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Bad analogy. Partners in big firm get big bucks as the "rainmaker", legal skills are not why partners are paid well. If an attorney has only legal skills but no ability to land business, he will always be a junior partner at best or fired and replaced by a more promising graduate. Good attorneys are a dime a dozen, but rainmakers are worth three times as much.

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That is not true. First, there is a common type of rainmaker who has developed a reputation as a very good lawyer. Second, the other reasons lawyers become partners are a) to reward them for their skill and loyalty to the firm, b) because of their connections which they use to negotiate, c) because of their skill in managing associates or simply the entire firm.