Former Big-Firm Partner Finds Solo Is Better

After almost a decade as a partner at Troutman Sanders and then Kilpatrick Stockton, Lizz Patrick started her solo firm in Atlanta a year ago. Since she doesn't use squads of associates and paralegals in her work Patrick can provide her clients the same expertise she did at a big firm with lower overhead and more responsive service. And freed of the overhead of a big firm, Patrick has been able to drop her rate by about $150 an hour. Though money wasn't her main motivator, the new firm has been profitable.