Big Law

How do I know when my group is toxic/when is it time to lateral? I am so burnt out after multiple 2400 years and don’t feel like my group cares at all they’re constantly expecting more from me. Making… more

Does Perkins Coie make attorneys receive bar admissions in the state they work in ? I see some attorney bios where attorneys are not barred in the state. I am looking for a firm with more geographic f… more

I am a fifth-year at a corporate boutique earning $350K all-in. The work-life balance is very good; almost never had to work weekends in the past five years. I’ve started building a small book and thi… more

I'm on track for like 1900 hours this year. Idk how y'all do 2400+.

Normally a high biller, but this year so far I’m billing significantly less. Does the firm suspect I’m leaving?

was planning on giving notice tomorrow but the two main partners I work with are traveling/out of office. I guess I could call them but don’t want to bother them obviously when they’re traveling — wh… more

Do you think biglaw is a uniquely unhappy vocation? I happily worked for a few years before law school, but in “cool, fun” positions, academic grants, etc. So I’m not sure if my current dissatisfactio… more

Thoughts on Fenwick & West and Cooley ECEB groups?

Has anyone lateraled as counsel or associate to a biglaw firm and got promoted to partner as part of the move?

Do any of you respond directly to recruiter emails through your firm email?

How are senior associates navigating a potential career change? I’m a senior associate in litigation, and there are no growth opportunities at my law firm. I don’t want to go in-house. My preference i… more

What do you do for your assistant’s birthday?

Would you use a recruiter to lateral or go through a connection? Recruiters have been promising they can get guaranteed EOY bonuses if you meet prorated hours, on top of sign-on bonuses

Question for Senior Associates - how do the partners distribute new matters? Do they just expect you to jump on anything new that comes in and figure out the staffing of juniors or do they take the le… more

Hi everyone! Could you please recommend some recruiters from personal experience for NYC PE M&A? Rising midlevel looking to lateral.

Thank you!

Men, why do you all dress so boringly at the office? You all look like the finance bros, just usually without a patagonia vest. Would it kill you to wear some color? Ties exist for a reason.

Since we’re all bitching about recruiters today, I raise you: financial planners and people hawking life insurance. Stop calling.

Left BigLaw after a year for a highly regarded boutique with honestly more hours but equally sophisticated work. With lean teams, I’ve had much more hands on experience with my own motion and depo pra… more

Do you respond to recruiters to say no thanks/not looking, or do you just ignore? One of them has been following up and I’m wondering if she’s spam sending out follow-ups or if I should respond.

If you knew you weren’t coming back after parental leave because you’ll be going in house when would you tell the firm? Obviously I’d like to use my full leave and avoid any clawback, which I assume w… more

Does anyone in tech transactions work somewhere that doesn’t do mostly life sciences?

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but career breaks (even if involuntary) are not career enders. I don’t know why we let the fear-mongering a*holes take over this platform. Track your finances like… more

Any insights into Latham NY Real Estate?

I tend to get work from around 6 different partners. They all have their quirks or idiosyncrasies of course but only one partner will drive me up the wall with their behavior. I will send them a deliv… more

Seeing a spike in recruiter email. Is the lateral market getting warmer or just recruiters getting desperate?

Lateral offer for big law L&E or secondment at current firm as midlevel in lit? Plan is to go in-house one day, but the uncertainty of a job offer post-secondment is stressful.

Mid-level working with a 3Y that seems to require way too much hand-holding. E.g., partners say we need a memo with analysis of chances of success on a motion. I ask Jr to start an outline and then se… more

Do firms still offer junior laterals signing bonus? If anyone has insight on Sidley and STB pls share!

Which dc firms give you a partial bonus if you don’t quite hit your hours? Which ones give you no bonus at all?

Looking for management advice. A first year doesn’t take well to feedback and deflects by providing a lot of excuses even for simple tasks and wastes time in doing so. Tried to tell me how I (much mor… more

Relocating from NYC to Los Angeles for personal reasons and want to find the same big law paying job in LA. Any tips on recruiting and expected timeline to find a position? Should I start searching wi… more

Genuine question looking for honest advice. 7th year at V20 doing CM. Was put up for partnership last year but didn't make it. This year they offered counsel as real possibility if I was intereste… more

SA here. Getting good reviews but feeling iced out. Relatively slow, getting staffed on (what I view as) inconsequential matters. Recently was told I can’t be staffed on an upcoming trial (white colla… more

Is a career in biglaw doing only traditional labor sustainable?

Out of curiosity, in a non-biglaw market (Tucson, Nashville, Orlando, etc.), how many YOE would you need to comfortably make $150k in transactional private practice.

Anyone know anything about MOFO technology transactions group? Culture? Types of work (eg, own work versus deal support)? How it compares to other SF techie firms (eg, Cooley, Fenwick, Gunderson, etc)… more