In BigLaw, 3 YOE doing commercial lit. Don’t think I want to do this forever and I know I don’t want to be in BigLaw forever. I think I want to jump into the torts arena. I have an offer at a small personal injury firm for heavily reduced pay (50%) in year one but better earning potential down the line. Obviously, if I go there and love it—great. But if I don’t like it, I can’t imagine it will be hard to jump back into commercial litigation after a stint on plaintiff’s side personal injury? Comm

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The work life balance is a key for me. Getting married soon and starting a family. Need to be around more. Plus, the benefits of the new firm are great (nice people, great time off policies, etc.).

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It may be difficult for you to jump back to big law, but it shouldn’t be difficult getting back into commercial lit

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F. This happened to me too. I thought I would enjoy plaintiff work much better but stuck with comm lit for the stable income I want to make the jump eventually

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What is the comp structure for the PI firm? This is important and varies from firm to firm

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I would make sure all the things you are asking for (work life balance, good environment) are actually true. I would ask as many questions as possible as they will probably be immensely happy to have someone like you with big law experience.

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