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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are all amazing responses. Again I'm so grateful to the PPs who are putting in their time to give good advice here.

About the biglaw to govt back to biglaw route - doesn't that create a conflict of interest that prevents you from working on the opposite side? Can a corporate securities lawyer actually move to the SEC after 2-3 years in Biglaw and then move back to firm life if he chooses? I'm pretty sure there's a rule you can't do that, whether corporate or litigation...

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Sadly, the revolving door is very real. One would think that having defended white-collar criminals would disqualify you from regulating them on the government side. On the contrary, your former coworkers are all going to go into the government and they will hire you. You will then come back to make a killing defending the same (alleged) criminals who you were prosecuting. Perhaps the American public are the losers, but despite many calls by insiders to close the revolving door, no one listens.[/quote]

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