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[quote=Anonymous]I was a big law partner in DC before retiring early about a decade ago.  When I was a partner I used to joke that the only thing worse than being a Biglaw partner was being a Biglaw associate.  It was absolutely true.

When I left I was making close to $900k, which put me at the lower end of the compensation range.  Again, this was close to a decade ago.  I’m certain the pay is considerably higher now for equity partners in the major DC firms.

It provided a very nice but not over the top life for our fiscally conservative family.  Very nice house, vacation homes, colleges paid for, etc.  Not private school though - we had no interest.

I was definitely around my kids more than most partners, but I paid a price for that professionally which was fine.  My kids (all adults now) would likely agree that I wasn’t an absent father, but they’d certainly credit their mother for doing the great bulk of the work.  There is no way we could have done it with my spouse working.  [/quote]

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