Listen up, you disgruntled lawyers who harbor dreams of a more meaningful, creatively-charged life: Someone in your ranks has broken free. Former Big Law associate Helen Wan has turned in her ID card at her midtown office building. And she’s not going back.
Wan is living the fantasy a lot of lawyers (actually, not just lawyers) have: Writing a first novel that’s become a hit. Now in its second printing, Wan’s novel The Partner Track spotlights Ingrid Yung, a young Asian American associate on the fast track in Big Law.
