Is it ever possible to go from special counsel to associate or partner? Ever heard of that?

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Yep but why would ya want to🥵

Yes, plenty. It varies from firm to firm, but I know several people who went from counsel to partner once they developed a big enough book.

Special counsel (at my firm at least) is a non-partner track position that is for someone who is senior enough to be a counsel (8th year usually). So they likely would go special counsel to counsel to partner, not back down to associate.

Partner is generally possible if you develop a book of business. So yea the transition is possible. But like poster above said, why make the switch? Special counsel seems like a good deal if the firm allows it.

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