Arthur Culvahouse Jr.

So You Want To Be A Supreme Court Justice? Don’t Sniff Glue.

Could you stand up to the vetting process to become a SCOTUS nominee?

Associate Bonus Watch: O’Melveny & Myers
(And other OMM developments.)

How are things - including, but not limited to, associate bonuses - looking at O'Melveny & Myers?

Staff Layoff Watch: O’Melveny & Myers Replaces 75 Humans With Technology

The big news from yesterday morning was bad news for the staff at O'Melveny & Myers. News started leaking out Monday night that the firm would be laying off 75 support staffers. Approximately half the of the laid off O'Melveny staffers will be cut outright. The other half will have the opportunity to be relocated to scenic West Virginia....

Musical Chairs: O’Melveny & Myers Announces Its Next Leader

O'Melveny & Myers has announced its next chairman, who will take over from A.B. Culvahouse Jr. Who is he, and how was he selected?

O’Melveny Prepared For A Leadership Fight?

It is getting hard to sugarcoat the situation at O’Melveny & Myers. We have been covering their extensive partner departures over the last few weeks. The news from earlier this week continues that trend. Allen & Overy is opening a second U.S. office with, you guessed it, O’Melveny partners (specifically, financial regulatory partners Barbara Stettner […]

McCain Veep Vetter Culvahouse Tries to Hang On

Arthur Culvahouse, chairman of O’Melveny & Myers, was in charge of vetting Sarah Palin and has been taking some heat. But Culvahouse has more to worry about than the National Enquirer. Culvahouse is locked in a high-stakes political battle to keep his chairmanship at O’Melveny. O’Melveny’s policy committee, which recommends the chairperson subject to ratification […]