Quinn Emanuel
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Biglaw, Billable Hours, Bonuses, Money, Partner Profits
You Want Your Bonus? We Want Your Time Sheets.
As we all know from the law-and-economics reasoning that was taught to us in law school, people -- yes, this includes lawyers -- respond to incentives. At one leading law firm, bonus anxiety is being shrewdly harnessed in service of collections efforts. CHECK YOU TIME SHEETS.... -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, California, Litigators, Silicon Valley, Small Law Firms
From Biglaw to Boutique: Trading Places
Some people thought he might be nuts for leaving litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel. But the prospects of starting his own firm and building a practice from the ground up were too compelling to ignore. Please welcome our new small-firm columnist, Tom Wallerstein! - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Minority Issues, Racism, S.D.N.Y., Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Yolanda Young
Staff Attorney Claims Discrimination at Quinn Emanuel
We're starting to think that staff attorneys are being discriminated against because they are staff attorneys. A racial discrimination lawsuit has been filed against Quinn Emanuel by a former staff attorney. We're not sure if racism really fits into Quinn's work hard/play hard firm culture. We feel like the only color Quinn cares about is green....
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Advertising, Allen & Overy, Arnold & Porter, Biglaw, Career Center, Crowell & Moring, Partner Issues, Reader Polls, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Career Center Survey Results: Top Partners to Work For – New York (Part 1)
Partners are usually best remembered for behaving badly, or worse, treating associates badly. But not the partners who made our “Top Partners to Work For” list. Last week, we asked you to nominate the best Biglaw partners you work for, tell us why they are the best, and rate them in six categories: expertise within […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, American Bar Association / ABA, Antitrust, Attorney Misconduct, Depositions, Facebook, Legal Ethics, LSAT, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.12.11
* LSAC might start auditing the LSAT scores and GPAs that law schools report to the ABA. Now, which agency is going to handle their too good to be true employment stats? [National Law Journal] * Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s lawyer asked a judge to ban the word “bomb” from his trial. The judge denied it, […]
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Biglaw, Ho-Love, Hogan & Hartson, Lovells, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The Biggest Law Firms in the World: Meet the Global 100
Say hello to the Global 100 for 2011. This is the American Lawyer's list of the world's 100 largest law firms, ranked by total revenue. Lawyers are a competitive lot. So you're probably less interested in the overall figures than in how different firms fared in the rankings.... -
Celebrities, D.C. Circuit, Douglas Ginsburg, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Intellectual Property, Law Schools, Madonna, Non-Sequiturs, Religion, Securities and Exchange Commission, Trademarks, Wall Street
Non-Sequiturs: 09.02.11
* Judge Douglas Ginsburg (D.C. Cir.) is taking senior status and joining the NYU Law faculty. Query how this will affect his feeding (and no, we’re not talking about New York versus D.C. restaurants). [The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times] * “Two Examples of Things Not to Say When You’re at Your Local IRS […] -
Alston & Bird, Animal Law, Benchslaps, Biglaw, Cars, Deaths, Federal Judges, Law Schools, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Musical Chairs, Non-Sequiturs, Sam Sparks, Texas
Non-Sequiturs: 09.01.11
* Remember the “kindergarten party” that Judge Sam Sparks (W.D. Tex.) was planning to hold? His Honor has canceled the festivities. [WSJ Law Blog] * John Althouse Cohen — yes, son of La Althouse — discusses one way in which Texas might be emulating… Europe? [Jaltcoh] * Professor Paul Campos opens up a can of […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools
Quinn OCI Irks Fordham Law Kids, But Maybe They Should Blame Fordham
It's time for on-campus interviewing. It's a stressful time, but law students know they can make it better if they are successful during OCI. If only they can wow the law-firm interviewers who show up on campus. The problem is that for many law students, especially those at schools ranked outside the top national institutions, their OCI fate was decided long before they shook the hand of any interviewer. One tipster is just now realizing that, and he is understandably pissed.... -
Biglaw, Contests, Fabulosity, Parties, Summer Associates
ATL Summer Associate Event Contest: Which Firm Had the Best Event of 2011?
