I sometimes feel sorry for the partners. It's because the savvier clients, even though they like the partners, will go to one of the associates with five or six years of experience to do a lot of the work. One, it's because they can often get us on the phone quicker, and two, it's because they know they're getting something nearly as good for a lot less money. I mean, a partner might write a better letter than me on behalf of the client, but it's not going to be THAT much better, and it might not be better at all. And I don't care whether you've been practicing law twenty five years, writing a decent letter is going to take a partner about the amount of time it's going to take an upper level associate. But it's going to cost the client $200 or $300 more for your letter than for mine. Wierdly enough, the further along you go in the profession, sometimes the less you are able to give your clients a really valuable service.
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