Big Law

What’s the reality of lateraling into big law from ID without pedigree? Starting from the bottom is expected (staff attorney). Just wondering if the search for a unicorn position is worth it.

Does Latham Tech Trans group in NY do more M&A deal support than standalone licensing or collaboration work? Also general thoughts about that group?

For anyone that has waived into the NY bar, who did you contact at your prior employer(s) (most notably prior law firms) to complete the employment affirmation?

It’s been 5+ years but the form require… more

For those who had a baby while practicing, how much harder was the job with a kid vs before?

What's the longest you've had to be away from your baby? I have a two week trial coming up and need to leave my 12 month old behind. The research on the impact of maternal absence is worrying … more

I became unemployed last year and have essentially thrown in the towel by doing contract work on various assignments. How has the lateral market been? I haven’t been looking but just curious. Corporat… more

Thoughts on Weil the restructuring team? Happy people?

Does anyone know the website that tracks law firm lateral move? When I used it before, I was able to see specific people and which firm they left and which firm they went to, and I was also able to se… more

Anyone have insight into the funds group at Mofo or Winston?

Recently promoted to “of-counsel/counsel” role or whatever the stepping stone is for upper senior associate. Partners are becoming a bit thornier when it comes to mistakes or mishaps. Obviously everyo… more

Mid-level here. Have a junior on my team who is nice and hardworking, but uses me as their go-to for every single question they have, often for workstreams I'm not involved in at all, and this is … more

Is it possible to retool as a senior associate? I fell into a somewhat niche practice area (registered funds) at my first firm, but I think I would really prefer a different practice area. I want to s… more

Currently 4th year at below-market firm. Has anyone in similar situation found success with using offer from market paying firm to negotiate either (a) higher base comp, or (b) retention bonus? Worrie… more

For those who've lateraled to a competitor, have you told partners where you are going? I'm not inclined to do so during my notice period (obviously it'll become known soon enough) and ins… more

Has anyone ever gone on medical leave and not returned to your firm? I’m about to go on leave and had been interviewing months ago, and they’re reached back out and I think something may materialize f… more

I can’t believe the weekend is over. Felt like the whole thing was 2 hours.

currently a 1st year m&a associate in NYC, considering a move to Tokyo; what's the process like for recruiting? what are the top firms? what does cola look like nowadays? are the hours compara… more

Does anyone know how many people actually get merit bonuses at MOFO? Is it like top half or is it reserved for the very top performers? Considering an offer but I want to know how attainable that per… more

At a v10 and lateraled second half of last year. I had a super busy dec and Jan and was slow in Feb but didn’t really ask for work bc of that. I also took vacation for a week. Based on these facts and… more

Anyone have thoughts on White & Case?

People that went in house (seniors, especially), did you tell the partners you worked with that you wanted to pursue in-house even if you did not have anything lined up? With how long my search has ta… more

Folks who found a job after website time ended, any advice? Just keep applying as I have been or does anything change?

Did partners try to get you to stay when you gave notice? If so what did you do? Did you stay or leave?

What is the lowest billables you had in a year in which your firm still kept you around after end of year reviews?

Well I genuinely don't know how this happened but my email notifications decided to stop working sometime this morning. So I got a call at like 5pm and turns out I had missed a string of them sta… more

Recruiter I am working with suggested applying to DPW, PW, Latham, and Kirkland. I am looking for a busier M&A shop, but I feel like all four of these places are not going to be sustainable. Are t… more

Partners, here’s a real tip for real talent retention: Don’t penalize associate A who discovers and raises issues by dumping the problems to them and criticizing them for not being able to fix the iss… more

Anyone in Chicago have a name of an attorney that can handle a protection order/SNCO honestly and efficiently? Frivolous neighbor dispute that he need dismissed or tried/denied—should be very straight… more

Does Fisher Phillips have an internal referral system for candidates?

Does anyone know about Skadden DC's culture? Am deciding between Skadden DC and DPW NY. I am open to both corporate and reg work. Both have split summer options, which I'm interested in.

So now that war’s back on the table…what does that mean for deal flow?

How do you deal with a sole practitioner lawyer on the other side of a corporate transaction who only wants to talk on the phone about revisions (not really adding substance to comments already in the… more

Anyone with insight on M&A at OMM, Cooley, Sidley, GDC, or S&C LA? What’s the culture like and is RTO enforced? Billable requirement?

Was Debevoise lead Counsel to WBD, or was it Wachtell? Trying to assess whether it’s a mistake to move to Debevoise’s M&A group (i.e deal flow and clients).

Anyone have inside knowledge on large firm salaries (not Cravath scale) in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, or Charlotte? Not all firms seem to be on NALP, and some that are, don’t have forms for their offices… more

Going to be brutally honest here. I lateraled about 8-9 months ago, it was a mistake. I’ve been applying aggressively for in house and have gotten some interviews. Should I apply to law firms, as w… more

Lateraled almost 2 years ago. Have averaged 80 billable hours a month the entire time. People tell me not to be concerned. I should be very concerned, right?

Just cancelled my ChatGPT account and started a paid subscription with Claude. Here’s to hoping Anthropic wins