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what do you work on? admittedly, my impression is that lawyers basically screw other thieves out of their money, which is, "problem solving" in a way.
Transactions of various kinds. I'm not a litigator, like the earlier poster Anonymous who is trapped in a hell of his own making.
You have clients, they want to enter into transactions: everything from merging and acquiring, to issuing ssecurities (which is a transaction with the underwriter), buying or selling real estate, building a power plant, getting a loan, whatever it may be.
You represent your client in the negotiations and try to get the most advantageous terms for your client in the legal docs and try to manage all the risks the best you can. Many of these transactions are between financial giants, e.g. Goldman Sachs creates some sort of structure, and Wells Fargo buys up all the exempt shares. It's nearly "amoral," rather than immoral, just millions transferring between the two behemoths.
Anyway:
The original point was that as more women enter BigLaw and investment banks, the relative number of men who have the ability to earn more than them and wine and dine them shrinks.
