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I've heard Gibbs & Bruns has a very friendly/collegial atmosphere, which usually helps with mentoring and development. I've heard similar about Yetter and Reynolds Frizzell. Not sure about WLB, but I imagine the expectations will be what you're used to. Other shops like AZA focus more on learning-by-doing, so you get a lot of opportunities for developing skills but not necessarily mentoring.

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