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Biglaw, Bloomberg, In-House Counsel, Willkie Farr
Bloomberg Raids Willkie Farr For In-House Talent
Willkie Farr is getting raided. But it's not an entirely bad thing. Instead of losing talent to a rival law firm, Willkie is losing talent to a top client. Bloomberg LP has decided to beef up its in-house presence, and it's doing it with a boatload of Willkie attorneys. Is this a good thing for Willkie? The firm will remain Bloomberg's outside counsel, but there could be much less work coming from the client.... -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Musical Chairs, Partner Issues, Willkie Farr
More O'Melveny Partner DeparturesDewey get more talent? Yes.
We recently reported that at least 22 partners have left O’Melveny & Myers in 2011 thus far. That number continues to grow. Earlier this week, two more partners announced their imminent departures from OMM: Ilan Nissan, former firmwide co-chair of the firm’s M&A and private equity practice, and Christian Nugent, also an M&A partner. Like […] - Sponsored
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McKool Smith, New York Times, Weddings, Willkie Farr
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: The Turman Show
LEWW is back, plus one more adorable kid and minus a lot of sleep. Prime wedding season is nearly upon us, but today our task is to get you caught up on some of the nuptial fabulosity that occurred in our absence. (And by the way, if you missed the NYT’s December feature on the […]
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Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Willkie Farr
Associate Bonus Watch: Willkie Matches the Cravath Spring Bonuses!
We recently wondered, in the wake of Cadwalader announcing spring bonuses, whether Willkie Farr (and several other top New York firms) might follow suit. Well, the wait is over. Willkie has announced spring bonuses, on the top-of-the-line Cravath scale…. -
Conferences / Symposia, Social Networking Websites, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Technology, Willkie Farr
The LegalTech Pregame Show
Ed. note: Gabe Acevedo will be covering LegalTech for Above the Law this year. If you are interested in communicating with someone from ATL about LegalTech coverage, please contact Gabe at gabe@gabesguide.com. Thanks. The pregame show for LegalTech New York 2011 has been in full swing the last few weeks. Vendors and their PR reps […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2010, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Willkie Farr
Associate Bonus Watch: Willkie Farr Matches Cravath
The memo is just coming in now, but the news is not shocking. Willkie Farr has decided to match the Cravath bonus scale, continuing the trend of everybody mindlessly doing whatever Cravath tells them to do. The bonuses will be paid on December 17th, so Willkie associates will still have some time to put the […] -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Rankings, Summer Associates, Willkie Farr
Summer Associate Job Survey: The Kids Are Still Stressed
The American Lawyer just released its annual summer associate job survey. Back in the day, law students paid a lot of attention to how summers before them enjoyed their summer associate experience. Of course, back in the day the summer associate experience used to be a 12-week-long recruiting event. Now, it’s a 12 (or 10, […] -
Akin Gump, Allen & Overy, Biglaw, Rankings, Vault 100 Open Threads: 2011, Vault rankings, Willkie Farr
Fall Recruiting Open Threads: Vault 31 – 40 (2011)
We’ve gotten away from plowing through the latest Vault Rankings, but fear not. Your firm is coming up soon. We’ve been through the top 30 firms. But now we’re getting into a group of firms that really utilized the cost-cutting measures of salary cuts and layoffs to weather the recession of 2009. Did these guys […] - Sponsored
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Deferral Stipend, Start Dates, Willkie Farr
Willkie Farr: Defers Incoming Associates to 2011, 3Ls Pissed by Late Notice
At the end of the summer, Willkie Farr & Gallagher told offerees that they would be able to start at the firm on time, in the fall of 2010. It turns out that Willkie’s promise wasn’t something intelligent law students should have relied on. Here’s the email that went out to the summer class, yesterday: […] -
Associate Salaries, Willkie Farr
Good News for Willkie Associates
On Friday evening, we created an open thread for discussion of which firms are providing their associates with the customary salary raises, now that a new year is here. We cited Willkie Farr as one notable example of a firm that had not yet told its associates whether they’d be getting the usual salary bumps. […] -
