Krissie
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Hi! My fiance D and I are getting married in October of this year. We currently live in DC, but he''s a British national here on a US work visa - he''ll apply for a permanent residency card once we''re married.
We''re both lawyers working in the financial services arena, and a few different job opportunities have come up for the both of us in NYC. He''s not US-licensed so will have to take the NY bar in February. I''m licensed in DC and Maryland, and would either have to take the NY bar (which I do NOT want to do - once is enough, plus I don''t want to take off work when he also has to take off work) or else wait until 2010 to waive into NY.
Long-term, I think it makes the most sense for us to both be in NYC, career-wise. But both of us come from small towns, and although we lived in London and DC, NY just seems so ... big. I''ve been there plenty of times on business, but living there is another story! We want a house, so we are thinking Brooklyn could be a good option for us. We do have some work colleagues in NY who are also social acquaintences, so at least we wouldn''t feel like we were totally starting over!
I just really don''t want to take another bar, but I also don''t want us to have to live separately until I can waive in! The position that he''s been offered would start once his admission to the NY bar is pending (so, likely next summer).
I guess it''s helpful just to type this all out - lol! There''s no easy solution, but I want to encourage him to move to NY because it''s a great opportunity for him. I can always see if there is a bank or regulator that would take me with only MD and DC bars, or whether my firm would bend the rules slightly to allow me to waive in in 2010 despite practicing there before waiving in - I don''t know!
Anyhow, enough verbal diahhrea from me ... guess I''d just be interested in hearing your thoughts (including if you ever made a career move for your SO)...
We''re both lawyers working in the financial services arena, and a few different job opportunities have come up for the both of us in NYC. He''s not US-licensed so will have to take the NY bar in February. I''m licensed in DC and Maryland, and would either have to take the NY bar (which I do NOT want to do - once is enough, plus I don''t want to take off work when he also has to take off work) or else wait until 2010 to waive into NY.
Long-term, I think it makes the most sense for us to both be in NYC, career-wise. But both of us come from small towns, and although we lived in London and DC, NY just seems so ... big. I''ve been there plenty of times on business, but living there is another story! We want a house, so we are thinking Brooklyn could be a good option for us. We do have some work colleagues in NY who are also social acquaintences, so at least we wouldn''t feel like we were totally starting over!
I just really don''t want to take another bar, but I also don''t want us to have to live separately until I can waive in! The position that he''s been offered would start once his admission to the NY bar is pending (so, likely next summer).
I guess it''s helpful just to type this all out - lol! There''s no easy solution, but I want to encourage him to move to NY because it''s a great opportunity for him. I can always see if there is a bank or regulator that would take me with only MD and DC bars, or whether my firm would bend the rules slightly to allow me to waive in in 2010 despite practicing there before waiving in - I don''t know!
Anyhow, enough verbal diahhrea from me ... guess I''d just be interested in hearing your thoughts (including if you ever made a career move for your SO)...
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