Do you have any regrets about your legal career so far? Right now, I'm really wishing I hadn't taken so long to switch over to employment law. My life has been so much better since making the switch, and my work-life balance is making me so much happier.

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I wish I had lateraled out of BigLaw a year earlier than I did. I paid off my loans during my fourth year and gutted it out for another year before leaving for a midsize firm. Otherwise very happy with where things stand.

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Prioritized a family when I was poor

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I just spoke on a panel for law students and I said this too. The same year that I became a lawyer My grandma died and my dad had a stroke. I wish that I would’ve skipped a weekend or two from studying and spent time with them.

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