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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, sorry to sound harsh but you sound like a total loser.  On Thanksgiving day, you are GLOATING on an anonymous board that you made partner!  Go to your family.[/quote]
A singleminded, all work personality like that is why the senior partner selected OP to grind away for relative peanuts, freeing up the senior partner to enjoy his life.[/quote]

This is actually not that far off from the truth.  OP was a good little billing machine and kept his sponsoring partner's clients happy.  Maybe, just maybe, OP's partner will give him scraps to build a book in a couple more years.

The key to REAL MONEY, as others have pointed out, is for OP to develop his own book of business.  However, he can't do that if his sponsoring partner is going to keep his nose to the grindstone (OP is a service partner after all).  OP is going to need to spend 10+ hours a week (on his own time) writing articles, giving presentations and attending conferences (with in-house counsel) to develop his own book.  This will put a strain on his marriage and his health.

Enjoy the moment OP, then get back to billing.[/quote]

What you present is a possibility, but it is also possible that OP has found herself (through skill, hard work, and luck) in a very enviable position.  If she is able to sufficiently impress the major client so that she can control that business when the current rainmaker slows down, she will find herself with a major book -- which comes with major comp -- without ever having to come up with the original origination.  There is no guarantee this will occur, but it also isn't far fetched.

It is also possible that they rainmaker will use some of his juice to make sure that OP starts getting some of the origination credit, even when he would be in a position to control it.  There is definitely no guarantee this will occur, and plenty of partners want to make every last dime they can even if they have made millions over many years, but I have seen situations where a rainmaker has been willing to cede some credit to help the more junior person.[/quote]

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