Collegial,fair pay, room to grow, terrific Partner /Associate ratio, lots of laughs, terrific opportunities and mentoring of "newbies", challenging work, great growth potential and most of all -a real appreciation for family. Locations provide great cost of living and house ownership opportunities. Information is that the Firm operates debt free; Never engaged in wholesale layoffs during economy downturns. Clients are "clients of the Firm" , and not subject to single partner control. Work goes where required to get the expertise needed.

Locations in Smallish cities means: inadequate airline connections , limited big time entertainment available, and some winters are really tough even though the cities are well equipped to deal with what would cripple major cities.

Be willing to work hard; be competitive but to direct it to the opponents and not your coworkers