Instead of ramping down and transitioning matters two weeks before I go out on mat leave in two weeks, I find myself being the key person on one very big deal, with the client frequently sending me offline emails, having all of the institutional knowledge, etc.
Every time I raise this issue with relevant partners, they propose a transition associate to start taking over. I was told not to push transition associate no. 1 too hard because "we don't want to overwhelm him" and then he gave two weeks notice anyway so he's out. Transition Associate no. 2 has a vacation planned for this weekend, and the partners said we'll get you coverage! And assigned a second year who isn't in my practice group and doesn't know anything about this deal (why would he). My baby shower is on Saturday and let's be honest a random second year is not real coverage for a moment when the deal promises to be busy.
It looks like I'll continue billing 8-10 hours a day including weekends from here until mat leave starts, and possibly have to be glued to my phone/laptop during my own baby shower.
If the partners are basically failing to transition this situation and aren't acknowledging the risk of me being a load bearing wall in this situation, do I just let them deal with the consequences when I inevitably go out? How to handle baby shower if literally there is nobody else?