Profits Per Partner
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Biglaw
This Biglaw Firm Will No Longer Publish Its Profits Per Equity Partner
The firm's leaders think the metric is a 'misleading' indicator of business performance. -
Biglaw
The Am Law 200: Biglaw's Second Hundred Blows The Competition Out Of The Water
Things continue to look up for the firms in the Second Hundred. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firms Shrinking Their Equity Partnership Ranks Are 'Gaming' The System
And it may not always be to their advantage.
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Biglaw
Biglaw Partners' Satisfaction With Their Pay 'Remains Robust'
Only a tiny percentage of partners are 'very dissatisfied' with their pay. -
Biglaw
The $20 Million Biglaw Partner AKA 'The Kirkland Effect'
Want your partners to stay? Then it's time to pay! -
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Biglaw
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Partnership?
A 'partner' isn't always a partner -- and maybe that's okay. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non Sequiturs: 04.14.19
* “How Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration.” My review of Emily Bazelon’s new book, Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (affiliate link). [New York Times Book Review]
* When it comes to prosecutors, as former prosecutor Joel Cohen explains, it’s all about discretion. [New York Law Journal]
* Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.) defends Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins’s exercise of her prosecutorial discretion — and argues that Thomas Turco’s criticisms of Rollins are unfair. [Boston Globe]
* Another ex-prosecutor, Quinn Emanuel partner Alex Spiro, is representing tennis star Naomi Osaka in the “repugnant” lawsuit filed against her by her former coach. [Tennis365]
* Former federal prosecutors, many of them now partners at Biglaw firms, represent more than half of the defense lawyers in Operation Varsity Blues, aka the college admissions scandal. [Big Law Business]
* High-stakes litigation is just one of many factors contributing to Biglaw’s robust profit margin these days — hovering around 40 percent, its highest value in almost 30 years, according to Madhav Srinivasan of Hunton Andrews Kurth. [Law.com]
* Ronald Collins interviews Joan Biskupic about her latest judicial biography, The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts (affiliate link). [SCOTUSblog]
* And speaking of SCOTUS, Will Baude believes that the death penalty “is justifiable and constitutional” — but argues that the Court has not acquitted itself well in its recent handling of capital cases. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
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Biglaw
Partners At This Biglaw Firm Are REALLY Making It Rain
It's a torrential downpour of cash for partners at this firm. -
Biglaw
Looks Like Partners At These Firms Need To Start Sharing The Wealth
Don't be greedy, share with your needy associates. -
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Biglaw, Politics
The $4 Million Man: Meet Trump's Patent & Trademark Pick
If confirmed, he'll be taking a gigantic pay cut. -
Biglaw
Why These Global 100 Numbers Should Scare The Bejeezus Out Of You
What do Dentons and Applebee's have in common?
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How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
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Biglaw, Money
The Global 100: Fractured Futures At The Richest Law Firms In The World (2017)
Uncertain times may be ahead of us given their financial performance. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
A Step Backwards For Financial Transparency In Biglaw
A leader in transparency falls back into the pack. -
Biglaw, Politics
How Much Do Partners Make At Williams & Connolly?
Another Trump nominee lets us look in on firm finances. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues
Stats Of The Week: The Great Associate Pay Raise Of 2016
What story do these numbers tell? -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Politics
King & Spalding Pays Christopher Wray $9.2 Million A Year
The FBI director nominee makes a lot more money than his partners. -
Biglaw, Partner Issues, Rankings
The 2017 Am Law 200: Keep Calm And Carry On
Reports of Biglaw's death are greatly exaggerated. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The 2017 Am Law 100: A Turning Point For Biglaw?
Revenue per lawyer was basically flat; also, there's a new #2 in the rankings.