Big-firm lawyers who drop out of practice to chase their fantasies don’t usually return to the scene of the crime. For one thing, few would want to go back. For another, firms are not forgiving — once you leave, the doors close shut (unless your fantasy career can yield billables).
But somehow Jaclyn Cohen defied conventional wisdom. A mergers and acquisitions lawyer who just made partner this year at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Cohen was, until four years ago, a renegade. For two years, she dropped out of Big Law to run a little yarn shop in suburban New York.
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