I’m an associate looking to make a career move to a bigger city -New York, Chicago, Seattle, etc.- not super picky, just looking for a change and a challenge. Coming from a firm where I’ve done quite a bit - litigation, family law, and soft IP. Wanting to move into an IP centered role but I’m open to staying with litigation or family law as well. Mostly want to get out of my current city. Any advice?

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Bigger city will mean longer hours. Particularly NY. NY is, last I checked, more expensive than anywhere but SF or DC for rent, food. Pass the bar or waive in where you want to go, but how many years do you have? In litigation you are going to need to know both the local court rules, but also how people actually practice, since black letter lar on discovery is never applied strictly.

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Should consider LA. There’s such a wide range of needs and options professionally, and personally there is so much to do and places to live and things to do.

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