Partner Issues
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Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Law Firm Names, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Dewey Have Enough Partners to Mess Up the Winston / Howrey Deal?
As we mentioned in our last story on the embattled Howrey law firm, the remaining partners will vote this week on whether to wind down the 55-year-old shop. According to Am Law Daily, that vote is set to take place on Wednesday. For the past few weeks, Winston & Strawn has been waiting in the […] -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Howrey Kemosabe: Rivals Claim More Scalps, As Dissolution Vote Looms (Plus the Howrey haiku contest winners.)
Partners at the differently abled challenged Howrey law firm continue to leave the reservation in droves. Last night, Am Law Daily reported on the departure of antitrust litigatrix Roxann Henry. She’s joining Dewey & LeBoeuf, which has picked up a number of Howrey refugees (including Henry Bunsow, former vice-chairman of the firm). What’s next for […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Old People, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Racism
Old White Man Sues Firm, Alleging Racial, Gender, and Age Discrimination
You don’t see this everyday. Raymond Carey, a 57-year-old white male partner at Foley & Lardner, is suing the firm, alleging that it paid him less than it would have paid a “female, non-Caucasian, younger partner.” Sadly, it appears the only evidence Carey has for his claims is that he wasn’t paid as much as […]
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Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Sheppard Mullin, Summer Associates
Howreying for the Exits: More Partner Departures; Bootcamp Gets the Boot
The spinning of the revolving door at the beleaguered Howrey law firm is making our heads spin here at Above the Law. Keeping track of all the partner departures is becoming quite the challenge. We’ve collected some links about the latest partner defections, after the jump. At this rate, it’s not clear how many lawyers […] -
Money, Movies, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: I See London, I See France
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Size Matters, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. As has become my tradition, Sunday night I watched the Academy Awards while drinking an Oscar-themed martini. While watching the three-and-a-half-hour award show, I was reminded of a few life lessons that I have learned […] -
Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Partner Issues
Howrey Going to Bring This to a Close?
The Howrey saga rolls on. The story has been interesting to cover, since it involves some colorful characters and illustrates a number of trends that are reshaping the large-law-firm landscape (as noted in the recent Washington Post piece on Howrey). But at a certain point, we’re just going to want some closure on this story. […] -
Biglaw, Colbert Report, Partner Issues, Privacy, Technology, Television
Hunton & Williams Gets Colbert Report'ed
The cutting-edge information and security practice of Hunton & Williams is getting the firm lots of media attention these days — but not of the positive variety. The firm’s lawyers are getting coverage due to their information becoming insecure after a hacktivist group leaked emails they exchanged with security firm HBGary. Last night, the firm’s […] -
Biglaw, Deaths, Partner Issues
Skadden Name Partner Joe Flom, R.I.P.
Earlier this month, the son of Joseph Flom — name partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and a legendary figure of the M&A bar — wrote a moving tribute to his father. He explained that the 87-year-old Flom was gravely ill and not far from death. This morning, Skadden confirmed the sad news […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Howrey Going To Get Out of Here?
A report surfaced yesterday claiming that Howrey has now more or less given itself an end date: March 1, according to the report on Shark Tank Legal. Partners who have received offers to join Winston & Strawn are expected to accept them by March 1st. After that, Howrey will be in full dissolution mode. Even […] -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Privacy, Technology
Hunton & Williams Gets WikiLeaked
Hunton & Williams is having an uncomfortable week, and will get its very own page in the WikiLeaks saga. Thanks to a feud between hacktivist group Anonymous and a security firm, emails that Hunton lawyers exchanged with that security firm were leaked in a major document dump last week. Journalist (and lawyer) Glenn Greenwald of […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Thelen Reid & Priest, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Howrey Losing More Partners? Construction Lawyers Might Be Next to Leave
After all, there are fewer partners for Howrey to lose with each passing day, as the Howrey lawyer diaspora continues to grow. Let’s review the recent activity — and discuss some possible future defections. On Friday we reported that IP litigator Mark Whitaker would be joining Baker Botts. That news has now been publicly announced. […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Loving Laterals
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. Why are lateral partners like pigs? No, no! I didn’t mean it that way! I’m just remembering the line from George Orwell’s Animal Farm — “Four legs good, two legs bad!” Thirty years ago, […] -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Amazing Tribute From Son to Joseph Flom
Apparently Joseph Flom — name partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — is gravely ill. On Friday, his son took to the internet to talk about the life of his father. It’s a pretty amazing tribute. One of the knocks on making it big in Biglaw are the family life sacrifices. But if […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Partner Issues
Associate Bonus Watch: Skadden Matches the Cravath Spring Bonuses!
This shouldn’t come as a shock: Skadden is paying spring bonuses. And it’s doing so on the top-of-the-market Cravath scale. Yay! According to a memorandum sent to the Skadden Arps partnership by email this morning — before 8 a.m., so prior to the Davis Polk announcement — the firm was originally planning to match market […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
This Is Howrey Do It: Partner Departures and Other Updates
This week has been fairly quiet in terms of news about the troubled Howrey law firm. A post over at the Howrey Doody Time blog — with a brilliant punny title (wish I had thought of it myself) — describes the current state of affairs as “a painful holding pattern.” Well, this morning we do […] -
Biglaw, Depositions, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: Why The Focus On Written Work?
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. This column comes from a narrow perspective — that of a litigator and, in particular, an in-house head of litigation. I suspect that in-house SEC lawyers, or M&A lawyers, may have entirely different perspectives […] -
Biglaw, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
When Poaching Partners, It's All About the Benjamins
I like it when the artifice drops and Biglaw is shown to be dominated by greed. I don’t necessarily use the word “greed” pejoratively. I like money, you like money, and if somebody offered you more money to do what you are doing already, you’d take it. I just like it when people can admit […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
If Cadwalader Makes It Rain, Many More Firms Will Have to Follow
Fact: Spring bonuses have been announced at Cravath, Sullivan & Cromwell, Simpson Thacher, and Cleary Gottlieb. Fact: It’s February 7th. Fact: Skadden, Davis Polk, Weil, and Debevoise should be ashamed of themselves. Honestly, I don’t know what the top-tier firms that haven’t announced spring bonuses think they’re doing. Do they hope that no one is […] -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Partner Issues
Inside Straight: The Sins Of Inside Counsel
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Inside Straight, Above the Law’s new column for in-house counsel, written by Mark Herrmann. It’s time for the other side of the coin. Sitting here in the catbird’s seat, it’s easy to criticize things that outside counsel do. (It’s not just easy; my hope is that it’s […] -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Cocaine / Crack, Drugs, Email Scandals, Partner Issues
Biglaw Blind Item: What Does It Look Like When A Partner Gets Fired?
We’ve already shown you what it looks like when an associate gets laid off from a law firm. It’s not pretty. What does it look like when a law firm fires — or tries to fire — a partner? Well, that is even uglier….