With the high offer rates we've seen, we have to assume that there was enough money to go around for firms to host some excellent events, right? Well, now that you've got your offer in hand (hopefully), you can spill the beans on what went down at your firm this summer.... -
Biglaw, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Fashion Victims Unit, Shoes, Summer Associates
Summer Is Ending, But Flip-Flops Are Still Hot at Quinn Emanuel
Back in June, we wrote about the lawyers in the Fashion Victims Unit at litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel. We were a little surprised when we found out that partner Bill Urquhart was allowing — nay, encouraging — all associates to dress über casually at the office. As Vivia Chen of The Careerist so eloquently put […] -
Biglaw, Cold Offers, Job Searches, No Offers, Summer Associates
Summer Associate Offer Rates: An Update
Since our initial call for information about summer associate offer rates at major law firms, a number of people have contacted us with reports. As it turns out, there's a lot of good news floating around out there for summer associates. 100% offer rates abound. Let's round them up.... -
Fashion, Small Law Firms
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: The Small-Firm Dress Code
The other day, Staci wrote about dress codes at some of the large firms. Specifically, Quinn Emanuel made some noise by putting out a minimalist dress code, requiring only shoes “because our insurance company requires them!” (Yes, it’s their exclamation point.) This was in stark contrast to other Biglaw dress codes, like the paternalistic one […]
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Biglaw, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Fashion Victims Unit
Quinn Emanuel: Shoes Needed, Class Optional
At Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, no shoes, no shirt, no problem! Well, actually you’ll need the shoes, but the rest can be sacrificed if you need to for your own creativity. When thinking of how lawyers are supposed to look, most people conjure visions of sharply-dressed men and women in suits, carrying designer leather […] -
Biglaw, Cheapness, john quinn, Litigators, Reader Polls, Trials
Would You Rather Win, Or Get Paid While Losing?
I’m going to tell you the tale of two law firms. Firm A: You win a major, high-profile case. The victory is covered by the legal press and mainstream media. The award to your client is huge, and the victory comes at the expense of a rival firm. Your only problem? Your client won’t pay […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Billable Hours, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Quinn Emanuel Matches Spring Bonuses at 2000 Hours -- Then Things Get Crazy Fun
In an earlier round-up on spring bonus stragglers, we talked about Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis, and Quinn Emanuel. Latham and Kirkland made spring bonus announcements a short while after our post, and now Quinn Emanuel is following suit. Actually, not “following” — depending on how hard they work, QE associates can beat the […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, White & Case
Associate Bonus Watch: Which Firms Are Springing Only in New York?
Let’s all take a deep breath. Associate bonus season, which usually wraps up sometime in January, looks like it’s been extended well into April. This is just more proof that Biglaw firms don’t actually collude. No rational business person would want to be making decisions in April 2011 about how much to pay employees for […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: O'Melveny Announces Spring Bonuses(While the associates are getting restless at Gibson Dunn....)
In its recent obituary for Warren Christopher, former U.S. Secretary of State and former senior partner at O’Melveny & Myers, the New York Times referred to O’Melveny as “the most traditional and prestigious of Los Angeles law firms.” Well, if you want to be one of the “most prestigious” Los Angeles law firms — or […] -
Biglaw, Small Law Firms
Size Matters: Small Firm With Big Shoes To Fill
Ed. note: This is the latest installment of Size Matters, one of Above the Law’s new columns for small-firm lawyers. I suppose that I should interview John Quinn (or john quinn?) on what it takes to start a successful small law firm. I mean, yeah, Quinn Emanuel was once small and now is sort of […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Cheapness, Money
Spring Bonus Stragglers: Open Thread
I’ve been trying to be nice. I’ve been trying to be positive. I’ve been trying to adopt a new, sunny, smoke-free attitude that assumes certain top firms will do the right thing by their associates and announce spring bonuses along the lines of Cravath, Sullivan & Cromwell, and a bunch of other top-tier firms. Just […]