Which firm is worse and why? DLA Piper or Goodwin?

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Piper. I’ve never seen worse work product from a “good” firm

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Both have fairly poor reputations, but I’d say DLA is even less well-regarded.

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Goodwin. Obvs. They fire the good ones and keep truly incompetent people. For example, a partner who gives a training on cap tables who flubs the presentation and the follow up homework and only gives formatting comments rather than substantive ones. Yet, the partner remains. No book. Lower hours then a woman who came back from maternity leave. And this isn't one odd case.

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Why do firms keep the incompetent lawyers and push out the competent ones?

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