How to Survive... Large Law Firms

How to Survive... Large Law Firms

From AHLA's Speaking of Health Law by American Health Law Association

April 24, 2026 · 53 min

About this episode

The episode discusses how to survive and thrive at large law firms with insights from industry professionals.

Rob Yates, Managing Consultant, BRG, speaks with Emily Palmer, Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte, Hassan Shaikh, Associate, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, and Tyler Dysart, Associate, King & Spalding LLP, about how to survive and thrive at large law firms. They discuss what drew them to health law and the large law firm setting, the pros and cons of life at a large law firm, what a typical day is like and workload volume, and the skillsets that are crucial to success. T...

People in this episode

Host: Rob Yates

Guests: Emily Palmer, Hassan Shaikh, Tyler Dysart

Topics covered

  • large law firms
  • health law
  • career advice
  • workload
  • skillsets for success

Keywords

  • large law firms
  • health law
  • career
  • workload
  • success skills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BRG, McDermott Will & Schulte, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, King & Spalding LLP

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