The Career Path of a Large Law Firm Associate: Senior Associate

In the third installment of the series “The Career Path of a Large Firm Associate,” John is joined by Mari Henderson, an associate at Quinn Emanuel’s Los Angeles office.  Mari has been with the firm for eight years. She left for three years to work as a prosecutor in the district attorney’s office. Mari talks about her goal, when she started with the firm, of becoming a trial lawyer and how she has achieved that goal by trying cases at the firm and in the district attorney’s office. She discusses the support she has received at the firm and the firm’s flexibility that has made it possible for her to become a trial lawyer and her goals now for the future.