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Show Wednesday, January 1. 1322. THE KERALD, Pro o, Utah, - Page Dl Corporate lawyers find less green, but greener pastures in public sector - NEW YORK (AP) Frustrated by the constant pressure to bill more hours and fueled by a resurgent idealism, some attorneys are Jeaving big iaw firms for jobs ith government offices and groups. The reasons most often cited include a desire to spend more time in the courtroom, with their families and in pursuit of their ideals both conservative and liberal. One such lawyer is Dayna L. Cunningham, who said she look a "substantial' pay cut 'hen she left a large Manhattan law firm in 1989 to join the staff of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. "in one year my salary went up $10,000. It seemed there was no end to the money. Yet I was stepping over live bodies in the subway, and a lot of them were the attorney said recently, "the contradiction ate away at me." Despite anecdotal evidence of the trend, which was first reported in The National Law Journal, some lawyers remain skeptical. David Hall, executive director of Texas Rural Legal Aid, said he hasn't seen a stampede of lawyers "willing to give up $150,000 for $20,000." "There are always a few out there who are walking down the road and see a burning bush," Hall said, ""but it's real unusual to leave lower-payin- g, public-intere- st um-siz- ed The American Bar Association asked a random sample of lawyers in 1990 about their employment plans, but didn't focus specifically on those attorneys who work for medium-to-larg- e law firms. The majority of lawyers in private practice are either solo practitioners or work for firms of fewer than 10 attorneys. But interviews with attorneys throughout the profession suggest a widespread disenchantment among corporate lawyers as pressure increases for them to bill more it." really enjoy tion that the practice of law has become less of a profession and more of a business. There's a constant drive to bill and collect, said James R. Gailey. federal public defender in Miami. Gailey, who said he took a 40 percent pay cut when he left his former law firm in 1990, said he's big law firms for the public sector. Austin law firm is 1990 to practice civil rights and employment law. She now lives in Wesla-c- o in rural south Texas, where the legal aid society is based. "For a couple of years I enjoyed making the money and living in a wonderful city. One morning I just woke up and said, "I can't do mis lawanymore," the said. yer "There's just no comparing how I feel, she said. "If you've got a job and you're going to work 10 to 12 hours a day, you've got to "There's a general dissatisfac "When you're at a big law firm, p it's a deal. Partners are with careful their cases, and very let an associate not to they're going lock-ste- law firms, she said. "They ere drawn in by the big bucks but felt they pursued the wrong career path. They were completely bored with the work and felt it wasn't meaningful," she try said. been swamped with applications from "the best and the brightest" young lawyers at big firms. There was a similar surge of interest in working for Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc., said Judy Clarke, who was head of the office for eight year before leaving in the fall. The staff of 20 hours. There are no statistics on the number of lawyers who are leaving includes five people who began their legal careers in major civil For Terry D. Jennings, the main reason to quit a $55 ,000-aear job at a Houston firm to earn $34,000 at the district attorney's office was trial experience and responsibility The 31 year-old attorney made the switch in May 1990 and now has two prosecutors under him. -) . -- them.' he said. Still other attorneys said they quit to work for political causes. Elliot Mincberg. 39. left a large Washington, D.C., law firm two years ago to become legal director of the liberal group. People for the American Way. That same year. Richard A. Samp left another Washington firm to become chief counsel of the conservld ative Washington Legal African-A- merican," ! SONY - "I personally believe he's been tut d Power-Packe- 135-Wa- Praise like this, plus the part Wellstone played in stopping a Bush administration energy bill, suggest that the Minnesota Democrat is bouncing back from his disastrous start. Wellstone political science professor by profession, but his first months in office after ousting tz Republican incumbent Rudy were a study in how to lose apolitical office. Bos-chwi- r that only 35 percent of his constituents approved of the job he was doing. Republican Sen. Dave whom the Senate had denounced for ethics violations in 1990. was 14 points higher than Dur-enberg- that. To make matters worse. Wellstone was slow in getting his state offices slaffed. and constituents complained to him that he wasn't returning their letters and telephone calls. "The image and the style did not match," said Sharon Josephson, a district Democratic Farmer Labor Party chairwoman in Minnesota. "The accessibility of Paul Wellstone and the fact that there wasn't a staff that was visible ... didn't seem to correlate." Wellstone shuffled his staff in midsummer and forced out his top aide, John Blackshaw. a Capitol Hill veteran. Wellstone won't talk about Blackshaw, and Blackshaw will not discuss Wellstone. But the senator goes out of his way to say his office is running more smoothly under his new chief of staff. Kari Moe. whose experience was in Chicago city government. "It was real rough for a while. Whiit people think means a lot to me," Wellstone confided to How- ard University political science students recently. Wellstone, a wiry, bow legged wrestler, gesticulated and psced as he recounted his rocky fieshman veir. i . v Store it - i iM. Speakers Git Trilogy Satellite Stibwocier Speaker System. (TRILOGY) TECHNICS S Disc Rotary Receiver Dolcy SurroinC sound (VSX3900S -- PANASONIC 100 CD Changer System With AudioVideo Remote. 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