Biglaw, Salary Freeze, Willkie Farr
Open Thread: Firms That Have Raised Salaries As Usual
We’ve been reporting on firms that have announced pay freezes for 2010, but at some firms, the salary outlook for 2010 is still unclear. For example, associates at Mayer Brown and Willkie Farr are huddled in the dark, not sure if they’re freezing. From a junior Willkie associate: I’m a second-year associate at Willkie. I […] -
New York Times, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, UVA Law, Weddings, Willkie Farr
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch: Rabbit, Rabbit
Holy crap. We did not Photoshop this picture. It actually appeared in a New York Times wedding announcement. Chuckle at it, if you must. But know that when you do, you’re fiddling while a venerable institution goes up in flames. December isn’t a great month to get married, and this December was particularly bad. Still, […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2009, Bonuses, Money, Willkie Farr
Associate Bonus Watch: Willkie Matches Cravath and Full-Cravath
Bonus season is now in full swing. Sources report that Willkie Farr has announced bonuses that match the Cravath scale. Here’s the breakdown: From: The Executive CommitteeTo: ASSOCIATES – NY; ASSOCIATES – DCCc: PARTNERS – FIRMWIDESent: Fri Nov 20 11:11:01 2009Subject: 2009 Associate Bonuses The Executive Committee is pleased to announce the following year-end bonuses […]
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Akin Gump, Allen & Overy, Munger Tolles & Olson, Vault 100 Open Threads: 2010, Willkie Farr
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 31 - 40 (2010)
As we roll through the next segment of the 2010 Vault rankings, we get into some firms that have been caught testing the stealth layoff waters. To refresh your memory, here is the next list of firms: 31. Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy 32. Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker 33. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & […] -
7th Circuit, 9th Circuit, Antonin Scalia, Department of Justice, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Harvard, Richard Posner, Supreme Court Clerks, Weddings, Willkie Farr
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 7.12: French Kissing
Rejoice, wedding fans! We have some compelling mid-summer material for you this week: Wachtell, SCOTUS, lesbians, French nobility — read on for the details on all of that and more, as reported in the New York Times and filtered by us. Our finalist couples: 1. Rebecca Gutner and Rodman Forter Jr. 2. Laura Hammond and […] -
Layoffs, Willkie Farr
Stealth Layoff Watch/Impending Layoff Watch: Willkie Farr
Last week, a very angry comment appeared in one of our threads: Well its official Wilkie [sic] Farr Gallagher has started the rounds of FIRINGS. It is utterly despicable that these firms can turn around and fire people under the guise of “poor performance”. After treating their associates as two bit whores for years they […] -
Staff Layoffs, Willkie Farr
Staff Layoff Watch: Roundup Number 2
Yesterday’s staff layoff post generated a lot of tips and rumors. Please keep them coming. It appears that staffs are taking it on the chin even worse than associates and partner profit margins. While we are still playing “fact or fiction” with some of the rumors, we can now report these additional staff reductions around […] -
Associate Bonus Watch 2008, Willkie Farr
Associate Bonus Watch: Willkie Follows the Plan of Cravath
Willkie Farr & Gallagher will be matching Cravath’s low bonuses this year. The email didn’t bother to explain why, since it’s pretty clear that market conditions have beaten associates into submission with a giant, invisible hand. The Executive Committee is pleased to announce the following year end bonuses for associates: Class of 2008: $17,500 (pro-rated) […] -
Akin Gump, Allen & Overy, Vault 100 open threads - 2009, Willkie Farr
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 31-40 (2009)
Welcome to another post in the 2009 Vault 100 open thread series. You all seem to like having the law firms listed in groups of ten, so we’ll keep it up. Here are the thirty-something firms from the Vault 100, with prestige scores in parentheses: 31. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP (6.461) 32. […] -
Willkie Farr
Willkie Farr Out Behavior: Bizarre Emails From An Incoming Summer Associate
Last June, the WSJ Law Blog wondered: Are law students emotional wrecks? Here is more evidence — and there’s already quite a lot in these pages — that the answer to the question is yes. It started out innocently enough. A legal recruiting assistant at Willkie Farr & Gallagher sent out this email on Friday: […]