Akin Gump
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Akin Gump, Job Searches, Summer Associates
Accept Your Offers: Part III
We warned you that you should accept your offers. We then demanded that you should accept your offers. But based on the comments, there are still some of you out there sitting on multiple offers. Career services people have taken note, and are literally begging their students to make a decision. The latest evidence comes […] -
Akin Gump, John Dowd, Musical Chairs, Thomas Goldstein
Musical Chairs: The Akin Gump Defections
“My Gump, my Gump, my lovely Akin Gump. Check it out….“ What’s going on at Akin Gump? That seems to be what many of you are wondering, based on some comments posted to a recent open thread featuring the firm: “What is happening to Akin Gump DC? I saw that a bunch of lit partners […] - Sponsored
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Akin Gump, Allen & Overy, Vault 100 open threads - 2009, Willkie Farr
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 31-40 (2009)
Welcome to another post in the 2009 Vault 100 open thread series. You all seem to like having the law firms listed in groups of ten, so we’ll keep it up. Here are the thirty-something firms from the Vault 100, with prestige scores in parentheses: 31. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP (6.461) 32. […]
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Akin Gump, Musical Chairs, Weirdness
Musical Chairs: Akin Gump Shutters Taipei and Silicon Valley Offices
Here’s some news of a rather odd move, from the WSJ Law Blog: Bruce McLean, the head of Akin Gump, sent an e-mail to all the attorneys at the firm informing them of a “substantial reshaping and enhancement of several practices,” and a “change” in the firm’s “geographical footprint.” That change involves “withdrawing from Taipei […] -
Akin Gump, Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Wilson Sonsini, Akin Gump (DC), Quinn Emanuel
Here are a few quick updates on the associate bonus front: 1. Wilson Sonsini: On Monday night, the firm issued a long and complicated memo, which we’ve posted in all its glory after the jump. Since we haven’t taken math since high school calculus, it went a bit over our head. General reaction to the […] -
Akin Gump, Associate Bonus Watch 2007, Biglaw, Bonuses, Hogan & Hartson, Money, Sheppard Mullin, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: A Pre-Holiday Round-Up
Let’s send you into the holiday weekend with some associate bonus news. Here are some law firm bonus announcements that haven’t been previously covered in these pages. (Firms that previously announced their bonuses, but are being sneaky about the exact amounts and/or the percentage of associates getting them, will be addressed separately. This post is […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Books, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
Biglaw Perk Watch: Secretaries / Administrative Assistants
During one of our darkest hours as a law firm associate, when we were at our most stressed and depressed, we tried to boost our morale by typing up a Word document entitled “Things I Like About My Job.” Here’s an excerpt: — My Blackberry and (free) cell phone. — My laptop. — Really good […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Food, Job Searches, Law Schools
Fall Recruiting Crazy Rumor Watch: Let Tier Two Grads Eat Tastykake
We regularly receive all kinds of wacky gossip related to the fall recruiting process. Some of these rumors are true, and some of them aren’t. We found this rumor, about the Chicago office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, quite amusing: “I heard from a friend there that during summer associate callbacks, only students from ‘good […] - Sponsored
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Akin Gump, Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Job Searches, Willkie Farr
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 31-35
We’ve now covered over a third of the Vault 100 law firms in open threads. But that means we still have two-thirds to go (assuming we follow through to the end). The next five firms are colorful. They include one firm that was featured in the Transformers movie, and another that used to employ a […] -
Akin Gump, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, John Dowd, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
The Akin Gump Escort: You Can Call Her 'Jennifer'
Earlier this year, we devoted extensive coverage to the Akin Gump Escort. She was the legal secretary at Akin Gump who worked for powerhouse lawyer John Dowd by day, and alleged D.C. madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey by night. Courtesy of WTOP, we now know more about the close working relationship between the Akin Gump Escort […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money, Skaddenfreude, Willkie Farr
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Akin Gump and Willkie (and WilmerHale Pulls a Latham)
