Musical Chairs: 11.15.06
New Partners:
* Proskauer Rose: Fourteen new partners, three new senior counsel. Names here.
* Baker Botts: Eighteen (!) new partners. Names here.
* Wilson Sonsini: Thriteen new partners. Names here.
(Only two members of the class of 1998. How long is the WSGR partner track as a practical matter?)
At Risk:
* Some are speculating that William Haynes II, general counsel to the Department of Defense, will be replaced after CIA Director Robert Gates gets confirmed as Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's successor (as expected).
But with his Fourth Circuit nomination in limbo, where would Haynes go? The Legal Times suggests that he'll end up with "a high-powered legal job at one of the nation's top defense contractors," which sounds likely to us.
Deceased:
* Anthony Lapham, counsel at Goodwin Procter and former general counsel to the CIA, at the age of 70, of a heart attack.
Proskauer Rose Promotes 17 Attorneys [Proskauer Rose LLP]
Baker Botts Announces New Partners for 2007 [Baker Botts LLP]
Firm Names 10 New NY Partners [NYLawyer.com]
Firm Raises 13 to Partnership [NYLawyer.com]
Will the Pentagon's Top Lawyer Follow Rumsfeld Out the Door? [NYLawyer.com]
Law Blog Obituary: Goodwin Procter’s Anthony Lapham [WSJ Law Blog]
Anthony A. Lapham, 70, Former C.I.A. Lawyer, Dies [New York Times]
(3) Comments
In May, are you going to post all of the names of the law students who graduated from law school?
There's a big difference between graduating law school and making partner at one of these firms. About a million dollars a year in difference.
Also, the Haynes discussion is interesting, since the White House just announced it will be renominating him to the lame duck Senate. (Good luck with that.)
If you don't like these posts, skip 'em. There's enough other material on ATL to distract even the worst of procrastinators.
If you don't like my comments, you're equally free to skip 'em. I have an opinion, the blog allows comments, QED.
I find these musical chairs to be sort of like those 10 or so subscription cards that always crammed into every magazine I buy.