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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I think he is risk-averse and trying to have his cake and eat it too. I think he's thinking (a) and (d), or if he runs and loses. I told him in pretty strong terms that the options are inconsistent, but now I'm wondering if I steered him wrong.
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Well, he's not going to run for office in the last three years before partnership, right?
But you know as well as anyone that associates can slack off and do anything for a couple of years at a law firm if they don't really care about partnership. That seems like a feasible approach. Work hard for two years, coast for three years while hobnobing with the relevant party.
(I'm told on good information that Alex Kozinski got his judgeship pretty much that way; Covington and Burling wasn't particularly impressed with his billables his last couple of years, but they knew better than to bitch to the Reagan white house.)
