Andrew Calder
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Biglaw
Biglaw Partner Makes Up For Being A Jerk By Getting Texas Employees Access To A Plumber
Plumbers are in demand, so Kirkland has a plan. -
ACLU, Biglaw, Drinking, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Food, Morning Docket, Partner Issues, Politics, Tax Law
Morning Docket: 07.11.14
* Judge Emmet Sullivan (D.D.C.) wants the IRS to explain, in a sworn declaration, how exactly it lost Lois Lerner’s emails. [WSJ Law Blog]
* And the fun for the IRS continues today in the courtroom of Judge Reggie Walton (D.D.C.), as reported by Sidney Powell, author of Licensed To Lie (affiliate link). [New York Observer]
* Speaker John Boehner wants to take the Republicans’ crusade against Obamacare to the courts. [New York Times]
* Andrew Calder, the young M&A partner that Kirkland & Ellis snagged from Simpson Thacher for a reported $5 million a year, is already bringing in big deals. [American Lawyer]
How the cupcake crumbles: the once-successful venture of an NYLS grad and her husband needs a rescue.
* “Duke University is not and never has been in the business of producing, marketing, distributing, or selling alcohol.” Some bros down in Durham disagree. [ABA Journal]
* If you see something… sue someone? The ACLU and Asian American civil rights groups, together with some help from Bingham McCutchen, have filed a legal challenge to the Suspicious Activity Reporting database. [New York Times]
* Congrats to David Hashmall, the incoming chair of Goodwin Procter — and congrats to outgoing chair Regina Pisa, the first woman ever to lead an Am Law 100 firm, on her long and successful leadership. [American Lawyer]
* A group of investors might end up devouring Crumbs, the cupcake-store chain founded by New York Law School grad Mia Bauer that suddenly shut down this week amid talk of a bankruptcy filing. [Wall Street Journal (sub. req.)]
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Biglaw, Email Scandals, Partner Issues, Rudeness
Did This Biglaw Partner Act Like A Big Tool? Let's Discuss
Is this partner's firm-wide email awful, or entertaining, or both?
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Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Mergers and Acquisitions, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Private Equity, Texas
Musical Chairs: Kirkland & Ellis Strikes Again In Houston
Isn't the Houston legal market exciting? -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Mergers and Acquisitions, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Private Equity, Texas
Musical Chairs: Kirkland Raids A Rival To Launch In Houston
Which promising young partner just got pirated away by Kirkland? -
Biglaw, Gender, Law Schools, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Women's Issues
New Partner Watch: Cravath and Simpson
Being a partner at a top law firm is still highly desirable. This is especially true of partners at firms near the top of the Biglaw hierarchy -- places like Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, with profits per partner in 2010 of $3.17 million and $2.64 million, respectively. They both announced new partnership classes this month. Let's learn about the new partners at CSM and STB. Maybe you know some of them -- from college, or law school, or a case or matter you've worked on....