Yes, that’s right. In its New York office, Ropes & Gray has upped its clerkship bonus to $50,000 (and $35,000 in its other offices). If you have two years of clerkship experience, you’ll get $70,000 — no matter what office you’re in. From the firm website: Our annual salary for first-year associates, in all of […]
The latest Biglaw combination brings together more “L”s than you can shake a stick at. From the Texas Lawyer: Locke Liddell & Sapp, based in Houston and Dallas, and Chicago-based Lord, Bissell & Brook have agreed to merge, and will form a 700-lawyer firm named Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. Hmm, that’s a mouthful — […]
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Do we exaggerate the rivalry between Linda Greenhouse, the New York Times’s veteran Supreme Court correspondent, and comely up-and-comer Jan Crawford Greenburg, who covers the Court for ABC News? Maybe. We have a weakness for the dramatic, in case you haven’t noticed. But even if exaggerated, there’s no denying the tension between these two formidable […]
We recently were sent this pay raise announcement, which we reprint with the permission of the sender: I will pay my first year associate $175,000. I just need to generate the income to hire someone at that pay level. Frank M. Feibelman Attorney at Law 5206 Markel Road Richmond, VA 23230 Okay, here’s Mr. Feibelman’s […]
Or even in chambers, for that matter. But open court is worse. From a tipster: In a bankruptcy case here in the Southern District of Florida, William P. Smith — a partner at McDermott Will & Emery (Chicago), and the head of its bankruptcy department — actually told a judge she was “a few French […]
* Slate wrap-up of Goodling testimony. [Slate] * You’ve heard of custody disputes becoming a dog fight… [ABA e-Journal] * Vegas City Council pushes dealer on huge flag issue. [CNN] * Developments in Barbri class action. [WSJ Law Blog] * DC Madam and her attorney host Q&A in Georgetown. [BLT]
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He’s not a judge yet, so we can’t bestow our coveted Judge of the Day award upon him. But he has secured the Democratic nomination for a judgeship, in Philadelphia — which means he has a decent shot of being elected. Then again, whether Willie Singletary gets elected to the bench may depend upon how […]
Well, maybe not quite. But we do find it interesting that, in the recent wave of publicity over Aaron Charney’s amended complaint, Sullivan & Cromwell’s public relations team at Sard Verbinnen reached out to us. They emailed the following statement to us: “This is just a rehash of his original, now dismissed, complaint with the […]
It’s been all over the comments, so it’s not exactly breaking news. But we have verified it with a source at the firm. The DLA Piper memo, from your pals Larry, Moe and Curly Frank, Lee and Terry, appears after the jump. P.S. We intend no disrespect to the work that Frank Burch, Lee Miller, […]
* When the backdrops for crazy shootings tend to be God-forsaken backwaters (or suburbs), it’s reassuring to know that New York City is still home to plenty of wackjobs. [Gawker; Village Voice; Braunstein recap here] * I love it when a guy makes good on the “You can’t make me!” threat. [QuizLaw; The Smoking Gun] […]
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Some more good news on the associate pay raise front: 1. Kirkland & Ellis: “The Firm Committee has approved increases to our associate base salaries in our California, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. offices, retroactive to May 1, 2007.” So K&E is now on the $160K scale — not just in California and D.C., which was […]
BREAKING: Is the cool and collected Monica Goodling starting to crack, under the persistent and probing questioning of Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL)? Details after the jump (around the 3:25 mark). 3:08: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) employs a too-clever-by-half strategy to try and get Monica Goodling to say that Alberto Gonzales should be fired. It falls […]
If congressional testimony over the U.S. Attorney firings were American Idol: Alberto Gonzales = Sanjaya Malakar D. Kyle Sampson = Blake Lewis Monica Goodling = Jordin Sparks Goodling is, far and away, the best Department of Justice witness to appear before Congress on the U.S. Attorney firings thus far. If one were to compare her […]
If you’re an associate at a top Chicago law firm, hoping that Sidley Austin LLP will kick off a round of pay raises in the Windy City, we have some advice for you: Don’t hold your breath. (On the other hand, sometimes law firms boost associate pay to distract from bad publicity. Might Sidley take […]