I can't wait to count the layoffs! AH AH AH!!!!!!

- Count Layoffula

ONE! ONE CRITICISM OF MY COUNTING!!!!

ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FOUR SUPPORTERS!!!!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!!!!

Excellent! AH AH AH!!!

- Count Layoffula

1,900 responses! So much to COUNT!! AH AH AH!!!!!!

- Count Layoffula

SEVENTY! SEVENTY LAYOFFS!!

And still only half bonus!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!

If they had no layoffs, there would be even less bonus to count! AH AH AH!!!

- Count Layoffula

TWENTY SIX!! TWENTY SIX PASSING SCORES!!!!!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!!!!

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Seventy One -

I love to count things! I would count the failures, but there are not so many to count on the MPRE.

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ONE! ONE FAILED FIRM!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!!

Look at all the legal work a failure creates!! We can count all the fees!!! AH AH AH!!!!

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ONE! ONE MORE FIRM PAYING CRAVATH LEVEL BONUSES!!!!! AH AH AH!!!!!!!

To help Elie COUNT, here are the biglaw firms that are paying full-bonus:

Skadden! ONE!! ONE FIRM!!!!! AH AH AH!!!!!

Here are the biglaw firms that are paying half-bonus:

Cravath! ONE!
Simpson Thacher! TWO!
Davis Polk! THREE!
Cleary! FOUR!
Dewey! FIVE!
Milbank! SIX!
Clifford Chance! SEVEN!
Willkie! EIGHT!
White & Case! NINE!
Paul Weiss! TEN! TEN FIRMS!!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!!!!

Which scale is market? AH AH AH!!

- Count Layoffula

ONE! TWO!! TWO COUNTS OF FRAUD!!!!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!

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So much to COUNT on a slow news day!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!!

Can we count on updates when these attorney numbers change due to layoffs? AH AH AH!!

- Count Layoffula

ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE! ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THACHER PROFFITT LAWYERS!!!

ONE HUNDRED! ONE HUNDRED GOING TO KING & SPALDING!!!!!

LET US COUNT THE RESULTING LAYOFFS!!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!!!!

- Count Layoffula

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ZERO! ZERO LAYOFFS!!! AH AH AH!!!!!

TEN THOUSAND! TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS POORER!!!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!!!!

Vault Ten? Not for long! AH AH AH!!!!

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NINE! NINE NOMINEES!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!

Soon we can count the results of this poll, but first we should all start billing hours now that it is 2009!!! Those hours add up at bonus time and prevent layoffs!!!! AH AH AH!!!!!

Thank you, thank you all! I am honored to have received so many votes that I can COUNT!! AH AH AH!!!!

One hundred twenty-five more votes than the second-place commenter! That's a lot of votes. Let us COUNT the extra votes!

ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE! SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT! NINE! TEN! ELEVEN! TWELVE! THIRTEEN! FOURTEEN! FIFTEEN! SIXTEEN! SEVENTEEN! EIGHTEEN! NINETEEN! TWENTY! TWENTY-ONE! TWENTY-TWO! TWENTY-THREE! TWENTY-FOUR! TWENTY-FIVE! TWENTY-SIX! TWENTY-SEVEN! TWENTY-EIGHT! TWENTY-NINE! THIRTY! THIRTY-ONE! THIRTY-TWO! THIRTY-THREE! THIRTY-FOUR! THIRTY-FIVE! THIRTY-SIX! THIRTY-SEVEN! THIRTY-EIGHT! THIRTY-NINE! FORTY! FORTY-ONE! FORTY-TWO! FORTY-THREE! FORTY-FOUR! FORTY-FIVE! FORTY-SIX! FORTY-SEVEN! FORTY-EIGHT! FORTY-NINE! FIFTY! FIFTY-ONE! FIFTY-TWO! FIFTY-THREE! FIFTY-FOUR! FIFTY-FIVE! FIFTY-SIX! FIFTY-SEVEN! FIFTY-EIGHT! FIFTY-NINE! SIXTY! SIXTY-ONE! SIXTY-TWO! SIXTY-THREE! SIXTY-FOUR! SIXTY-FIVE! SIXTY-SIX! SIXTY-SEVEN! SIXTY-EIGHT! SIXTY-NINE! SEVENTY! SEVENTY-ONE! SEVENTY-TWO! SEVENTY-THREE! SEVENTY-FOUR! SEVENTY-FIVE! SEVENTY-SIX! SEVENTY-SEVEN! SEVENTY-EIGHT! SEVENTY-NINE! EIGHTY! EIGHTY-ONE! EIGHTY-TWO! EIGHTY-THREE! EIGHTY-FOUR! EIGHTY-FIVE! EIGHTY-SIX! EIGHTY-SEVEN! EIGHTY-EIGHT! EIGHTY-NINE! NINETY! NINETY-ONE! NINETY-TWO! NINETY-THREE! NINETY-FOUR! NINETY-FIVE! NINETY-SIX! NINETY-SEVEN! NINETY-EIGHT! NINETY-NINE! ONE HUNDRED! ONE HUNDRED ONE! ONE HUNDRED TWO! ONE HUNDRED THREE! ONE HUNDRED FOUR! ONE HUNDRED FIVE! ONE HUNDRED SIX! ONE HUNDRED SEVEN! ONE HUNDRED EIGHT! ONE HUNDRED NINE! ONE HUNDRED TEN! ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN! ONE HUNDRED TWELVE! ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN! ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN! ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN! ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN! ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN! ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN! ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN! ONE HUNDRED TWENTY! ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE! ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO! ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE! ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR! ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE!

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE MORE VOTES FOR COUNT LAYOFFULA!!!!!!!!!!!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Count Layoffula

THIRTY TWO! THIRTY TWO LAYOFFS!! AH AH AH!!!!!

My apologies for not being around very much to COUNT the layoffs! I have been preoccupied COUNTing my billable hours for 2009. ONE! ONE BILLABLE HOUR!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Count Layoffula

California lawyers? They will probably be laid off while traveling the globe.

TWO! TWO POTENTIAL LAYOFFS!!! AH AH AH AH AH!!!!!

- Count Layoffula