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Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 9.30.07: Shall We Dance?

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Warmest congratulations to our friends Junko Ozao and Jason Choy, whose lovely wedding was written up in this week’s Vows column. Jason is an associate at Kirkland & Ellis, but Junko is a normal person, and that shortcoming cost them a spot in this week’s Legal Eagle Wedding Watch. The news will likely ruin their three-week honeymoon, but such are the ruthless decisions our readers expect LEWW to make.
Here are the six finalists (all lawyers):

1.) Amanda Trivax and Brian Burnovski
2.) Anna Skotko and Ben Vonwiller
3.) Amy Tovar and Benjamin Horwich

More about these legal eagles, after the jump.

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Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 46-50

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Dechert Cira Centre Cira Center 2929 Arch Street Above the Law blog.jpgWe’re surprised that the firms in this latest group of Vault 100 law firms aren’t ranked more highly. Some of them are quite profitable (Dechert),* prestigious (Munger), or high-profile (Boies Schiller, home of legendary litigator David Boies).
But who are we to argue? For communal discussion, here is this morning’s batch of Biglaws:

46. Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP (6.026)
47. Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (6.004)
48. Dechert LLP (5.973)
49. Irell & Manella LLP (5.952)
50. McDermott, Will & Emery (5.946)

Please trade thoughts on these firms in the comments. Thanks.
* Dechert’s 2006 profits per partner clocked in at just under $2 million. But it should be noted that the firm has multiple partnership tiers and only 169 equity partners (out of 898 lawyers).
The Vault Top 100 Law Firms [Vault]
Earlier: Vault 1-5; Vault 6-10; Vault 11-15; Vault 16-20; Vault 21-25; Vault 26-30; Vault 31-35; Vault 36-40; Vault 41-45

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Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: A Few More Announcements

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To follow up on our earlier post, as well as this post from before the holiday, here are more confirmed pay raise announcements not previously mentioned in these pages:

1. Munger Tolles & Olson: They’ve raised to the $160K scale, according to The Recorder.

(The same article also mentions Pillsbury Winthrop going to $160K in its California offices; we previously reported that news before the holiday.)

2. Winston & Strawn: We previously posted about their raising salaries in their Washington office. But they have also gone to $160,000 in their home office in Chicago, according to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (subscription).

3. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz: They now pay $165,000 for first years. We’re not sure of what they pay higher up the ladder, but we’re looking into it.

Pillsbury, Others Hit or Exceed $160K Mark for Associate Salaries [The Recorder via Law.com]
Rising associate salary tide washes over more firms here [Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (subscription)]

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