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THESE LAWYERS HAVE GONE OUT ON THEIR OWN.

LISA BARSON
Special to the Jewish News

any young lawyers
strive for the lucrative
law firm job, often
with long hours, firm
politics and added pressures that go
along with attractive salaries.
But some young, area attorneys

have followed a different dream, of
working for themselves, by starting
their own practices.
West Bloomfield resident Rachel
Tucker, 28, began her career as a tax
consultant for the local office of an
international consulting firm. Before
graduating law school, she worked for
one of the area's largest firms as a
summer associate."

Then, with both a law degree and
a master's in business under her belt,
the Wayne State University graduate
left consulting for private law prac-
tice, working in corporate and real
estate law, as well as estate planning,
for Dixon MacDonald, P.C., a small
Birmingham firm. After just two
years at the firm, Tucker decided if
she was ever to fulfill her dream of

starting her own practice, she needed
to take the plunge and just do it.
"I didn't like the politics of a large
law firm," she explains. "I didn't want
to always worry about how many
hours I billed. I wanted more direct
contact with the clients."
Tucker found that while it was
great to have the depth of resources
on hand in a large firm, it would take

Staff photos by Krisra Husa