Managing Partner Confirms That Biglaw Is Really Just A Big Dick Measuring Contest

Size matters in Biglaw.

Size matters, and to be successful today you really have to be in that Am Law 50.

Alan Levin, managing partner of Edwards Wildman, commenting on the importance of being viewed as a “tier 1” law firm in the overall Biglaw hierarchy. Levin identified possible merger partners by commissioning a study to separate firms into “tier 1” and “tier 2” groupings. Locke Lord was considered a “tier 1” firm, and Levin will become vice chair of Locke Lord Edwards if the merger goes through.

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