Lawyer Rankings: Are They Out Of Control?
Stroking lawyers' egos is big business.
A whole cottage industry has developed on playing off of lawyers’ egos and insecurities. It’s accelerating dramatically because people see that there’s money to be had.
— The head of a large New York-based law firm, speaking to Sara Randazzo of the Wall Street Journal about the proliferation of lawyer and law firm rankings.
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David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at dlat@abovethelaw.com.