Any intel on Dallas BigLaw firms’ culture/reputation /workload for litigation? Or boutiques like McKool Smith? any to avoid?

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Mckool has a bad reputation but you’ll get hands on experience.

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I never experienced collegiality issues. And you will get lots of depo practice and drafting experience. But there are way too many partners wanting stand-up court experience, so that will be sparse. Senior partners swoop in for trial, and junior partners who worked the case are left fighting for scraps at trial. And associates pull the all-nighters.

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There’s so many firms and each has something different offer. What are you looking for?

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