McDermott Will & Emery
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Associate Bonus Watch 2012, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Building Goodwill at McDermott Will & Emery
Bonuses at McDermott Will & Emery just came out. They're later than bonuses at many other firms, but perhaps they were worth the wait.... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Disasters / Emergencies, Pro Bono, Public Interest
Lawyers and Law Firms Contribute To Hurricane Sandy Relief and Recovery Efforts
What are lawyers and law firms doing to contribute to Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery efforts? - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Antitrust, ATL Career Center Survey, Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Career Center, Intellectual Property, Labor / Employment, Litigators, Rankings, Tax Law
Biglaw's Most Underrated Firms by Practice Area
Above the Law readers identify the most underrated firms in a wide range of practice areas, from antitrust to bankruptcy to labor and employment to tax....
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Law Schools, LLMs, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Law Schools Would Probably Care, But Only If People Stopped Throwing Money at Them
Does it matter if you get your LL.M. degree online? At least one hiring partner thinks so... -
Election 2012, Fabulosity, Howrey LLP, Lawyerly Lairs, Partner Issues, Politics, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Capital Homes in the Capital
Lawyers in D.C. do well for themselves. Check out these attorneys' million-dollar mansions.... -
Associate Bonus Watch 2011, Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: McDermott Will & Emery
As we wait for spring bonuses (will they ever come?), let's catch up on regular bonus news. McDermott Will & Emery announced bonuses last week. How were they? -
Advertising, Announcements, Deaths
Frank Kimball, R.I.P.
Disclosure: This obituary has been provided by Lateral Link, an Above the Law advertiser. We are very sad to inform the legal community that Frank Kimball, a true leader in our legal industry who influenced thousands of attorneys, from law students to managing partners, during his successful career, passed away last Friday, October 28. In […] -
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.... - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Document Review, Malpractice, Screw-Ups, Technology
McDermott Will & Emery Wins E-discovery Blunder of the Week
A wise man once said: “There, but for the grace of God, go I.” I think of this whenever there are claims of attorneys royally screwing up e-discovery. It’s easy to indulge in some schadenfreude and say, “What suckers!” But truthfully, many firms — even the big, prestigious ones — are more vulnerable than they’d […] -
Holland & Knight, Technology
Is E-Discovery Becoming Certifiable?
Recently on my blog I have been posting different viewpoints as to whether the e-discovery industry should have its own specialized certification. In the past year there has been a push by several organizations to establish standards of testing in the industry. In fact, a few weeks ago, the newly formed Association of Certified E-Discovery […] -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 04.07.11
* Musical chairs: Orrick partners to Dechert and Gibson Dunn; Weil Gotshal partners to McDermott. [Am Law Daily; McDermott Will & Emery] * Some of the questions in this survey, designed to assess how law students use online media when evaluating law firms, are amusing. If you’re a law student, please take the survey — […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: McDermott Will & Emery's Good News
Earlier this week, associate bonuses were announced at McDermott Will & Emery. We’ve heard about the news from multiple McDermott sources — and, without exception, all expressed happiness with their bonuses. “McDermott essentially matched market for average billers and beat market for above average billers,” said one source. “They also combined year-end and spring bonuses, […] -
Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
More on Cadwalader's Capture of Energy Lawyers from McDermott
Sometimes lawyers at Cadwalader are the victims of theft. And sometimes they’re the ones doing the stealing. Here’s the promised follow-up to yesterday’s post about Cadwalader’s successful raid on the energy law practice of McDermott Will & Emery. It’s big news in Biglaw. As of now, nine partners are moving — Paul Pantano, Karen Dewis, […]
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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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…
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: McDermott Will Move to New D.C. Digs
One of our odd obsessions around here: real estate. Just take a spin through our Lawyerly Lairs archives, which chronicle the adventures of attorneys in the world of real property, residential and commercial. We may not be as real obsessed as the folks over at Curbed, but we’re getting there. As a former resident of […] -
Rankings, Vault 100 Open Threads: 2011, Vault rankings
Fall Recruiting Open Threads: Vault 41 – 60 (2011)
We’re doing our annual march through the Vault prestige rankings, to give ATL readers the opportunity to have their say about perks and pitfalls at these firms. If your firm actually let you swap your Blackberry for your iPhone, brag here. Or if your firm has such a strong stench that it makes you nauseous, […] -
Document Review, No Offers, Start Dates
McDermott Will & Emery Converts Three Offers to Discovery Attorneys
In a couple of months, the class of 2012 will embark on its quest to find an elusive Biglaw summer associate gig. But let’s not forget that many in the class of 2009 are still sitting on the sidelines, waiting to start. Most of McDermott Will & Emery’s 2009 class has started already. But last […] -
Biglaw, Screw-Ups, Summer Associates
Welcome, Summer Associates! We're Glad You're Here, But Clients Aren't.
It’s summer time! A lucky few are being paid to warm seats in law firms across the land. (Very few — thanks to the minimal numbers of offers extended to law students in Recession Land.) Some firms are very excited about their summer associates, to the point of issuing press releases about them. Firms are […] -
Arlen Specter, Elena Kagan, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.19.10
* Sen. Arlen Specter — a Yale Law School grad and former Philadelphia district attorney, by the way — loses the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania; ophthalmologist Rand Paul, son of Rep. Ron Paul, wins the Republican primary in Kentucky. [Washington Post] * BP hires Kirkland & Ellis for the oil spill litigation — a sign […]
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Boutique Law Firms, Media and Journalism, Musical Chairs, Solo Practitioners
Musical Chairs: More About Lanny Davis's Departure from McDermott
In yesterday’s post about the departure of D.C. power broker Lanny Davis from McDermott Will & Emery, a firm he joined a little over six months ago, we put out a request for more information. That request was promptly answered — by none other than Lanny Davis himself. The drama lover in us was hoping […] -
Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: Lanny Davis Out at McDermott Already?
Back in October, we wrote about D.C. powerhouse lawyer Lanny Davis moving from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe to McDermott Will & Emery. He was joined in his Orrick-to-McDermott move by Eileen O’Connor, the journalist-turned-lawyer who worked with him in his crisis management practice. Now, just a few months later, it appears that Davis is striking […]