Thoughts (culture, hours, reputation, exit opportunities) on Latham, DLA, MoFo and Gunderson for San Diego-based EC/VC?

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Hi was searching this thread for LW SD, could you share your practice group and why it was so bad?

Any particular reason to not mention Wilson and Cooley here? I’ve heard Latham San Diego is a sweat shop.

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They haven’t scheduled interviews *sigh*

I'd also add Mintz in. Strong biotech practice in SD. Nice partners.

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If you're doing EC/VC, you likely will not be sucked in to Boston work

Agree with the above — very remiss to not mention Cooley and WSGR but of the ones you mentioned, think Latham has the biggest edge if only by virtue of their size in SD, even if Gunderson’s national practice is significantly stronger. DLA is probably where Gunderson’s so much better generally that it bleeds over despite the local footprint differential. MoFo’s a weaker EC/VC player in general, don’t think they do it at all in SD — I’d put Pillsbury ahead of them for instance locally.

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Thanks A2! Good to know!

Heard good things about dla, gunderson, and Wilson. Friend at Latham. Does seem less chill.

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