Have any of you switched internal teams or switched partners you worked for? My firm has multiple teams in my practice area. I was hired for one but kind of want to work for another team that I’ve worked with a bit

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I am in the process of doing that. I have asked for more with the practice area that I desire to transition to. This entails working longer hours and having tighter deadlines with more workload. So far I am getting more involved and has worked.

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I tried, the partner I worked for said no, and I told him I was likely going to leave and left a few months later.

Came back to the firm a few years later when the partner I wanted to work for had an opening.

The firm welcomed me back with welcome arms, I think because I was transparent about the whole thing.

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Are you really being hired to work for a specific partner? Isn’t hiring usually for a practice group?

This partner had a ton of work
Probably 7 lawyers only doing her work

A few people at my firm did this, either by getting in really well with important partners or by requesting to move to a team they’d previously successfully worked with that had a really serious/desperate need.

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