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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ Also the PPs trying to suggest your hours are not high are nuts. Non billable hours are significant, especially the more senior you get. My DH bilked the most as a mid-love associate but bills far, far, far less as a partner, because he spends so much time on client development. “Billable hours” is not a good shorthand for precisely how much someone is working. Everyone replying should take at face value OPs claim that she is drowning.[/quote]

I think most everyone can see that, except for a couple of lawyer-types who think working 60 hour weeks is slacking it.  [/quote]

But "lawyer-types" are the ones who can most accurately comment on what is considered working all the time at a [i]law firm.[/i]  Non-billable work can be substantial, but it is still true that at many firms most lawyers (at least associates) will bill more, often a lot more, than 2,100 hours.

Having all of these non-lawyers comment on whether OP's hours are a lot for law firms isn't that useful.[/quote]

What difference does it make that she happens to work at a law firm?  The whole point is that she works alot, not who her employer is.   It means that she has very little time to deal with the children and the house, let alone reserve any time to take care of herself.  The fact that its SOP for lawyers doesn't change her reality.[/quote]

It does matter because one potential option for her to improve her current situation would be to work less.  Depending on where she works, working less is a more or less viable option.  Firms generally have greater work expectations and some firms expect far more than others.

If she is working at a place where 2,100 billable is par for the course, she probably can't go to the firm and explain her situation and ask for a reprieve.  If she is working more than normal at her current employer, there is a better chance that her firm would allow her to scale back some, especially with what is going on now.

If she can't reduce her workload, then she will have to exclusively focus on outside help/DH stepping up.  But if it can be a combo of the three, she will be best off.[/quote]

You'll note that no one has suggested she try to work less.   Everyone pretty much understands if that were an option she'd have taken it already. [/quote]

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