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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I was the first PP to respond to your post back on 3/26, the small firm partner who got 3.5 mo. paid leave w/o any cut in draw.  As was the experience with the 21:24 PP above, our partnership agreement was silent on maternity leave, but no one blinked at my taking the leave and no one suggested my draw should be docked--so don't expect the worse, necessarily, just make your case.  If you are an income not equity partner, are you technically an "owner" of the firm?  Per the PP, as an income partner, I would think FMLA and standard firm policies (i.e. maternity leave policy for employees) may well apply to you and even if not, if your firm maternity policy for employees is 3-4.5 mo's paid leave, as is the norm at BigLaw, I would argue for that.  FWIW, we have never had a female equity partner become pregnant at my firm and go out on leave, either, and the current male (and one female) partner(s) didn't question my taking the leave, I think largely b/c I worked PT from home while on leave so that the burden didn't fall on them/there was no significant negative impact to the numbers and b/c I am so productive otherwise/routinely ($$$) for the firm. (Though I will admit, my being out on leave last year was raised during the course of discussing readjustment of percentages this year--so it wasn't completely a "non-issue" in the broad scheme of things--but it didn't result in any docking or standstill of my percentage after discussion and consideration of all variables).

GL and I hope you set good precedent for the other female attorneys at your firm, too. [/quote]

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