Partners, Associates Have Totally Different Views on Long Hours

Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at lawyers’ satisfaction with logging lots of billable hours. Sign up to receive this column in your Inbox on Thursday mornings.

I’m going to tell you two stories about two different law firm partners.

Partner A is a grinder. This person eats, sleeps, and breathes billable hours. In fact, they billed more than 40 hours per week in every single week last year. It tallied up to 2,400 hours.

Partner B works differently. The job’s important, but logging hours isn’t exactly this partner’s specialty. ...