Thinking About Leaving the Law Firm and Going In-House? Beware the 'Doomsday Clock' | Corporate Counsel - Law.com

What You Need to Know

• The longer a lawyer stays with a law firm, the slimmer their chances of landing a senior in-house job.
• Potential employers view longtime law firm lawyers as rigid specialists ill-suited for in-house work.
• Most companies hire general counsel who have in-house leadership experience.

Law firm lawyers who are curious about taking the in-house plunge often wonder about work-life balance, corporate culture and, of course, the pay. But they should also be aware of what longtime Big Law lawyer-turned-general counsel Deborah Solmor refers to as the “Doomsday Clock factor.”

After more than 20 years at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Solmor walked away from law firm life in 2012 and began her transition to the in-house realm—despite having been warned that she might have a tough time landing a senior corporate counsel job.

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source: https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2022/01/20/thinking-about-leaving-the-law-firm-going-in-house-beware-the-doomsday-clock/

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