What are "managing associates" at Sidley and Linklaters? Are they some kind of distinction for top associates or based on election? Curious after seeing them in signature lines. Do they have some kind of administrative/management role inside the firm?

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Mid level associates

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Senior Associates or Counsels - i.e. useless title to give the impression of progression and stroke egos/flex purposes

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Yes. 4th to 6th years are managing associates and 7th and 8th years are senior managing associates.

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It’s how they get people from firms that assign goofball titles to senior associates (iykyk) to lateral there

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1st through 3rd years are “Associates,” 4th through 6th years are “Managing Associates” and 7th years and up are “Senior Managing Associates.” The “promotions” are automatic so it doesn’t mean anything about talent, etc., just that the associate has last X number of years.

With that being said, I actually like it for two reasons: (1) I’ve always thought it was sort of silly that most firms only have three titles (associate, counsel and partner), because clearly 1st year associates and 8th year associates are not performing the same job and (2) from a purely practical perspective, when I want to staff someone on one of my deals I can search the firm intranet by job title as a proxy for experience (obviously I don’t need to do this in my own office, but very helpful for cross-office staffing).

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How it is at Sidley:
Associate - 1st through 3rd year
Managing Associate - 4th through 6th year
Senior Managing Associate -7th through 9th year

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They are on partner track and get monitored on additional responsibilities in client relationship management and business development (among other things I expect)

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Found the spy from Linklaters

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Clowns

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They’re useless titles that come with seniority

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Sidley
Yr 1-3 Associate
4-6 managing associate
7-8 senior managing associate

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