Associate Quits O'Melveny & Myers to Volunteer Full-Time for Obama
Lee Fink had worked for O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles for seven years as a litigation associate when he quit his job in June to spend 12-hour days volunteering for Barack Obama.
Fink has rented out his house and traveled to Denver, living off his savings and renting a room from a friend so he can work on policy issues and the senior vote, the Daily Journal reports (sub. req.).
“I couldn’t just sit on the sidelines,” Fink told the publication. “I haven’t come across a candidate before that made me feel that the ideals they believe in can be implemented.”
He grew up in a household inspired by politics and began helping his parents volunteer for Democratic causes from the age of 8. He ran for the Redondo Beach City Council in 2005 but lost the election, despite his catchy slogan, “Think Fink.”
