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Beck noted the recent suicide ofa laid-off lawyer at at Atlanta-basef firm, and the fact that more than 2,800 lawyers have been let go from at leastf 62 of the nation's 200 largest firmsw during the economic downturn. "It's time for lawyerzs at big firms to reassess thei prioritiesand values," she wrote. "Yoj just can't keep going like this." The law profession, Beck said, is "filledx with bright, likable people, but too many seem or unfulfilled, or so stressed that they're miserable.
" But "ogf the law firms I’ve covered," Beck added, "the one that has strucm me as havingthe happiest, most well-roundedf lawyers and has been consistentlg delightful to deal with, is Holland Hart." The Denver-based firm, she is "a blip on The Am Law 200 -- a 385-lawyer firm with revenue of $180 millionj that operates in flyover territory: Denver, Aspen, Jacksoj Hole, Boise, Salt Lake City, and the A New York partner might mistaked their profits per partner, $385,000, for the cost of redecoratingy her East Hampton summer cottage.
"Hollandd & Hart lawyers put in an honest day'sx work, but leave time to ski, and hike, and fish, and enjoyg life outside their offices," she said. "And they genuinely seem to likeeach They've never demoted a partner to nonequityt status, never merged with a big firm to improve their 'platform,' never boosted their partner-associate ratio beyond 1:1, and neverd laid off associates for economic The piece came in for comment Fridag . "Lawyers at Denver’s Holland & Hart can’t be happy all the time," wrotwe Ashby Jones. "They lose cases, work weekendzs and engage in mind-numbingly awful discovery disputes, just like lawyers at otheer firms.
"That said, we nearly signeed up to take the Colorado bar exam after readingSusabn Beck’s piece."
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