My original plan was biglaw associate > partner > judge.

So far I've been:

biglaw associate > federal government.

Right now the default plan is:

federal government > retire

but I might consider

federal government > partner somewhere > possibly return to start and back again > retire

If a realistic opportunity to become a judge surfaces I'd take it, but I'm not sure there is one.

Anonymous wrote:The greatest 10 year plan ever by a lawyer is David Lat's.

YLS->WLRK -> USAO(NJ) -> full time blogger -> Editor for a family of blogs.

Winner.

Sounds awful. Here's someone with a serious law nerd side, who had aspirations to clerk for SCOTUS and a serious AUSA job. He wanted credit for his witty and irreverent writing, which the appellate lawyers and judges he admires enjoy but don't take seriously. He miscalculated the fallout and wound up writing a shameless blog that celebrates lawyers' ethical failings and inappropriate behavior. Whenever he gets to write something that's fun for him -- about the Supreme Court or appellate judges -- most of his juvenile readership pans it as boring. The respect whore has nobody's respect.