Partner Issues
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – Smaller Legal Markets (Part 1)
After making our way across the country, which included stops in New York, Washington, D.C., and California, the final leg of this Career Center series on the Top Partners to Work For will cover some of the smaller legal markets. Today we head back to the east coast to focus on Boston’s best Biglaw partners […] -
Biglaw, Gender, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Women's Issues
Congratulations to the New Wachtell Lipton Partners
At Wachtell Lipton, which announced its new partners on Tuesday afternoon, three lawyers can give thanks for being named to the powerhouse firm's partnership. With profits per partner in excess of $4 million, they are the 1 percent. Who are the new WLRK partners? - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Antitrust, Deaths, Litigators, Partner Issues
Morgan Lewis Partner Passes Away in Office
From all indications, Mark P. Edwards, a partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius who died at his desk on Friday, was one of those people who liked working in Biglaw. His friends and family will mourn that his life was too short, but hopefully they will feel that he died doing what he wanted to do....
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – California (Part 2)
Today we wrap up coverage of the top California partners to work for, as selected by our readers (see Part 1 here). These six partners have diverse practices that range from real estate, to labor and employment, to IP, and work at some of the nation’s finest firms: Cooley, DLA Piper, Sheppard Mullin, Jones Day, […] -
Contests, Drinking, Lawyer of the Day, Partner Issues, Reader Polls
October Lawyer of the Month: Drunk and Disorderly
It’s time to announce the winner of October’s Lawyer of the Month competition. Our readers had a motley crew of female lawyers behaving badly to choose from, and one male attorney who probably would have loved to keep company with them all. But which kind of lawyer do our readers like the best? Drunk, naked, […] -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – California (Part 1)
Welcome to the West Coast edition of the Career Center’s Top Partners to Work For. For the past few weeks, we have revealed the best partners to work for in New York and Washington, D.C., as nominated by you, our readers. Now we make our way across the country to present you with the first […] -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
New York to $190K? Actually, It's About Time.
There's an interesting post up on Constitutional Daily by The Philadelphia Lawyer. It's a repack from a 2007 article arguing that salaries for first-year associates should go up to $190,000 a year. And he's right. Yet the associate salary scale hasn't seen a raise for almost five years. And bonuses are down compared to 2007. Is it time for firms to start sharing the wealth? -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – Washington, D.C. (Part 2)
Today we take one last look at some of the finest Washington, D.C. partners to work for (if you missed Part 1, click here). Not only are these six partners great at what they do, but perhaps more importantly, they are great people as well. And they work at some of the top law firms […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Lawsuit of the Day, Partner Issues, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities Law
Lawsuit of the Day: Everyone's A Loser in Tamman v. Nixon Peabody
A few years ago, the law firm of Nixon Peabody came up with a catchy jingle to celebrate its own fabulosity. You can listen to the song here, in case you've never heard it. The chorus went as follows: "Everyone's a winner at Nixon Peabody!" Alas, a recent lawsuit filed against Nixon Peabody by a former partner at the firm, David Tamman, does not put the firm in a very winning light. Instead, it just makes everyone look bad.... -
Advertising, Akin Gump, Biglaw, Career Center, Chadbourne & Parke, Partner Issues, Reader Polls, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – Washington, D.C. (Part 1)
Today we head into the nation’s capital to bring you six of the best partners to work for as chosen by our readers. These partners go above and beyond the call of duty, and do so while working at some of the finest law firms: Akin Gump, SNR Denton, Hogan Lovells, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, […] -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – New York (Part 3)
Today we conclude our coverage of the top New York partners to work for, as selected by our readers (see earlier coverage here and here). These seven partners are proof that you can be a good partner who is good to associates while working at premier Biglaw firms like Chadbourne & Parke, Cadwalader, White & […] -
Biglaw, Cheapness, Divorce Train Wrecks, Hotties, Money, Partner Issues, Pictures, Slideshows
A Cadwalader Partner, His Deaf Daughter, and His Playboy Bunny Ex-Fiancée
Ira Schacter is back in the news. He's accused of refusing to pay for his teen daughter's $12,000 hearing aids, while dropping $215,000 on a diamond engagement ring for his Playboy-bunny fiancée. If true, that's pretty shoddy behavior -- the very embodiment of cheapness, from a big-time Biglaw partner who can easily afford twelve grand.... -
Biglaw, California, Crime, Health Care / Medicine, Kids, Partner Issues, Sexual Harassment, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, White-Collar Crime
Bad News for Former Biglaw Partners on the West Coast
Many former partners at major law firms spend their post-Biglaw years living large -- as well they should. After all, they worked very hard, for many years, to amass seven-figure, eight-figure, or even nine-figure fortunes. After leaving behind the life of billing 2000+ hours a year, they finally have time to enjoy the fruits of their labor. But not all ex-partners find themselves on Easy Street. Take, for example, these two ex-partners in California -- one whose civil suit against her former firm isn't going so well, and one who might be going from Biglaw, to a small firm, to the Big House....
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Biglaw, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
What's Going on at McDermott Will & Emery?
Last week, the American Lawyer shined a spotlight on extensive partner departures from McDermott Will & Emery. According to Brian Baxter of Am Law Daily, a whopping 38 partners have left MWE in 2011 so far. Let's look at some of the departures, explore possible implications for the firm, and discuss what might be motivating the movement toward the exits.... -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – New York (Part 2)
Earlier this week, we introduced the first group of top New York partners whom our readers nominated as being great to work for. Today we present you with another eight partners from the Big Apple. They hail from some of the heaviest hitters among Biglaw firms: Paul Weiss; Simpson Thacher; Kasowitz Benson; Cleary Gottlieb; Debevoise […] -
Associate Advice, Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
House Rules: How To Get an In-House Lawyer's Attention
In this week's edition of House Rules, in-house columnist David Mowry lets our readers know how to get his attention for all of the right (and all of the wrong) reasons.... -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
The Other Half
As The People's Therapist, Will Meyerhofer's door is always open. He doesn't turn away poor clients. “Pay whatever you can afford,” he tells them. Naturally, they get what they pay for. Just kidding. But let's be real -- are things any different with the the high-fidelity first-class traveling set than they are with folks flying “comfort class”? -
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Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – New York (Part 1)
Partners are usually best remembered for behaving badly, or worse, treating associates badly. But not the partners who made our “Top Partners to Work For” list. Last week, we asked you to nominate the best Biglaw partners you work for, tell us why they are the best, and rate them in six categories: expertise within […] -
Antitrust, Associate Advice, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Email Scandals, Litigators, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups, Skaddenfreude
An Inside Look at the Skadden Annual Review Process
Today, we take an inside look at the annual review process for attorneys at Skadden Arps. In this special report, we'll provide general observations on the Skadden review process, highlight noteworthy comments from leaked attorney evaluations, and show you a few reviews in their entirety. If you're interested in learning more about performance reviews at one of the world's biggest and best law firms, please keep reading.... -
Crime, Drinking, Litigators, Litigatrix, Partner Issues, UVA Law
DLA Piper Partner Picks A Penalty For Public Intoxication
It's been a while since Elie went out on an epic bender. It's hard for him. Maybe not so much for Laura L. Flippin. She's a lawyer, a partner at DLA Piper. Last month she got charged with public intoxication. The police report states that Laura Flippin's blood alcohol level was .253, which is flippin' epic...