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Originally posted by lo han kuo
It may be trite, but its true and while I don't necessarily regret the Summer conquest I want to avoid having my p-ship ring jeopardized by crazy Ex-Sec. Certainly someone here has seen this sort of situation come down in their firm before and perhaps could offer some insight (along with the expected cynicism and flames).
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I feel you. (!!) I have seen any number of interoffice relationships (even been in one or two) and I have never seen then affect the partnership chances of the lawyers involved. Maybe I have worked at particularly evolved places though. I have no idea. In one case at my old firm, a married associate started fooling around with a secretary in his section, left his wife for her and still made partner. It turned out later that the secretary-turned-wife-number-2 was crazy, though I think they are still married. The guy is still a partner at that firm today. Seems to be well-liked (and there is speculation that he and an also-well-liked associate there have been hooking up for some time on the dl).
I guess I'm saying shit happens. If your firm denies you partnership over it, either (a) you weren't that well-liked to begin with or (b) your firm is composed of a bunch of tight-asses*. I guess (c) all of the above is also possible.
*but alas not gwinky tight abs-es. (did you see my note to you at the top of this post, snookums?)
