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i want to do lit but unsure of what area, and i may be interested in going in-house or gov't in the future. I have an offer from Latham but in a secondary market (SD). I also have offers from a couple other v25 firms lower-ranked than latham, but in a primary market (SF). Does anyone know what the pros or cons are about working in a secondary market at Latham? Would it be wiser to start off in a primary market with a bigger office and more practice areas? any guidance appreciated.

I don't know if SF is really considered a primary market, it's pretty damn small, though I'm sure SD is smaller.

I'd much rather live in SD but that's a personal preference. Either way you are working at satellite offices with a limited range of practice areas

Can you transfer offices?

Anonymous User wrote:Can you transfer offices?

Ask them after a couple years in SD, whether intra-firm transfers are easy

Seems like a classic "depends where you'd rather live" answer. Maybe slightly different if the SF firms are hometown powerhouses. But your decisions should definitely have nothing to do with Vault, as it's just not that applicable either outside of New York or for satellite offices in general.

Know of a person who recently worked in Latham's SD office. It seems to be a good office to work in and there's a lot of positives to working there, including great work. Latham appears to have people working together in different offices. And I think that office does a good amount of transactional & IP-based work, so there are a lot of potential options for in-house work.