The dearth of job opportunities for recent law school graduates has left many associate-level attorneys in search of other options. Young lawyers, with a law degree in one hand and a natural business acumen in the other, have adjusted in the past by taking the bold step of starting their own firms.

What follows are examples from the economic downturn of the early 1990s and one recent example of lawyers taking the big step.

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