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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Early retired Biglaw partner here.  My abbreviated story:  I was counsel for several years before being made partner.  I wasn’t promoted because the firm decided after so many years that I was actually a brilliant writer and highly skilled practitioner who billed lots of hours and they just hadn’t notice.   Nope.  They promoted me only because - more out of dumb luck than anything else - a big client fell into my lap.

That’s how Biglaw works.  [/quote]

Reminds me of a Star Trek episode called "Tapestry".  Some of the dialog was "Throughout your career you've had lofty goals, but you've never been willing to do what's necessary to attain them." and "If you want to get ahead, you have to take chances, stand out in a crowd, get noticed."

Sounds like the PP needs to do more to get noticed.  Self-promotion is the only sort of promotion that is on the horizon.  There are plenty of opportunities to get noticed in law.  Speaking at conferences is an easy way.  Find some conferences that might be of interest to your in-house counsel clients and ask them if they want to go in on a speaker proposal (it will help promote them as well, which is a good thing - but offer to do all of the work on the slides yourself).  Speak at 4-5 conferences a year, put pre- and post-speaking announcements on your LinkedIn page, send an email to some of the partners in your firm about your recent speaking opportunity. etc....  Wash, rinse, repeat.[/quote]

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