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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is being a big law parter especially prestigious and lucerative in the DC area? It doesn't strike me as something worth arguing about like I've seen on DCUM this Summer. I guess my experience is in the Bay Area and NYC where law is secondary in the hierarchy to tech and banking (and is mostly a service profession to those industries). Given how many lawyers there are per capita here, I can't imagine being a big law partner impresses that many people. 
Wachtell was the firm in NYC that most impressed people in my circles and they are not here at all, right?[/quote]

Tech and banking aren't as big here, which is why lawyers are higher up the pecking order. DC also isn't a big medical city so fewer doctors too compared to NYC or Boston.[/quote]

I'd be jealous of the tech spouses. Depending on their spouse's level, they get paid very well (especially with the equity growth), have great benefits, work reasonable hours [b]at least partially from home[/b], and get a lot of time off.
The banking and PE spouses, not so much even though they make more $$ except at the highest levels of tech.
Venture capital might be the best of both worlds and even sounds cool![/quote]

I think this is pretty standard in biglaw these days too though. We are both home 3+ days a week. [/quote]

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