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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Optimistic. But once partner is like 50, can't they coast on connections and book of business? The relationships and wisdom from experience are their assets, not hours in the office. They still need to respond to clients like rabbits on cocaine, but most clients are probably home for dinner too most nights. They then task their associates to the grindstone.[/quote]

lmao.

I am one of those not-so-rare sahms to a biglaw lawyer. Due to layoffs, the firms he was working for restructuring, (the place he started is down to 30 lawyers now in their main office... down from over 200), etc, everything has been lateral for years. It is good money, but not "big" money, not by any means. It has been decent money, for some time. Decent enough to sock some away in a 401K and pay down loans while affording DC. Nothing more.

His new firm wants him to push to be partner track... honestly, I do not want this. It sounds like a giant pita. The money he makes now is fine, he's usually home before 8PM and he usually can work from home on the weekends.

I am pushing inhouse jobs at him.

And why don't I work, you ask? Why am I not "contributing?" Because my contribution would be a dead loss if I had to outsource everything I'd have to outsource to make it work. And by that, I mean the simple exercise of picking up my children before and after school. [/quote]

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