
The Am Law 200: Biglaw’s Second Hundred Crushes The Competition In Almost Every Financial Metric (2025)
Things continue to look up for the firms in the Second Hundred.
Things continue to look up for the firms in the Second Hundred.
The firm's leaders think the metric is a 'misleading' indicator of business performance.
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Things continue to look up for the firms in the Second Hundred.
And it may not always be to their advantage.
Only a tiny percentage of partners are 'very dissatisfied' with their pay.
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Impressive growth!
A 'partner' isn't always a partner -- and maybe that's okay.
* "How Tough-on-Crime Prosecutors Contribute to Mass Incarceration." My review of Emily Bazelon's new book, Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration (affiliate link). [New York Times Book Review] * When it comes to prosecutors, as former prosecutor Joel Cohen explains, it's all about discretion. [New York Law Journal] * Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.) defends Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins's exercise of her prosecutorial discretion -- and argues that Thomas Turco's criticisms of Rollins are unfair. [Boston Globe] * Another ex-prosecutor, Quinn Emanuel partner Alex Spiro, is representing tennis star Naomi Osaka in the "repugnant" lawsuit filed against her by her former coach. [Tennis365] * Former federal prosecutors, many of them now partners at Biglaw firms, represent more than half of the defense lawyers in Operation Varsity Blues, aka the college admissions scandal. [Big Law Business] * High-stakes litigation is just one of many factors contributing to Biglaw's robust profit margin these days -- hovering around 40 percent, its highest value in almost 30 years, according to Madhav Srinivasan of Hunton Andrews Kurth. [Law.com] * Ronald Collins interviews Joan Biskupic about her latest judicial biography, The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts (affiliate link). [SCOTUSblog] * And speaking of SCOTUS, Will Baude believes that the death penalty "is justifiable and constitutional" -- but argues that the Court has not acquitted itself well in its recent handling of capital cases. [Volokh Conspiracy / Reason]
It's a torrential downpour of cash for partners at this firm.
This tweak to your financial management seems like a no-brainer.
Don't be greedy, share with your needy associates.
That's quite the impressive jump!
If confirmed, he'll be taking a gigantic pay cut.
What do Dentons and Applebee's have in common?
Uncertain times may be ahead of us given their financial performance.