SAH or work and then do all the 2nd shift by themselves[/quote]

At the two firms DH and I experienced, partners either had SAH or very part time + nanny spouses (male or female), a home staff (as in drivers, chefs, nannies, housekeepers) who did everything for the kids (who eventually went to boarding school), or were in divorce situations where the ex had custody and their own time with the kids was set on paper but haphazard in reality because they had to cancel a lot or just brought the kids to the office on a Saturday to play in the halls while they worked. [/quote]

Wild. I have never known a partner with a driver or chef or who sent their kids to boarding school and I’ve known a hundred or so partners well enough to know they didn’t. [/quote]

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