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BigLaw: Lawyer Samara Anderson Plants Her Own Green Shoots

By Liz Kurtz

Originally published on January 26, 2009 in our free BigLaw newsletter. 2009 was a bad year for large firm associates. A relentless tide of layoffs, widespread salary freezes and deferrals, and an overall shortage of billable hours left many unemployed, facing financial hardship, or consumed by the stress of job insecurity. Or all of the above. Despite these inhospitable conditions, optimists cite the emergence of "green shoots" in 2010. But where can you find them? Faced with this daunting task, former Boies, Schiller, & Flexner associate Samara Anderson found a solution: plant your own. Anderson, now 36, spent six years toiling as a litigation associate. She worked long hours, traveled "all over the globe," and lived in what she refers to as the "6 minute world...continue to full post

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