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Sorry but you're wrong. Most laidoff biglaw lawyers are very skilled and have a lot to offer. The reality is that a resume gap or other evidence of a layoff makes your resume DOA for most in-house or biglaw positions.  It's just the attorney culture at that level. That said, opportunities exist at many other difference  levels offering equal or better long-term prospects, job satisfaction and work-life balance. The key is to be resilient, patient, flexible and creative. I speak from experience. [/quote]

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]

Why shouldn't their skills based on past experience be transferable to future matters?  If someone has obsolete skills, this makes sense. But what's obsolete about a laid off litigator, m and a, capital markets or bankruptcy attorney. Why shouldn't they draw on recent past experience to market themselves? And if they have to retool to some extent, aren't their resumes supporting evidence of their ability to successfully manage such scenarios?
And one other question. Are you part of a biglaw firm?  If not, your interest in laid off attorneys is not relevant to the posters comment. [/quote][/quote]

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