Managing Attorney (of laws firm with 10 or more attorneys) what does your day to day like. What percentage of time would you say your are actively practicing vs acting as the managing attorney (deal with firm matters, networking, financials, etc.).

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Mostly associates are handling the work of research, writing. I spend about 25% of my time doing my own research/writing and meeting with clients on more complicated cases.

Then 75% of the time a acting as a managing attorney?

Depends on the month/year, but yes, at the moment. To be honest, we are probably overstaffed right now.

Hi! Really depends on the number of cases you have. But 20-30% really goes for researching.

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