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[...]I disagree with you, having hired associates passed over at other firms before when they met an existing need at our firm.  There is no overarching "attorney culture at that level," but simply a market for legal services that may be less robust than you might like to acknowledge.

The problem that some associates in this unfortunate position have is that they assign more value to their skills and the matters that they have worked on in the past than to thinking about how they will help an employer generate revenues in the future.  It is analogous to focusing on a company's historical financial statements when a prospective investor is more interested in a company's future earnings potential.  It can be very difficult for people who are used to relying on theircresumes to break out of that mindset, but there are opportunities in the right circumstances.[/quote]

15:53 again ... yes, this same dynamic led a friend with a small firm (someone you have seen on TV or heard on radio or read in print being asked about his area of expertise, so not a "bottom feeder" or even a middling type of firm) to recently convert his associates to contract attorneys, who will be paid based on hourly production (he was paying ridiculous overhead on them while he was the only one bringing in all the business essentially).  So they will be rewarded for the future contributions and value to the firm, not for just being available to handle work he brings in.  They were all told they're welcome to stay on and there's no dissatisfaction with their work -- or they're free to go elsewhere if they want to or need to... He'd been talking to them for about a year letting them know this was a possibility given the current market for legal services, yet they are/were all shocked that is is also now reality.[/quote]

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