Advice for landing that first in-house product counsel position as a litigator? I have 3 yoe and have been looking actively for at least 6 months, but no luck securing an offer (despite making it to some final round interviews). Seems like people either expect more yoe or previous in-house/counseling experience.

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May be better off aiming for smaller companies. What was your background as a litigator? What industry are you trying to go into? Coming from litigation will make it hard as those skills don’t really translate into a product counsel role unless you’re coming from a niche regulatory background (like coming from the FDA as a litigator to in house with a pharma company). I did 4 years of HC/LS regulatory and transactional/M&A work plus 2 years as a compliance counsel before my current PC role.

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