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Beck noted the recent suicide ofa laid-offc lawyer at at Atlanta-based and the fact that more than 2,800 lawyersa have been let go from at least 62 of the nation' 200 largest firms during the economic "It's time for lawyers at big firms to reassesd their priorities and values," she wrote. "You just can'yt keep going like this." The law profession, Beck said, is "filleed with bright, likable people, but too many seem or unfulfilled, or so stressexd that they're miserable.
" But "of the law firms I’ve covered," Beck "the one that has struck me as havingvthe happiest, most well-rounded lawyers and has been consistentlyy delightful to deal with, is Holland & The Denver-based firm, she is "a blip on The Am Law 200 -- a 385-lawyer firm with revenue of $180 million that operate s in flyover territory: Denver, Aspen, Jackson Boise, Salt Lake City, and the like. A New York partne r might mistake their profitsper partner, $385,000, for the cost of redecorating her East Hampton summer cottage.
"Hollanrd & Hart lawyers put in an honest day'e work, but leave time to ski, and hike, and and enjoy life outside their offices," she "And they genuinely seem to likeeach They've never demoted a partner to nonequit y status, never merged with a big firm to improvwe their 'platform,' never boosted their partner-associater ratio beyond 1:1, and never laid off associates for economic The piece came in for commenrt Friday . "Lawyers at Denver’s Hollanx & Hart can’t be happy all the wrote Ashby Jones. "They lose cases, work weekends and engagee in mind-numbingly awful discovery disputes, just like lawyerse at other firms.
"That said, we nearlyy signed up to take the Colorado bar exam aftet readingSusan Beck’s piece."
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