I start an in-house litigation counsel position tomorrow after 8 years in private practice/ID. Any advice on transitioning; rapport with my outside counsel; best practice generally; etc. would be appreciated.

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I haven’t been in-house very long (a pinch over a month), but I made the switch from big law litigator to in-house litigation counsel and am really liking the work. I think the biggest hurdle for me (so far) has been that we don’t have a true document management system like most firms have - finding stuff can be a challenge.

Also, there’s an in-house counsel bowl so make sure to join and you’ll probably get a lot more responses there.

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Just chiming in to say congrats. Hard to find litigation in house positions

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How did you land that after practicing in ID? Just curious. Teach me your ways and tell me thy path to follow 😩😩🙏🏻🙏🏻

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