Gunderson Dettmer
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Gunderson Dettmer, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: A Great Year Means Great Bonuses At This Firm (Better Than Cravath!)
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Gunderson Dettmer, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Yet Another Firm Enhances Its Payouts
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Gunderson Dettmer, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: A West Coast Round-Up
A mixture of satisfaction and sadness from Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, California, Gunderson Dettmer, Money, Silicon Valley
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: West Coast Action
We recently reported on Wilson Sonsini restoring associate base salaries to pre-recession levels. Wilson Sonsini associates in five major offices — New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. — are now paid on what might be called the New York market scale or the $160K scale (a scale I’ve committed to […] -
Gunderson Dettmer, Silicon Valley, Technology
Gunderson Dettmer 'Blacklisted' By Startup Accelerator
If you graduated from law school in the late 1990s, you may have warm and fuzzy feelings for Gunderson Dettmer, the high-powered Silicon Valley law firm that represents many startup and technology companies. As you may recall, back in 1999 the firm made waves by offering new associates a starting salary of $125,000 — significantly […] -
Gunderson Dettmer, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Gunderson Dettmer Says 'Hello and Goodbye'
To balance out word of the robust O’Melveny bonuses, here’s some bad news out of California. Earlier this week, Gunderson Dettmer (boy I miss “ad”venture capital) laid off a number of junior associates. As veterans of the heady dot-com days may recall, Gunderson put itself on the map back in 1999 by leading the charge […] -
Gunderson Dettmer, Law Firm Mergers, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Cooley and Gunderson's Failed Romance
Fans of Sex and the City will recall the famous episode in which Carrie was dumped via post-it note. If law firm mergers are like relationships, here’s a tale that seems as classy as breaking up by post-it. [FN1] The New York office of Gunderson Dettmer was all set to move, en masse, to Cooley […] -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Gunderson Dettmer, Money, Skaddenfreude
West Coast Pay Raise Watch: Don't Forget Gunderson Dettmer
If you graduated from law school before or during the tech boom of the late 1990’s, you may recall how an elite boutique named Gunderson Dettmer led the charge on associate pay raises. As noted here: In 1999, a Silicon Valley firm named Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, shook the legal community by […]
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