Becoming a partner in a law firm is easy enough. You pay your money, you take your chances. But what exactly have you bought into?
We all know that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Partnership meetings are much the same. Partners can disagree in a meeting but when you leave the meeting room, everyone supports the decision. As far as the associates and staff are concerned, every decision is unanimous. That is the theory. Of course, theory does not always align with reality.
In the real world, people talk. They don’t only talk, but they advocate. They not only advocate, but they criticize. And politic.
