Big Law’s Bonus Spree Fails to Curtail Risk of Associate Burnout
“Will Meyerhofer’s patients lately tell their therapist a similar story. They are working all hours of the day and night. Being the Big Law workhorses they are, they’re going along fine. That’s until they hit a wall, staring at a blank screen when they know they have more work to do,” opines Roy Strom in Bloomberg Law’s Business & Practice.
“Meyerhofer, a former Big Law attorney who now practices psychotherapy on Zoom based in Manhattan, said burnout among Big Law associates is not a new phenomenon, but it has kicked up to new levels during a pandemic that has seen record levels of demand for associates’ time. One recruiter recently estimated some Big Law associates could be on track to put in an annualized 3,000 billing hours in 2021 if they continue their current pace.”