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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a $500K+ total comp attorney job in big pharma and it is a walk in the park… I am not in management and there are many other roles like me in the org, most with great work life balance and wonderful colleagues.

We did all put in our big law years but now it seems almost too easy. I guess if we stayed in big law we could be making multiples of $500K but I’d rather have my current situation any day. [/quote]

Nice. I guess I should encourage my kids to to law school, work at FDA, then pivot to Pharma?[/quote]

NP: I'm in small pharma, our attorneys are in the $300k-$400k range, with bonuses ranging from 25-40%. I don't think any of them have worked for the FDA.

You should see what they make in sales. Not what attorneys make, but some of them are getting great bonuses. [/quote]

My DH worked in Pharma as an FDA regulatory lawyer -- its relatively easy, he is doing things like reviewing advertising and promotion for FDA disclaimers etc.  as well as some contract law with hospitals.  Working at FDA is one pathway, you want to be at one of the major branches that regulate drugs, devices or biologics: CBER, CDER, CDRH or office of chief counsel.  You do not want vet or tobacco unless you want to go into those areas.  My husband worked OCC then went straight to industry and has worked in both drugs and devices.  Most of his coworkers who do FDA worked in big law, not FDA.  It's harder to break into either firms or industries coming straight from FDA from law school.

If you want your kid to have this high paying stable job I would recommend they work in compliance or regulatory at a very low level for 2 years after college, while doing this get an online master's in regulatory science - you can pay a lot for northeastern or JHU or less for ASU it does not matter.  If he gets into a decent law school with this "expressed interest" he should place well in OCI. [/quote]

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