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to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
It
is
going
to
be
impossible
both
in
the
short
and
long
term
to
come
close
to
the
wealth
I
could
have
accumulated
for
myself
and
my
family
had
I
remained
in
[Biglaw].
I
was
fortunate
enough
to
be
able
to
just
barely
pay
off
my
student
loans
before
leaving.
—
Siunik
Moradian,
a
former
corporate
associate
at
Simpson
Thacher,
in
comments
given
to
Bloomberg
Law,
concerning
his
career
plans
after
he
loudly
quit
the
firm
on
the
same
day
it
announced
making
a
deal
with
Trump.
“I
will
not
sleepwalk
toward
authoritarianism,”
Moradian
wrote
in
a
departure
memo
that
soon
went
viral.
Since
then,
he’s
decided
to
go
into
public
defense
“given
all
that
is
happening
to
the
degradation
of
fundamental
human
rights
in
the
US,
particularly
under
this
authoritarian
administration.”
He
went
on
to
compare
his
new
salary
to
his
Biglaw
salary,
remarking,
“I’m
hesitant
to
say
‘woe
is
me’
when
even
my
salary
as
a
public
defender
will
be
above
the
median
in
the
US.”
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