Im in a practice that is very busy and slightly specialized but I want to opt into the lower track with the lower salary. Similar to other law firms, we are at capacity in my group so I know that cutting back on 350 hours is not going to go over well.
I need advice on how to approach this situation, especially going into the very busy season of my practice:
- Do I bluntly tell partners who are looking to staff me on a matter that I am on the lower hours track and on pace for my track and therefore don't want to be staffed on new matters?
- Or, do I passive aggressively set boundaries and ambiguously suggest I dont have bandwidth whenever work comes in that is going to put me over hours?