Big Law

Thoughts on working at Paul Hastings? I’m considering taking a job on the business professional side.

Annualizing around 500-1000 hours this year (firm is having financial issues) and asked to work with someone outside my group, who said they were planning to ask me to help them with something anyway.… more

Is it career suicide to hookup with a legal staff? Asking for a friend

Is it crazy to ask a partner about an open in-house position of a client? The partner recently told me the client is hiring to replace an in-house that left. The client didn’t him to recommend anyone … more

Anyone ever return to their original law firm after they’ve lateraled?

Closely watching the Anisha Mehta case...

Any intel on comp structure for the Of Counsel position at Susman? Would also appreciate any insights on type of work/role in cases, etc. Thanks!

Has anyone used one of those AI headshot services? Worth it?

Does anyone else foresee that because of AI, there will be a large consolidation of law firms, and that eventually that new group of larger (but fewer) law firms will have to decrease billable rates?

I know the post yesterday was for comedy but has anyone heard any rumors about raises? Save the “we’re paid enough” for somewhere else I’m just curious and I’m sure others are as well.

Dreading return to BL after extended leave…how long after reintegration did you feel “normal” again?

Want/need to lateral but I am so lazy and overwhelmed. Keep finding myself getting drained by back & forth with recruiters and just want to make progress. Second year lit…any advice?

Has anyone else noticed Baker McKenzie partners and associates posting AI slop on LinkedIn???

I have an interview for in-house opportunity that I really want. I'm Class 2020, and currently employed by a big law firm, but was held back for a year due to low billable hours earlier this year… more

What’s going on at STB and PW? Are they Kirkland-ifying? Both firms had their metrics skyrocket this year.

If you were lateraling because your current firm isn’t a good cultural fit and your top choice asked you to drop back a class year or two—would you consider it? And what, if anything, would you ask fo… more

Would I be crazy to leave restructuring consulting for law school? I have been working for over 10 years in finance and am honestly tired of dealing with excel/numbers all day. I’ve always been attrac… more

Fishbowl is dead. 55k members in the biglaw sub and there are barely any comments on any post. Bring back the old TLS forums!

Can a group of people at Milbank please start spreading a rumor of the firm raising salaries? Should get to above the law levels of rumor. I need something to take my mind off billing!

Any ERISA litigators here? If so, how’s the practice area generally, what’s the billables like, how’s your WLB and day to day, pros and cons of the area, etc. staffed on a few ERISA lit matters lately… more

Anyone have any thoughts on Mintz Levin Boston?

If a small specialized lit group gets poached by another firm, is it bad to join their group at the already-established firm they went to? They are building it out at the established firm and looking … more

Senior Counsel comp at Norton Rose for someone with 8-10 YOE?

Badlose went UP in vault rankings 😂😂😂 prestige don't care about yo feelings! (?)

If I toss some money in a CRE project and get a GP + equity interest (and offer to talk with outside counsel about any of the issues that arise) will that violate anything with my firm? I could put ev… more

Intel on Paul Hastings’ culture and WLB?

What’s a newly minted NEP at MWS making these days?

What does “good standing” mean (performance based or more egregious issues)? Just received a subpar review for last year and was asked to improve performance for the next period. I’m still being staff… more

Anyone in M&A experience a serious slow down the past couple of weeks? I haven’t had deals outright die but many are just lingering at early stages and not taking off. I’m guessing the war is caus… more

Nonequity partners at top firms seem to make significantly more than equity partners at lower amlaw firms, yet we see a lot of nonequity partners leave top firms to go to these firms. Why? I know it’s… more

Would it be hard to go from CA biglaw to in house on the east coast? For various family reasons, I suddenly find myself needing to move across the country. I have about 7 years in employment litigatio… more

Can someone please let me know if a “Practice Assistant” in a law firm is just a glorified floater for a specific team? I can’t tell the difference between the legal assistant and the practice assist… more

I didn’t think Wachtell would beat K&E’s, but I just saw that it was $12.15M. That is crazy given that there is just one tier, so you can’t beef up numbers by moving people to non-equity.

Burned fair amount of bridges during a burnout. Basically billed 10hours per week and still being slow to respond. Had great reputation and excellent relationship with folks before this though. Can I … more

Senior level cap markets associate. Definitely won’t make partner and likely will have a bad review this summer based on hours. What should I do? Should I try to get a few more years out of biglaw and… more

Has anyone recently lateraled and already started checking out?

Hows capital markets hiring right now?

Who loves the grind? If you had 10mill in your bank account would you still work in biglaw or would you do something else?