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.