Just came back from maternity leave and found out my biggest client was quietly reassigned while I was out. No one said anything, no warning, just… gone. Is this normal? How do you push back without being seen as “difficult”?

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Completely normal for someone to cover while you’re out and to not tell you - you’re on maternity leave. Assuming it’s your relationship and there will be new projects moving forward, just email the client to let them know you’re back and thank the colleague for covering.

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Yup, I’d just take it back over and thank your colleague as if that was all part of the plan (which it could’ve/should’ve been). Good luck!

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Unfortunately, this behavior could also indicate purposeful strategy aimed at pushing a new parent out of the firm. I have seen this push out happen numerous times, either with low hours or hours designed to frustrate parenting duties.

I suggest discussing this further in the Women in Law bowl.

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This happened to me coming back from maternity leave and it’s a complete pretense to push you out of the firm. Year I was going up for partner too. I talked to the partners - no mistakes, no issues. There was redemption here, but took a different form than you would expect. Feel free to send me a DM if you want and I’m happy to share more about the experience.

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Agree, just reach out and say you’re excited to ramp back up and get involved!

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What were you expecting? It’s normal for a colleague to cover while you’re on maternity leave. Are you saying that the client is staying with the other colleague? If that’s the case, just have a conversation with the partner to ask what happened and reiterate that you’re looking forward to jumping back in.

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If it's your client, you would control the billings and assignments.

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