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Hi TLS. Haven't posted in a while but need your advice. I got an offer from a small firm in the area I want to practice in. I accepted the offer at X amount of dollars with a handshake with signed documents to come. Later, I got another offer that is offering a substantially larger amount of money but I won't consider due to office reputation, the fact that they work out of their house, and field of law.

How normal is it to leverage another offer after I accepted the first offer? Will it make me look like a scumbag considering I already accepted? Are negotiations over? Please tell me your thoughts. Thanks.

I generally wouldn't try to leverage an offer I wouldn't be content accepting.

And considering you already agreed, I think it'd be a bad look. The time to do ask for more money was when the offer was outstanding, IMO.

I think I agree with you. Even if they raise it a bit it might not be worth how I look trying to get the offer raise. However, its kind of making me sick missing out on the money I'm missing out on.

If the place making the higher offer has a shady reputation, that's likely why the extra scratch. If the place you accepted from has a good reputation, they probably won't consider the other place a firm they want to compete with.