BIGLAW PRACTICE ISN’T FOR EVERYONE. IN FACT, IT’S NOT FOR VERY MANY PEOPLE AT ALL. Why Are Older Women Leaving BigLaw? I left a big law firm, and I was neither old, nor a woman. But I looked at the partners and their lives and thought, “this is what it looks like when you win?

But one thing I noticed about a lot of the partners was that they worked hard and pushed for more compensation because they were married to women who spent a lot of money. Perhaps the older women lawyers don’t have that incentive to stick around.