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Perspective

Feb. 26, 2010

The Solo Practitioner: 'Having It All' Was a Fiction

After realizing she couldn't have it all, Laura Oberbroeckling left her partner position at a national firm to start her own practice.

By Laura Oberbroeckling

I went to law school because I had strong interest in public policy and wanted an intellectually challenging, financially secure career. Growing up in Dubuque, Iowa, during the farm crisis in the 1980s, I saw what dire economic conditions could do to individuals. A legal career fit my interests and needs. My substantial educational debt made a career outside of a private law firm impractical, so after graduating from Harvard Law School, I started w...

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