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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being elected partner is about much more than the money.  It's the validation and approbation of your peers and mentors, it's the culmination of decades of hard work, and it's the achievement of a major professional goal.

That you reduce it to money actually says more about you than the OP, who didn't even mention money in his/her post.[/quote]

Don't kid yourself, it's ALWAYS about money.  Professional achievement has its place, but without someone bringing in clients (and that someone wants to get paid) there is no firm in which partnership represents professional achievement.  Just ask anyone who was part of Coudert, Dewey, Dickstein, etc...  Firms fail when the rainmakers leave.  Those lawyers who focused on partnership, collegiality, professionalism, etc... were left with nothing (or less than nothing if there was a capital call to pay off the firm's debts).[/quote]

Hey, I've got nothing against making a buck.  But, if you think it's only about the money, you're missing out on a lot.[/quote]

True, you have to enjoy working with your "partners," but like any other job, you want to get paid fair compensation.  [b]If you don't, then you move on to another firm.[/b][/quote]

And oh boy do they.[/quote]

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