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I need some advice on my situation. Sorry for the long post, just a lot of information to get out. Throwaway and not using specifics bc I think some of the lawyers in my firm are on this sub.

I graduated early from law school last December, took the February bar (UBE) and passed. I went to law school and took the bar in State A, but always planned on moving to State B once I was done since my entire family lives in State B and the two states are pretty much right next to each other. Last month I moved to State B and filed all my paperwork to have my UBE score transferred. I started applying for jobs and interviewing and explaining that I have passed all the requirements to be admitted, but I am just waiting on State B to do their own C&F investigation and then I will be admitted.

I was offered a job at a firm doing family law which wasn't exactly what I wanted to do, but I wasn't ever opposed to it. They offered me a job as a paralegal while my C&F is pending with an agreement that I will be promoted to an attorney once my license comes through, but they agreed to pay me my attorney salary even while I was waiting. The money was really good, the people were nice and I was excited to start. Well I have been here for 4 weeks now and I just found out that the attorney who is my boss has been suspended from practice for the next year and his suspension starts next month. When I found that out I was shocked and started to dig a little bit to find out what was going on. Come to find out, the owner of the firm is suspended from practice too for 3 years (he's about halfway through right now). The firm also uses another person to work on cases that they don't have time to and he is straight up disbarred and has been for years. I thought that he just did some drafting of pleadings, but the longer I'm here, the more I think he is communicating with clients and OC.

At this point, I want to just quit and find something else because I have no interest in ever risking my bar license, but the problems are 1) there weren't a ton of firms super interested in hiring me before my C&F was completed and I think it could be a couple of months before it is done; 2) I just bought a house here and quitting my job would be an obvious issue to closing; and 3) I am the only income right now for me and my wife. She did work while I was in law school and made good money, but her career wasn't able to transfer with us, so she is in a transition period and trying to get going again.

Should I quit? Am I making a big deal out of nothing? I really have no idea, but my gut is telling me to get out of here.

TL;DR I started at a firm and turns out 2 of the lawyers are suspended and 1 is disbarred, should I quit?

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