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How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:19 pm
by jrwhitedog
:?:

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:22 pm
by legends159
usually 8 if you're good as in you bill much more than your peers during the years you come up for review and you're able to bring in clients or secure existing clients.

otherwise you'll probably be forced out before you reach year 8

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:31 pm
by jrwhitedog
legends159 wrote:usually 8 if you're good as in you bill much more than your peers during the years you come up for review and you're able to bring in clients or secure existing clients.

otherwise you'll probably be forced out before you reach year 8
So what do the people who got kicked out usually do next?

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:43 pm
by legends159
if you work for a big law firm usually you'll have many headhunters calling you offering you jobs at other firms. So you'll have stuff lined up. People who did leave usually left voluntarily cause they knew they weren't on the partner track. at least that was the case before the mass layoffs.

now you'll probably just get laid off cause firms don't give a shit.

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:52 pm
by nellie06
legends159 wrote:if you work for a big law firm usually you'll have many headhunters calling you offering you jobs at other firms. So you'll have stuff lined up. People who did leave usually left voluntarily cause they knew they weren't on the partner track. at least that was the case before the mass layoffs.

now you'll probably just get laid off cause firms don't give a shit.
i'm just picturing a big law partner taking someone's sheet listing their billables like "what!? I'm an aduuuuuuult! So i threw that sheet on the groooooound! clean out your offiiiiiice!' (only funny if you watch snl)

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:54 pm
by DoubleChecks
nellie06 wrote:
legends159 wrote:if you work for a big law firm usually you'll have many headhunters calling you offering you jobs at other firms. So you'll have stuff lined up. People who did leave usually left voluntarily cause they knew they weren't on the partner track. at least that was the case before the mass layoffs.

now you'll probably just get laid off cause firms don't give a shit.
i'm just picturing a big law partner taking someone's sheet listing their billables like "what!? I'm an aduuuuuuult! So i threw that sheet on the groooooound! clean out your offiiiiiice!' (only funny if you watch snl)
man its all cause of the system!

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:08 pm
by nellie06
DoubleChecks wrote:
nellie06 wrote:
legends159 wrote:if you work for a big law firm usually you'll have many headhunters calling you offering you jobs at other firms. So you'll have stuff lined up. People who did leave usually left voluntarily cause they knew they weren't on the partner track. at least that was the case before the mass layoffs.

now you'll probably just get laid off cause firms don't give a shit.
i'm just picturing a big law partner taking someone's sheet listing their billables like "what!? I'm an aduuuuuuult! So i threw that sheet on the groooooound! clean out your offiiiiiice!' (only funny if you watch snl)
man its all cause of the system!
yes! someone is with me lol

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:50 pm
by Kant
What do you make a yr as a biglaw associate?

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:07 am
by underdawg
160k to mid 200k's, i think
+ bonuses that range from 0 (at least in this economy) to 160k+ (at wachtell in a good economy)

williams connolly starts at 180k but no bonuses, i think

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:10 am
by Anonymous User
underdawg wrote:160k to mid 200k's, i think
+ bonuses that range from 0 (at least in this economy) to 160k+ (at wachtell in a good economy)

williams connolly starts at 180k but no bonuses, i think
Bankers make the same salary but get about 4x the salary.

:|

With less education to boot.

And for the same grueling work schedule, but perhaps a more laid back environment because no one is trying to make partner (maybe they call partners: senior bankers?) I don't know why I bothered anonying this post,

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:32 am
by nealric
Bankers make the same salary but get about 4x the salary.

:|
There it is, your moment of zen.

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:16 pm
by Posner
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Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:43 pm
by Kant
I had a teacher named posner

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:47 pm
by vanwinkle
Anonymous User wrote:Bankers make the same salary but get about 4x the salary.
This quote is epic, not even considering the rest of the post.

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:49 pm
by Kant
vanwinkle wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Bankers make the same salary but get about 4x the salary.
This quote is epic, not even considering the rest of the post.

Sadly they posted it anonymously

Re: How long would it take to become a partner?

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:53 pm
by Kronk
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAN