Allen & Overy
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Allen & Overy
What's The Deal At Allen & Overy?
Allen & Overy in the UK has over-produced a hiring video that uses real actors to portray A&O solicitors engaged in really interesting work for global clients. Watch the video here at RollOnFriday, which offers this take on it: Presumably the prosaic reality of 15 hour days drafting intercreditor deeds and dealing with IT problems […] -
Alberto Gonzales, Allen & Overy, George J. Terwilliger III, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, State Judges
Non-Sequiturs: 10.11.07
* Across the pond, Allen & Overy hopes to pick up recruits — quite literally. [Charon QC: The Blawg] * One path to a judgeship: marry a prominent political fundraiser. [Daily Business Review] * Alberto Gonzales and George Terwilliger should get along famously. [Washington Briefs] * The fame of the S&C bonsai trees spreads, as […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Media and Journalism, New York Observer, Shameless Plugs, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Why Do Lawyers Love Facebook So Much?
That’s the question we tackle in our latest column for the New York Observer. Here’s an excerpt: Among associates at large law firms, Facebook passed the tipping point sometime over the summer. Since the site opened to the public last year, adults everywhere have been joining—there are 40 million people already on Facebook, and about […]
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Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Job Searches, LeBoeuf Lamb
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 51-55
Sadly, the music–loving law firm of Nixon Peabody is not on this afternoon’s list of five Vault 100 firms to talk about. And don’t hold your breath — we won’t reach NP until we hit the 70’s. Here are the firms that are on the table: 51. Jenner & Block LLP (5.940)52. LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene […] -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Perks / Fringe Benefits
Biglaw Perk Watch: Working Abroad
Our posts on the perks or fringe benefits of law firm life continue to generate interest and good comments. Here is today’s topic: Why don’t you guys do an open thread on working abroad? I know of several firms that send their associates for some period of time to work [overseas]. For example, Allen & […] -
Allen & Overy, Bad Ideas, Biglaw, McKee Nelson, Money, Shopping, Skaddenfreude
Attention Boy Associates: Here's How To Piss Away Your Pay Raise
We’ve been providing salary news updates in the comments because, due to technical difficulties, it’s more reliable than trying to do so here on the main page. For your reference, here are links to the latest announcements: 1. Allen & Overy: Confirmed. Memo is here. 2. Debevoise & Plimpton: Confirmed. Memo is here. 3. McKee […] -
Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Holland & Knight, Magic Circle, Musical Chairs, S.D.N.Y., U.S. Attorneys Offices, Willkie Farr
Musical Chairs: 10.31.06
Tons of moves to report today — and these are just the highlights: New Partners: * Latham & Watkins — which, as discussed yesterday, is very popular with Supreme Court clerks — has elected 26 new partners, in offices around the country. That’s enough lawyers to start a whole new law firm. You can check […] -
Allen & Overy, Bad Ideas, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Milberg Weiss, Patricia Hynes, Plaintiffs Firms
Musical Chairs: Parachuting Onto a Sinking Ship?
We’re vaguely troubled by the title of this WSJ Law Blog post (’cause it makes us think of this). But it does report on a notable move within the legal profession, so we will plow ahead. From the aforementioned post: Matthew Gluck is joining Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman as a senior partner, marking a […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Day Berry & Howard, Musical Chairs, Patricia Hynes, Securities and Exchange Commission
Musical Chairs: 09.15.06
Lateral Moves: * Litigator Robert Knuts, to Allen & Overy, from Day, Berry & Howard. Knuts was with the New York office of the SEC from 1994 to 2003. As you may recall, London-based Allen & Overy is trying to build up its New York litigation practice — most recently through the addition of former […] -
Allen & Overy, Michael Chepiga, Milberg Weiss, Patricia Hynes, Plaintiffs Firms
Milberg Weiss Death Watch: Now It's Getting Really Bad
Since it went and got itself indicted, things have been less than peachy-keen over at Milberg Weiss, everyone’s favorite class-action complaint factory. Milberg has lost oodles of prominent partners to other plaintiffs’ firms. And now things are turning downright ugly: Patricia Hynes, a former name partner of Milberg Weiss, is crossing over to the other […]
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