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If you read Above the Law last week, you’ll know that it’s an interesting time at WilmerHale. The firm is transitioning associates onto the street to other opportunities. It’s also dealing with former associates who left to clerk and now want back in. But the firm isn’t unconcerned about the terror snaking through its associate […]

There has been a lot going on at WilmerHale recently. Summer associates are coming, regular associates are “transitioning.” The uncertainty has made some WilmerHale alumni who are currently clerking wonder if they can return to the firm when their clerkships end. Above the Law has received reports from current clerks who were expecting to be […]

Here on Above the Law, we have extensively covered layoffs caused by the shrinking economy. We’ve also covered stealth layoffs. And we’ve covered performance review layoffs that have been done out in the open. But at WilmerHale it looks like we are seeing an example of this: economically induced performance reviews resulting in stealth messages […]

More firms are pushing back the start dates of incoming first year associates. This weekend, we learned that Winston & Strawn has pushed back start dates to January 19th, 2010. Deferred associates will receive an additional $15,000 on top of their $10,000 bar stipend. The firm is also picking up health care for its incoming […]

A couple of internal emails came across our desk today, heralding good news — at least for the partners. Profits per Partner are up at WilmerHale: PPP are $1,080,000, which is up from last year by a little bit. Also, 6.7% of total hours billed by the firm were to pro bono matters. And the […]

We know that attorneys at top firms like WilmerHale can charge stunning rates — up to $750 an hour for litigation chair Howard Shapiro. But if you ask them, that’s a bargain. Wilmer moved for an award of attorneys’ fees after winning a $90 million verdict in a False Claims Act case. The usual lodestar […]

A few more firms have joined the 18 Week Club. New and improved parental leave policies, from WilmerHale and O’Melveny & Myers, appear after the jump. We admit we can be a little idiosyncratic in terms of which firms’ announcements we highlight. For more comprehensive information, check out Justin Bernold’s handy-dandy, continually updated tables of […]

We bring you news of a career move by one of America’s most fabulous young lawyers. From a press release issued by WilmerHale: WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Rachel L. Brand and Mark D. Nelson will join the firm’s Washington, DC public policy and strategy practice focusing on congressional investigations, regulatory affairs and crisis […]

Yesterday the D.C. office of WilmerHale made its bonus announcement. Here’s a summary from a source at the firm: The bonus memo came out today. Yay! Salaries are the same. For the class of 2006, the hours guideline for bonuses is: Hours Bonus1,850 $15,0002,000 $35,0002,200 $40,0002,400 $45,000 Management gave the caveat that bonuses were awarded […]

Sorry, we don’t have any memo (and we don’t know if there will ever be one). But we can confirm for you that the New York office of WilmerHale announced bonuses yesterday. We’ve been informed that the bonuses are at market levels (year-end and special). The announcement was made yesterday at a live meeting. One […]

Toe up, that is. After our recent post about WilmerHale having “issues,” multiple sources wrote in to tell us that the firm’s Baltimore office is closing, effective January 1, 2008. Once again, the firm ignored us did not respond to our request for comment (which we, like Robert Novak, don’t like very much). If you […]

Some time ago, we received this interesting tip, about WilmerHale (in D.C.): WH continues to go downhill. Why is it that no one ever seems to write or care about this? I’m an associate and treated fairly well. But the support staff receives brutal treatment. I heard that one of our HR people who almost […]

Here are two updates about clerkship bonuses (a subject of interest to a limited group of readers — but those who care REALLY care): 1. Willkie Farr & Gallagher: The rumor that Willkie pays a $50,000 clerkship bonus has been confirmed. We understand this applies to both New York and Washington. 2. Akin Gump: In […]

From ESPN.com (gavel bang: commenter): In another [Michael] Vick-related matter, the quarterback’s camp has begun interviewing candidates to beef up his legal defense team in the event he goes to trial [on federal charges of conspiracy related to an alleged dogfighting venture]. Vick’s longtime personal attorney, Lawrence Woodward, is expected to remain part of the […]

Are WilmerHale summer associates missing out on the salary bump? Wilmer recently raised first-year salaries to $160,000, and you’d think the firm’s summers would be earning that salary as well. But maybe not. Here’s a disgruntled e-mail from a current WilmerHale summer: I hope that this is tip-worthy – because it certainly is a topic […]

We’ve confirmed with sources here in DC that WilmerHale has raised associate base salaries in its Washington office. Associates were notified individually earlier this afternoon. Accordingly, there was no memo. (But if we’re wrong about that, or if a memo later materializes, please send it along.) Because associates received individual notification, we don’t have salary […]

We’ve confirmed the fact that Wilmer Hale has raised associate base salaries, in Washington and New York. We don’t have a memo, though, because associates received personal latters. More about what we’ve learned, plus an open thread for your comments, after the jump.

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* Robert Hur set to testify about why his report was roughly 1 page of “no crime” and 50 pages of “Joe Biden is so old (How old is he?) He’s so old that he remembers the first Lochner era” [CNN]

* WilmerHale’s Harvard ties subject to ethics complaint though there’s no apparent ethical problem but we all have to talk about it because outlets like the New York Post are going to bleat about it. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Ranchers tried tampering with government equipment to get more subsidies… and somehow there’s a prison break and a dead body involved. [CBS News]

* Freshfields standardizes offices to one-size fits all. That ought to get the partners on board with working from home. [American Lawyer]

* Miami Law burning through deans like Apprentice contestants. [Daily Business Review]

* Final client who refused identifying themselves as victim of the Covington hack has caved. [Law360]

* First time bar passage rates are up. It’s still a stupid test. [Reuters]