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Ex-partner in Big Law blogs it all
in Chicago
By Ameet Sachdev Chicago Tribune reporter March 31, 2012
Steven Harper had a long and successful career as a trial lawyer. He was a partner at Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis, one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious law firms, and made enough money to leave the practice in 2008 at the age of 54.
He hasn’t quietly gone into retirement. Harper is one of the most outspoken critics of large law firms, writing a blog titled “The Belly of the Beast” and self-publishing a novel that paints a harsh picture of life inside a big firm.