Question for those in Banking....

Hello all,

I've just recently discovered this board, hence my first post, so excuse me if I seem a bit out of place. I'm currently a lawyer at a nyc top 50 firm, have been for the past 3 years, however feel like I wanna try something else. It's not that I don't like my job, it's just that If I perform well I get the same amount of pay/respect as if I perform poorly. I've always been interested in banking and over the past few months have though more and more about entering the IB world as an associate. I've been reading a few of the threads, and from what I understand this is "possible" but is it "probable" that I will be able to get an associates job? I'd rather not go back and get an MBA...at least not at this point. I went to a top 5 public, and Cornell law, plus have been mainly involved in M&A during my firm activities. That all being said however I dont have much financial experience other then what I have learned at my firm. I'm going to be shopping around no matter what people on here say, but I just wanna get a feel as to if I can expect to be offered a position at a BB firm as an IB associate? Any input would be appreciated, and feel free to PM me.

-PKA