Heller Ehrman
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Dissolution, Heller Ehrman, Layoffs
Heller Update: Dissolution Is In The Cards
At a firm-wide meeting held at 1 p.m. Pacific time, Heller associates were informed that there would be an “orderly dissolution” of the firm, starting on Monday. Associates have been given 60 days’ notice, with pay. But it’s not a severance payment. Associates are expected to show up and participate in the “orderly dissolution.” As […] -
Heller Ehrman, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, Rape, Weirdness
Non-Sequiturs: 09.25.08
* If you lie to get sex — and succeed — is that rape? [Volokh Conspiracy] * What are the best case names ever? [Supreme Dicta] * I’m still waiting for somebody to give me one good reason for the third year of law school. Anyone? All of my loan repayment checks say, “For 1L […] - Sponsored
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Dissolution, Heller Ehrman, Layoffs
Update: Heller Still Has Credit, Will Talk To Associates Soon
At yesterday’s shareholder video conference, the leadership of Heller Ehrman assured the partnership that their line of credit was still open. That doesn’t mean that they can survive, just that they still have some time to make their next move. Meanwhile, after the meeting, Heller Chairman Matthew Larrabee finally communicated with associates and staff: To: […]
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Dissolution, Heller Ehrman, Layoffs
Breaking: Firm-Wide Shareholder Meeting Scheduled At Heller
It looks like the shareholders of Heller Ehrman will finally get the latest information about what’s going on at the firm. We just received this message: To: All Shareholders We are holding a FW SH VC today to provide you with as much information as we can. Although we will not have answers to all […] -
Heller Ehrman
The Dark Side Of The Moon: Speculation, Blame, And Silence Swirl Around Heller
Memo to prospective 2009 Heller summer associates: you might want to disregard that summer offer you received. While the firm has not officially canceled it’s 2009 summer program, this email is exemplary of the chatter we are hearing at ATL today: Three weeks ago, I interviewed for a summer associate position with … Heller Ehrman. […] -
Heller Ehrman
Heller Is Stuck In A Moment
You’ve got to, get yourself together You’ve got stuck in a moment, And now you can’t get out of it Don’t say that later will be better, now you’re stuck in a moment And you can’t get out of it — U2 Heller Ehrman is in trouble. They’ve been spurned again and again by merger […] -
Heller Ehrman, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Covington & Burling Snaps Up Heller's IP Department
It turns out that the mystery meeting at Covington & Burling involved some great news for Covington, and some bad news for Heller Ehrman. Fifteen IP partners will be leaving Heller to join Covington, as Covington expands into Silicon Valley. The Daily Journal reports that in the wake of the latest defections and yesterday’s failed […] -
Heller Ehrman, Law Firm Mergers
Law Firm Merger Mania: The Heller / Mayer Merger Is Off
Last month we reported on merger talks between Heller Ehrman and Mayer Brown. Those talks have now been called off, as reported earlier today by Am Law Daily. This leaves the San Francisco-based Heller with another failed romance. From an email sent out today on behalf of Mayer Brown chairman James Holzhauer: As you are […] - Sponsored
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Heller Ehrman, Law Firm Mergers
Law Firm Merger Mania: Heller Ehrman Is At It Again
To paraphrase Austin Powers, Heller Ehrman is getting to “town bicycle” status. The latest firm to take a ride through Heller’s financials: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. According to Am Law Daily, citing sources close to both Heller and Mayer Brown, Heller is “aggressively” pursuing other merger options, with Mayer Brown looking like the most […] -
Heller Ehrman, Holland & Knight, Sonnenschein, Vault 100 open threads - 2009
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 61-70 (2009)
Judging from our traffic, readers are enjoying this rundown of the Vault 100. We do aim to please here at ATL. We appreciate those who have offered insights about firms in the comments. Moving on to the next group (with prestige scores in parentheses): 61. Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (5.608) 62. Sonnenschein Nath & […] -
Heller Ehrman, Start Dates
Nationwide Start Date Watch: Heller Ehrman(And OCI withdrawals, too.)
