Biglaw Partner Dishes On The Most Surprising Thing About Making Partner

Melissa Bender (Curtesy photo via Ropes & Gray)

What I was not expecting and really surprised me is the reaction I’ve received from other women who have said that my journey to making partner has been inspiring to them. Unlike many of my colleagues and peers, I worked in different practices at the firm, left to go in-house, and then returned. I also worked off-site and part time, and moved geographically. Given that I have such an unusual background, a number of women I work with who are shaping their careers have said it’s been motivating to see my path to success.

—Melissa Bender, Ropes & Gray partner, in an interview with Law.com on how she became partner, reveals that you don’t need to take a super traditional career path in order to make it to partner. Indeed, it can be quite inspiring to others still trying to make it to the top of the Biglaw heap.

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