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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are from old money can you really say there’s “lots of money” in big law?

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Not even sure what old money means in this context.

Met very few biglaw families like this.  They tend more to live large but as a family.  [/quote]

Maybe it’s just my circle but I don’t even know many big law attorneys who really live large. I can think of 3: two who are very high up in their firms and one who has a trust fund (the one with a trust fund doesn’t live conspicuously, but she does all the wealthy things, rather than having to pick and choose like most big law attorneys do). [/quote]

Really.  20 year partners mostly have $2 million plus homes, beach house, possibly another house 1-3 country clubs.  Nice expensive cars -- Mercedes, BMW, mostly fly themselves and family first class.  Europe and Caribbean every year.  If they ski -- then that.  [/quote]

? I've never known a DC-based partner who lives like this and both me and my husband have been in biglaw 10 years [/quote]

You must be at a second tier firm then, or maybe you just need to stick around longer. Lots of DC based lawyers who live like this, but not the senior associates or whatever.[/quote]

:roll: Not “lots” do all that. I’m sure they’re out there but it’s rare. And I’ve noticed because I come from a place where having a beach house is one of the first things people do once they have some money. But at the V20s I am referring to here, a second home is pretty rare. And those partners who do have a beach house don’t also do all that other stuff. [/quote]

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