Jr. Associate at an AmLaw 100 firm in Central Florida. Good credentials; top 10% at T14, law review. Sick of private practice bc of hours and pressure. Also, not enjoying the work that Central Florida offers, but want to live here.

I want to one day have my own firm. Trying to think outside the box on how to get the experience w/o being in big law for ten years.

Thinking of applying to be an ASA and to the FL AGO. Would like trial experience or civil rights/con law work.

Thoughts appreciated!

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Not sure what you do now but you might consider switching practice groups? I went from commercial litigation to l&e and it is 100x more interesting!

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I’m in south Florida but about to relocate to central florida. L&e just always has interesting facts and moves much quicker than general commercial litigation. Labor arbitration’s are especially great because there’s no discovery! And the stakes are generally much less intense than general litigation

DM me if you want advice on the OAG!

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OP here: I would also be open to consider working for a county or city. What I want is to get the experience that big law associates usually lack — and to take a break from the pressures. I also want to do more interesting work; hence the mention of con law and civil rights.

Thoughts on whether it is realistic to move from public positions to big law firms are also appreciated. Trying to gauge whether my leaving big law for these things means I would be done with big law forever.

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