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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ Don't you regret missing all that time with your family?  I dunno, early retirement is great and I'm all a out it but it seems like you paid a heavy price for it.  [/quote]

These days (esp since covid), law firm partnership generally means a LOT of flexibility on when and where you work. You still work a lot of hours, but partners today are with their kids ALOT.  It's not like 2004. [/quote]

Depends on the definition of "with".  Being in the same house is not the same as actually paying attention to them and developing a deep relationship with them.[/quote]

Why are there so many people on DCUM who not only believe this, but NEED to believe this?[/quote]

You’ll need to elaborate.  It’s not clear which group of people you’re taking shots at / feeling superior to.  [/quote]

People who think there’s only one way biglaw works and that it means never seeing your children and letting other people “raise” them. [/quote]

Ok, yea.  I hear you.  I agree that it's possible.  In the end, though, I think so much of being successful in biglaw is luck and timing.  There are so many lawyers who don't succeed in biglaw for no real reason at all.  And they are justifiably bitter about it because there's so much money involved, so they go into attack mode once they start doing something else.  I don't really blame them.  [/quote]

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