We recently heard the following about Heller Ehrman: 1. Start dates for incoming associates have been pushed back to January 19, 2009. Associates are being offered a $10,000 stipend. 2. The firm has pulled out of on-campus interviewing (OCI) at several law schools, including UVA and UC-Davis. We contacted the firm for comment. Spokesman Patrick […] -
Heller Ehrman, Law Firm Mergers, WolfBlock
Law Firm Merger Mania: Ardor Cools
In the immortal words of Roxette, “It must have been love; but it’s over now.” Last month, we marveled at all the law firm merger rumors making the rounds. These days, however, merger talks are falling apart, left and right. As we first reported, the contemplated merger between Heller Ehrman and Baker & McKenzie is […] -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Disasters / Emergencies, Heller Ehrman
Humanitarian Crises in Myanmar and China: What's Your Firm Doing?
Props to our friends over at Dewey & LeBoeuf. Sure, Denim Day is great at all, and their wine-and-cheese events sound like a lot — maybe too much — fun. But DL also thinks of the less fortunate. From an internal email that went around recently: As news of the devastation in China and Myanmar […]
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Heller Ehrman
Happy News at Heller Ehrman: Bigger Bonuses, Better Billables (for First Years)
Here’s some happy news from Heller Ehrman. It appears they have heard the complaints, and they’ve done something about them. From one source: Attached is the long awaited Heller Ehrman compensation memo, and at first glance, I’m pretty impressed. They seemed to have listened to associates’ concerns and made some pretty significant changes. They reinstated […] -
Heller Ehrman
Associate Bonus Watch: A Heller Ehrman Update
Here’s some follow-up on last week’s post about bonuses at Heller Ehrman. We don’t mean to pick on them, but we have talkative sources over there, it’s been a slow day (even setting aside earlier technical difficulties that took the site offline for a while), and this is what we happen to have in the […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Heller Ehrman, Money, Skaddenfreude
Associate Bonus Watch: Heller Ehrman
Our latest associate bonus news comes from Heller Ehrman. On Monday, we were alerted to their bonus meeting: Heller has an all-associate video conference tomorrow (Tuesday, 9 a.m. PST) where, among other things, associate compensation will be discussed. Bonus checks are due on Friday, and no one knows what they’ll get in advance. (You have […] -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Feminism, Heller Ehrman, Hillary Clinton, Politics
Heller Ehrman (Los Angeles) Has a Diva-licious New Leader
Some of our prior coverage of Heller Ehrman has been a bit gloomy. We take it all back. Now that the firm’s Los Angeles office is under a magnificent new leader — Nancy Sher Cohen, whom we have previously praised in these pages — we see nothing but good things ahead. Legal Pad conducts a […] -
Biglaw, Heller Ehrman, Job Searches, Layoffs, Musical Chairs
Going to Heller in a Handbasket? (Part 3)
Another day, another report of problems for Heller Ehrman. As usual, the bad news comes not from ATL, but from an MSM source — so don’t accuse us of making this stuff up. We’re just piggybacking on our friends in the print media. From the Legal Times: Like a California Beemer spinning its wheels in […] -
Biglaw, Heller Ehrman, Job Searches, Layoffs, Litigatrix, Musical Chairs
Going to Heller in a Handbasket? (Part 2)
In the comments to yesterday’s post about Heller Ehrman, there was some debate about how grave the firm’s current problems are. Last night, more bad news broke, from Legal Pad (via the super-vigilant Blogonaut): Another day, another Heller lawyer gone. Corporate partner Kyle Guse has jumped from the firm’s Silicon Valley office to McDermott Will […] -
Biglaw, Drinking, Gambling / Gaming, Heller Ehrman, Layoffs, Summer Associates
Going to Heller in a Handbasket? (Part 1)
It appears that lots of things are going up in smoke out west. From Blogonaut: Two weeks ago the 700-lawyer San Francisco firm announced 65 staff were laid off. Now Heller has lost two leading and loyal partners to rival firms. Patricia Gillette, a co-chairwoman of Heller Ehrman’s the labor and employment practice has defected […]