Anyone recover from being pigeonholed early in their career

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Practicing 6 years and still working on it. Its more difficult if you dont have target for a different practice area.

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Having this exact same issue having just left my DA job. Luckily found a temporary gig with a friend of a friend’s family law firm and hoping that associate experience will help me in future job searches

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Canadian here, but similar North American legal market. I started as a criminal prosecutor and enjoyed the job, but the cases would darken my day and I was afraid of being pigeonholed into criminal law too. I quickly moved to a small firm, similar pay but different area of law. I moved to big law when a friend put in good word for me at the firm they worked at, again a different area of litigation but this time with big law pay. My advice would be to make the move while you're a junior and figuring things out, but balance that against the risk of employers perceiving you as a flight risk.

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Yes, I had to start my own firm to do it, it is very liberating though

Was in capital markets as a 3rd year at BL. Left to do ECVC at a boutique. It was the best thing I did. My capital markets group was super niche.

I did 6 years of bankruptcy litigation. I did a total pivot into pharma in house. Best decision I’ve ever made.

If you DM me I’m happy to chat more.

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