On a typical day, Mindy Mora arrives at her law office about 8 a.m.
and leaves 12 hours later. She will drive home, eat dinner and put in a
few more hours of work, even taking client calls late at night. "Being a
partner at a law firm is not a 9 to 5 job," she says.
The
grueling lifestyle, even with the cache of a partner title and a
six-figure salary, is one Mora, a bankruptcy attorney at Bilzin Sumberg,
knows young female law associates increasingly are shunning. "They want
to be able to have a family and enjoy their family."
In the
competitive legal industry, pressure to meet quotas for billable hours,
bring in business and service clients who want instant responses is
creating demands on lawyers that are all encompassing. That pressure has
led more women to forge their own paths - even to hang their own
shingles - rather than navigate the politics of big law firms.
full story at http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/17/3374950/female-lawyers-make-their-own.html
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