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Alston & Bird, Biglaw, Heller Ehrman, Job Searches, Sonnenschein
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 61-65
There’s a lot going on this morning, including the resignation of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and the Michael Vick plea hearing. But none of this will prevent fall recruiting from going forward, full speed ahead. So let’s continue with our open threads on Vault 100 law firms. Here are the Biglaw shops to talk […] -
Biglaw, LeBoeuf Lamb, Money, Skaddenfreude, Sonnenschein
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: More Chicago News
Two items pertaining to associate pay raises in Chicago: 1. LeBoeuf Lamb just announced that its Chicago office will be on the $160K pay scale. The firm’s presence in the Windy City isn’t huge, but the move does confirm that the market rate for Chi-town really is $160K. Memo after the jump. 2. Sonnenschein, Nath […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude, Sonnenschein, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Stroock, Reed Smith, Sonnenschein
A few more news items concerning associate compensation: 1. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan: Multiple sources confirm that they’ve raised salaries in their Los Angeles office. Effective date of June 1; no changes to the bonus structure. The new scale is 160-170-185-195, plus discretionary raises for year 5 and above, who previously were at $200K […]
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Biglaw, Magic Circle, Money, Skaddenfreude, Sonnenschein
Skaddenfreude: Lunchtime Open Thread
Remember that root canal we had? It’s time for us to go in for a follow-up. Hence this lunchtime open thread. Please post pay raise news in the comments. Since it’s Friday afternoon, we expect at least some news to break. Before we leave, here are some items we’ve recently verified: 1. From a confirmed […] -
Cablevision, Federal Government, Musical Chairs, Politics, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonnenschein
Musical Chairs: 11.10.06
Today is the observation of Veterans’ Day (which falls on Saturday). Many of you are enjoying a well-deserved day off. And so is NYLawyer.com, which assiduously covers job hopping in the legal profession. So it’s a pretty quiet day. But we still have a few things to write about: Government to Private Sector (or vice […] -
Biglaw, Debra Wong Yang, Department of Justice, Dewey Ballantine, Jonathan Cohn, King & Spalding, Musical Chairs, Options Backdating, Rachel Brand, Sonnenschein, Ted Olson, U.S. Attorneys Offices
Musical Chairs: 10.17.06
A number of big-ticket moves to report today. The most notable involve government lawyers: Government to Private Sector: * Debra Wong Yang, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (Los Angeles), has resigned from the USAO. She’s headed to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, as a partner (duh). Ka-ching! Yang will work out of […] -
Biglaw, Musical Chairs, Sonnenschein, Venable
Musical Chairs: 09.18.06
Lateral Moves: * Global trade lawyers Duane Layton, Sydney Mintzer and Jeffrey Lowe, to Mayer Brown, from Miller & Chevalier. * Bankruptcy lawyer Stephen Gallagher, to Venable LLP, from LeClair Ryan PC. * Intellectual property litigator Daniel McCloskey, to Greenberg Traurig (of counsel), from Dechert. Internal Promotions: * Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal: Kara Baysinger has […]