The Opportunity One day, when I was a junior associate in my firm’s Miami office, an equity partner I did not work for called me

The Ceiling I Built Myself If you read the last post in this series, you know about a lawyer in Fort Lauderdale who told me

He told me what my ceiling was. I asked him how much he made. Then I went and built something else entirely. In the summer

You made partner. The title changed. The job description changed too, and nobody told you. She had been excellent for years, and the promotion reflected

You built it for a reason. It may now be working against you. Here is why you cannot see it, and what to do instead.

I was there. I had gone along for moral support, something associates do for each other when an important matter is on the line. My