Partner Issues
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Biglaw, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Tax Law, Weirdness
Why Did John O'Brien Leave Sullivan & Cromwell?
Back in April, we wondered about the departure from Sullivan & Cromwell of John O’Brien, a highly regarded and well-liked corporate partner who focused on M&A work. This development captured our interest because it’s unusual for lawyers to leave the (highly lucrative) partnership of a top firm like S&C. When partners leave a place like […] -
Banking Law, Biglaw, Cars, H. Rodgin Cohen, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Partner Issues
Breaking: Rodge Cohen Drives a Subaru!
That’s the most shocking revelation in an interesting New York Times profile of H. Rodgin Cohen, the nation’s top banking M&A lawyer and chairman of the venerable Sullivan & Cromwell. From the NYT: After [Cohen and his wife Barbara] had paid their [restaurant] check, they went to fetch the car, and Mr. Cohen, a Boston […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Old People, Partner Issues, Real Estate, Schiff Hardin
Schiff Hardin Update: Partners Emeriti Still Welcome
Earlier today, we wrote about Schiff Hardin sending a mass e-mail to its retired partners letting them know that they were being moved to temporary offices during a renovation of the firm’s Chicago office. The e-mail read as if the partners were not getting their own offices upon their return and were being asked to […]
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Biglaw, Old People, Real Estate, Schiff Hardin
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Partners Emeriti at Schiff Hardin?
We’ve noticed in comment threads that many of you would like frequent commenter Partner Emeritus to retire. But he’s a persistent one. Perhaps frustrated readers should take a page from the book of Schiff Hardin. The 400-attorney firm found an interesting way to get rid of its partners emeriti in the firm’s Chicago office. It […] -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues
Musical Chairs: O'Melveny Litigation Rainmaker Moving to Skadden
Back in March, we reported that Skadden D.C. lost important members of its litigation team when Andrew Sandler and Benjamin Klubes left to start their own firm. Have those losses been replaced? Sources report Skadden is in the process of poaching a big name from O’Melveny & Myers. Apparently, John Beisner is leaving OMM for […] -
Biglaw, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Weirdness
Another Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Has Left the Building
This year has been an interesting one so far for Sullivan & Cromwell. There has been happy news, like firm chairman H. Rodgin Cohen — banking M&A god, and a contender for a top Treasury Department post, before he withdrew — being named Dealmaker of the Year. There has been tragic news, like the killing […] -
Biglaw, Cellphones, Layoffs, Rudeness
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to New YorkPillsbury Admits Gaffe -- and Looming Lawyer Layoffs
Time for a brief follow-up to our earlier post about Biglaw partner Robert Robbins, head of the corporate practice of Pillsbury Winthrop, and how he spoke — a little too loudly, on a crowded Acela train — about the firm’s planned layoffs. You may have already seen it in the comments, but in case it […] -
Biglaw, Cellphones, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Rudeness
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to New York(Or: Pillsbury associates, brace yourselves.)
Law firm partners need to watch more Gossip Girl. If they did, they’d learn the perils of talking about private matters in public places. In the age of BlackBerrys, texting, and cameraphones, it’s ridiculously easy for tipsters to leak details of overheard conversations and not-so-secret rendezvous to their favorite online gossip girl (or boy — […] - Sponsored
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Layoffs, Partner Issues
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Kirkland & Ellis Fires Non-Equity Partners
Kirkland & Ellis has asked a number of non-equity partners to leave, multiple sources report. The timing is unclear, but they may have up to six months to pack their things. The number of laid-off non-equity partners — or “non-share partners,” in K&E parlance — is believed to hover somewhere between 15 and 25. Some […] -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Health Care / Medicine, Partner Issues, STDs
Those aren't my Herpes... Then whose Herpes are they?
In September, Kirkland & Ellis partner Frederick Tanne sued his wife, her lover, and her father for giving him herpes. (We mentioned this lawsuit in passing in Morning Docket at the time of the complaint, and many of you complained about the item not getting its own post. Well, here you go!) Tanne claimed to […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Biglaw, Legal Ethics, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Weirdness
Former Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Resigns for Defrauding Clients and the Firm (to the tune of $500K)
Back in July, we were the first to wonder about the mysterious departure from Sullivan & Cromwell of Carlos Spinelli-Noseda, a rising star at the über-prestigious (and profitable) law firm. Some commenters viewed our interest in his departure as unseemly, prying, or reflecting bias against S&C. We don’t mean to gloat — okay, maybe just […] -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Politics, Sarah Palin
McCain Veep Vetter Culvahouse Tries to Hang On
Arthur Culvahouse, chairman of O’Melveny & Myers, was in charge of vetting Sarah Palin and has been taking some heat. But Culvahouse has more to worry about than the National Enquirer. Culvahouse is locked in a high-stakes political battle to keep his chairmanship at O’Melveny. O’Melveny’s policy committee, which recommends the chairperson subject to ratification […] -
Biglaw, Crime, Divorce Train Wrecks, Lawyer of the Day, Partner Issues, Violence
Lawyer of the Day: Ira Schacter
When a Biglaw partner is accused of domestic violence, we can’t help but honor him as ATL’s Lawyer of the Day. But we must note that this article from the New York Daily News drips with lawyer hatred, in describing a case where the attorney was not convicted. They didn’t even spell Cadwalader partner Ira […]
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Biglaw, Email Scandals, Screw-Ups, Sheila Birnbaum
An Email Oopsie, By A Legendary Litigatrix
It’s not just Pepper Hamilton. Email screw-ups are committed by even the most renowned lawyers — like longtime Skadden Arps partner Sheila Birnbaum, a living legend of the product liability defense bar. As we previously wrote, “Birnbaum, who heads Skadden’s Complex Mass Tort and Insurance Group, has a nickname reflecting her expertise: ‘The Queen of […] -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Cheapness, john quinn, Litigators, Money, Partner Issues
Wherein We Hear From john quinn of Quinn Emanuel
For whatever reason, Quinn Emanuel — the highly prestigious, super-profitable litigation powerhouse, with offices in California and New York — has received a disproportionate amount of coverage here at ATL. As we previously wrote, “we have a lot of tipsters over there. It seems that QE associates love to talk about their firm, for good […] -
Biglaw, Fabulosity, Martin Lipton, Money, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Musical Chairs: Wachtell Lipton's New Partners
Wachtell Lipton, the obscenely profitable and dazzlingly prestigious New York law firm, just elected three lawyers to its millionaires’ club partnership. By firm tradition, the partnership vote takes place on Election Day each year. Expect an official announcement tomorrow; we bring you the news today. The three lucky, talented, and hardworking new partners are: — […]