By Tamar Gandaho
Oftentimes, the role of in-house counsel is viewed as a place lawyers go after “real” practice, or when they are seeking a quieter alternative to firm life. When I went in-house five years ago, many people—both lawyers and non-lawyers—assumed my workdays would be slower-paced and less rigorous. Others assumed my scope of work would be more limited since I was now going to practice law at a pharmaceutical company. A few even expressed some envy and suggested I would finally have time to breathe. However, none of that turned out to be altogether true.
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