Published in ‘Law Practice’Magazine – Jan/Feb 2007
By Steven T. Taylow
Excerpt below – full text pdf here
“A lot of lawyers still think that achieving success in the profession is exclusively about going big—that it means a spot in a high-profile megafirm where, if you toil long and hard enough, you’ll be rewarded with the big bucks and all the staff and resources you could ever want to meet your various needs.
But, of course, there is an alternative definition of success for a whole crop of other practitioners. Many lawyers,of every age and stripe, have come to understand that, when it comes to having a great career, their genetic composition may very well be better suited to the life of the solo practitioner. These are people who assay autonomy, confront conformity and revel in risk taking.”