{"id":149368,"date":"2026-04-22T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/22\/biglaw-associate-moves-back-in-with-mom-dad-thanks-to-absurd-rent-prices\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:50:55","slug":"biglaw-associate-moves-back-in-with-mom-dad-thanks-to-absurd-rent-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/22\/biglaw-associate-moves-back-in-with-mom-dad-thanks-to-absurd-rent-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw Associate Moves Back In With Mom & Dad Thanks To Absurd Rent Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

She wasn\u2019t working right away, and like many new grads, she had student debt and credit card debt from getting through school. Market rent in the Los Angeles area wasn\u2019t realistic, even with a job offer lined up. So, the studio became her first home. It gave her stability and independence during a major transition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0 Tina LaMonica, in comments given to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>, concerning the reasons why her daughter, Sophie Wellen<\/a>, moved into the family\u2019s backyard accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rather than pay egregious rent prices in Los Angeles. Wellen, now an associate at Gibson Dunn, says she felt \u201clucky\u201d to have this as an option, because it was \u201cright after the bar exam,\u201d and she was \u201creally stressed.\u201d On top of that, she didn\u2019t have to \u201crush[] to grab the first place [she] could, like so many of [her fellow] associates had to do.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Biglaw Associate Moves Back In With Mom & Dad Thanks To Absurd Rent Prices<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

She wasn\u2019t working right away, and like many new grads, she had student debt and credit card debt from getting through school. Market rent in the Los Angeles area wasn\u2019t realistic, even with a job offer lined up. So, the studio became her first home. It gave her stability and independence during a major transition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0 Tina LaMonica, in comments given to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>, concerning the reasons why her daughter, Sophie Wellen<\/a>, moved into the family\u2019s backyard accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rather than pay egregious rent prices in Los Angeles. Wellen, now an associate at Gibson Dunn, says she felt \u201clucky\u201d to have this as an option, because it was \u201cright after the bar exam,\u201d and she was \u201creally stressed.\u201d On top of that, she didn\u2019t have to \u201crush[] to grab the first place [she] could, like so many of [her fellow] associates had to do.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. She wasn\u2019t working right away, and like many new grads, she had student debt and credit card debt from getting through school. Market rent in the Los Angeles area wasn\u2019t realistic, even with a job offer lined up. So, the studio became her first home. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":149369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Staci-Zaretsky-dzvRqy.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}