For lawyers, the leap from associate to partner is the culmination of years of dedication, hard work and self-sacrifice mixed in equal parts with favorable economic conditions conducive to expanding the firm partnership, a winning attitude and, no getting around it, good luck. To achieve the rank of “member of the firm” is the ultimate vote of confidence by the partnership, the business equivalent of Darwin’s survival of the fittest. So is life at the top all that it’s cracked up to be? Are there many surprises? Any disappointments?
The five Texas attorneys below, each of whom made partner one year ago, took time to look back at the last year and share their insights and aspirations.
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