Moving down to from NY Big Law to South Florida Big Law. What kind of expectations should i have in terms of quality of life?

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Lots of humidity , beach, good food, cool people .

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Yea I'm from South Florida originally so i know the area, i meant more in terms of work/life balance

I think it’s much more relaxed. People don’t come into the office (when we came into offices) until 10-11 sometimes. Just Bill yohr hours you’ll be fine.

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Thank you!

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You’ll still be billing 2000+ hours. But the people, in general, are MUCH more laidback. Plus, it’s easy to make your day off feel like a vacation, which helps a lot.

As always, it depends on the firm. From my experience and that of colleagues, these firms might as well be in NY: White & Case Miami; Hogan Miami (litigation); Boies Schiller Miami and Ft Laud.

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