Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
It’s
worth
it.
But
it
has
been
a
lot
to
swallow
for
a
lot
of
plaintiffs’
firms
to
bite
the
bullet
and
pay
a
couple
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
a
new
lawyer.
—
Shanin
Specter,
a
cofounder
of
Philadelphia-based
Kline
&
Specter,
in
comments
given
to
Bloomberg
Law,
concerning
law
students’
increased
interest
in
working
for
plaintiffs’
firms
over
Biglaw
firms.
Many
plaintiffs’
firms
are
now
large
enough
to
hire
new
law
school
graduates.
“Don’t
tell
me
you’re
going
to
a
[Biglaw]
firm
because
you’re
risk
averse,”
he
said.
“It
is
just
the
opposite.
You
must
be
risk
preferential.
The
starting
salary
is
not
enough
to
go
if
you
know
in
advance
that
you’ll
be
gone
within
five
years.”
Staci
Zaretsky is
the
managing
editor
of
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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hear
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you,
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