Thoughts on Jackson Lewis? Reputation, hours, culture, exit opportunities from JL?

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Had an exceptional experience at JL and would highly recommend it as a place to build a career at a reputable national L&E practice. But the hours do not math with the pay. Below market, even for boutique L&E firms. Get a few years under your belt there and make strong connections for excellent exit opportunities. Many people leave with the world as their oyster.

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It depends on what your goals are. If you want to forge a career in-house, probably. If you want to make partner, do partner, build a strong book and stay through equity (with limitless compensation) or lateral to another firm and make true big law comp. You have to be careful how you do this because a lot of JL clients depend on EPLI and generally lower rates than big law. Moving to a big law firm with you wouldn’t be attractive or in some cases, would be cost prohibitive.

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I liked working there. Eventually, I couldn't turn down the chance to make market.

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What office?

Depends on location - LA is known for low standards in hiring

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