Here are two updates about clerkship bonuses (a subject of interest to a limited group of readers — but those who care REALLY care): 1. Willkie Farr & Gallagher: The rumor that Willkie pays a $50,000 clerkship bonus has been confirmed. We understand this applies to both New York and Washington. 2. Akin Gump: In […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Akin Gump Raises (Plus Some Hughes & Luce News)
We’ve confirmed the news that Akin Gump has raised in Texas. Here’s the message from Bruce McLean, the Akin Gump chairman: We are pleased to announce that we will be increasing associate and counsel compensation effective August 1, 2007. For first and second years, compensation will increase to $160,000 and $170,000, respectively. For subsequent years, […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Texans Fill Their Ten Gallon Hats With Cash
Following closely on news of the Vinson & Elkins raise, Andrews Kurth has also raised salaries for first- and second-year associates, to $160,000 and $170,000, respectively. As explained in the memo, the firm is “still working on the details of the compensation structure for other associate classes.” Here’s an article from the Texas Lawyer. What […]
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Akin Gump, Biglaw, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Fabulosity, Prostitution, Sex Scandals, You Go Girl
The Akin Gump Escort: A Dissenting Opinion
In an earlier post about the legal secretary at Akin Gump who worked for the alleged D.C. madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, we described the secretary as “no Miss Popularity.” A source at the firm told us that “[m]ost people don’t like her,” due to her supercilious attitude. Various commenters echoed these views. But a different […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
Secretaries Who Moonlight as Escorts -- Plus $160K Starting Salaries
What more could you ask for in a law firm? As reported by several commenters, and confirmed by the Legal Times, Akin Gump has raised starting salaries in its Washington and California offices to $160,000 (with corresponding increases up the seniority ladder). Cynics might wonder: Is this an attempt to distract attention from the scandal […] -
Akin Gump, Ann Althouse, Biglaw, Crime, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Fashion, John Dowd, Media and Journalism, Monica Goodling, Prostitution, Sex Scandals
That Brian Ross Is Such A Tease
Apparently we weren’t the only ones who got blue balls from felt cheated by 20/20’s report last Friday on the alleged DC madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey. Professor Ann Althouse writes: Were you, like me duped into watching “20/20” last night to hear what names they’d name based on the big list forked over to them […] -
Akin Gump, Biglaw, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Fabulosity, John Dowd, Litigators, Monica Goodling, Prostitution, Sex Scandals, Thomas Goldstein, You Go Girl
OMG: The Akin Gump Escort Worked For... Monica Goodling's Lawyer!!!
Here are two quick updates to our earlier coverage of Akin Gump, the prestigious D.C. law firm, where an assistant to alleged D.C. madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey worked as a legal secretary. The second of these updates is nothing short of mind-blowing. 1. As a commenter pointed out, Tom Goldstein, the head of Akin Gump’s […] -
Akin Gump, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Oy, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
The D.C. Madam's Akin Gump Apprentice: She's No Miss Popularity
In our recent post about an alleged D.C.-madam-in-training — a legal secretary at the powerhouse firm of Akin Gump, who allegedly serviced clients and worked the phones for Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the alleged D.C. madam — we asked you for more information about this hardworking and multitalented young woman. We are still accepting your tips. […] -
Akin Gump, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, Oy, Paralegals, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
Akin Gump: Truly A 'Full-Service' Law Firm
On its official website, Akin Gump proudly bills itself as a “full-service” law firm. And it boasts: “Our growth has come by understanding client problems and solving them with a unique combination of… practical… skills.” Truer words were never spoken. From ABC News: A legal secretary at one of Washington’s most prominent and well-connected law […] -
Affirmative Action, Akin Gump, Biglaw, Racism
Heated Words Exchanged at Affirmative Action Panel
Sadly, we missed this event because we were still out of town. But yesterday morning, here in Washington, DC, the American Enterprise Institute sponsored an incendiary debate a panel discussion entitled “Are Law Firms Breaking the Law? Racial and Gender Preferences in Attorney Hiring and Promotion.” Accounts of the event are available from The BLT […]