The Increasingly Old-Fashioned Notion Of Biglaw Partnership
The firms with only equity partners are a dying breed.
The firms with only equity partners are a dying breed.
Color me skeptical.
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
The firm says its all-equity structure is key to its culture -- and its competitiveness.
To be quite honest, this is embarrassing for the world's richest law firm.
The firm is one of the last in the Am Law 100 with an all-equity partnership.
How many of the firm's new partners made equity versus nonequity? We'll never know.
The new generation of AI-related legal issues are inherently cross-disciplinary, implicating corporate law, intellectual property, data privacy, employment, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
It's all about the bottom line, and some partners are going to be left out in the cold.
While many firms are introducing non-equity partnerships, this firm is going all in for all-equity.
No half 'income partner' measures here.
Industry wide, just over 11 percent of equity partners are diverse.
Legal and operational leaders are gathering May 6–7 in Fort Lauderdale to confront the questions the industry hasn't answered—with a keynote from Amanda Knox setting the tone.
Equity partnership is the best kind of partnership.
How permanent equity in firms might change the face of law for the better.
No second-class partners here.
On balance, equity partnership is likely still more rewarding in most cases. But for lawyers in certain situations, non-equity arrangements can have strong appeal.
In the current law firm landscape, the fact that a lawyer has been designated a partner often conveys very little about the economic arrangement between that lawyer and the firm.