Culture shock: moving from large-firm life to a specialty boutique

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One of the four attorneys who decided to leave New York City's Olwine Connelly Chase O'Donnell and Weyher to start their own small firm recounts the experience. Those who formed Aron, Twomey, Hoppe and Galanty felt that the lower overhead of a small firm combined with attorneys with large-firm experience could provide cost-conscious clients with less expensive but still high-quality service. This assumption proved to be correct. One challenging part of the transition was learning to take care of regulatory, financial and administrative details they had been insulated from at a large firm.

Legal services, Aron, Twomey, Hoppe and Galanty

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Two minority lawyers who built their firm

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An African-American attorney in Chicago recounts how he and an African-American colleague decided to leave a minority firm and start their own. They ascribed their trouble finding office space to their race, but did not have trouble securing financing. Bank predictions that start-up firms take up to two years to show a profit proved to be correct, but the firm eventually prospered and grew to six attorneys. While irritating at times, discrimination has not been a serious problem.

Personal narratives, African American attorneys, African American lawyers

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