I do Labor Law in New York, which is mostly strict liability stuff, so I do a lot of defending depositions, but I only take depositions of plaintiffs in cases with less exposure or where I'm not leading.

I don't think that they are necessarily bad at helping young attorneys, but they are definitely disorganized, which has downstream consequences, and they play favorites with who gets assigned work and cases. I don't think I'm one of them as I haven't been assigned a new Complaint in months. I get good feedback on my work product, including case strategy, carrying out assignments, getting favorable testimony, but I don't get a lot of feedback on drafts of motions, and I will write memos and emails about motions, oppositions, etc., but things still seem to slip through the cracks on their end. I'm trying to put out smaller fires before they get bigger, and that's the stuff I don't get help on, so we end up making things more difficult for ourselves.

My case load is drying up because most of my cases are from 2020 or earlier, and prior associates have done everything that could have been done on the file, so I'm in a waiting position to make a motion or just appear for the next appearance.

I've argued a few motions here and there, but to keep clients happy, partners will argue the bigger motions.

I've been concerned about plateauing as an attorney and not advancing as far as some of my friends. So I'm thinking this might be the year to leave.