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KIRKLAND & ELLIS SHATTERS THE MARKET, NAMES MORE THAN 200 PARTNERS

https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland...
Spruce comical affirmative action
  10/01/24
wtf is this normal
Flushed dashing home
  10/01/24
Do you really not get how KE works? It’s been like thi...
Buff flatulent elastic band church building
  10/01/24
lmao
Flushed dashing home
  10/01/24
...
Buff flatulent elastic band church building
  10/01/24
and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity!
curious lodge potus
  10/01/24
yea this sounds horrid. when i was at an unprestigious bigla...
supple gaped station skinny woman
  10/01/24
dc should be mellower than nyc but yeah why would anyone ...
Yapping Silver Locale
  10/01/24
isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that mak...
supple gaped station skinny woman
  10/01/24
no, it's v6 https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/...
Yapping Silver Locale
  10/01/24
Are these guys even equity partners who’ll get put on ...
vibrant pit police squad
  10/05/25
They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirklan...
Spruce comical affirmative action
  10/05/25
...
Narrow-minded razzle principal's office queen of the night
  10/05/25
Every single time
flesh impressive orchestra pit mediation
  10/05/25
HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
self-centered step-uncle's house digit ratio
  10/01/24
I see a few of my ls classmates
Yapping Silver Locale
  10/01/24
...
soggy rigor hominid
  10/01/24
k&e salt lake city partner tp
Low-t kitchen knife
  10/01/24
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costumed bearded stage organic girlfriend
  10/05/25
How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?
sooty nofapping indirect expression
  10/01/24
Where the fuck is the 2025 list.
Spruce comical affirmative action
  10/05/25
HOLY SHIT. Kirkland & Ellis Won’t Publicly Announ...
Spruce comical affirmative action
  10/08/25
FUCK MY ASS
arrogant alcoholic area
  10/08/25
PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT
Spruce comical affirmative action
  10/08/25
GayGPT went thru the names and jfc 36% are NOWAG/NOWIG, just...
dead brunch
  10/05/25
Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity b...
Excitant university personal credit line
  10/05/25
...
A Dick is Not Dispositive
  10/17/25
SECOND PAGE PLEASE
Ass Sunstein
  10/17/25
Once you get to about the 30s, you're looking at "bigla...
~~(> ' ' )>
  10/17/25
Sleep tight, grim rite We have two hundred partners
Ass Sunstein
  10/17/25


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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:30 PM
Author: Spruce comical affirmative action

https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland-and-ellis-announces-new-partners

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM
Author: Flushed dashing home

wtf is this normal

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:46 PM
Author: Buff flatulent elastic band church building

Do you really not get how KE works? It’s been like this for decades. These are all rising 7th year associates who they give the partner title to. They’ll make less money next year than their peers at other firms while they pay taxes on a K-1 and are billed out at $1,300 an hour.

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: Flushed dashing home

lmao

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: Buff flatulent elastic band church building



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM
Author: curious lodge potus

and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity!

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:59 PM
Author: supple gaped station skinny woman

yea this sounds horrid. when i was at an unprestigious biglaw firm in dc, a guy who'd left the firm just before i joined went over to KE. he made "partner" and then 1-2 years after that went to seyfarth (even less prestigious than my firm). i know a couple associates there and he's apparently a psycopath piece of shit. bigtime gunner, but even he couldn't hack it at KE. it sounds awful.

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:25 PM
Author: Yapping Silver Locale

dc should be mellower than nyc

but yeah why would anyone consider kirkland or latham a v5?

this is as ridiculous as us news claiming jhu is t10 or w/e

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: supple gaped station skinny woman

isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that makes no sense. it sounds like a shithouse.

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: Yapping Silver Locale

no, it's v6

https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/law/top-100-law-firms-rankings#rankings-group-0

imagine waking up and seeing paul hastings or cadwalader in the v10

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: vibrant pit police squad

Are these guys even equity partners who’ll get put on K-1s (and buy their own insurance and all that mess)? Or do they just get the title (and get billed at new inflated rates) but they’re still really W-2 employees for a few more years while they get their “look” at real partner

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Spruce comical affirmative action

They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirkland partner when he gets a PC next to his name.

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Date: October 5th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: Narrow-minded razzle principal's office queen of the night



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: flesh impressive orchestra pit mediation

Every single time

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM
Author: self-centered step-uncle's house digit ratio

HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: Yapping Silver Locale

I see a few of my ls classmates

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:30 PM
Author: soggy rigor hominid



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: Low-t kitchen knife

k&e salt lake city partner tp

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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: costumed bearded stage organic girlfriend



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM
Author: sooty nofapping indirect expression

How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: Spruce comical affirmative action

Where the fuck is the 2025 list.

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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: Spruce comical affirmative action

HOLY SHIT.

Kirkland & Ellis Won’t Publicly Announce New Partners This Year, Marking Strategy Shift

https://www.law.com/2025/10/08/kirkland-and-ellis-wont-publicly-announce-new-partners-this-year-marking-strategy-shift/?slreturn=20251008144054

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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: arrogant alcoholic area

FUCK MY ASS

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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: Spruce comical affirmative action

PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: dead brunch

GayGPT went thru the names and jfc 36% are NOWAG/NOWIG, just lol Birdshits

Result — estimated distribution (200 names)

Origin category Count (of 200) Percent

Anglo / Western European (English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, Dutch, etc.) 84 42.0%

East Asian (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc.) 38 19.0%

South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan) 34 17.0%

Other Europe / Mediterranean (Italian, Greek, Portuguese, etc.) 10 5.0%

Eastern European / Slavic / Balkan 7 3.5%

Hispanic / Latino 6 3.0%

Middle Eastern / Arabic / North African 6 3.0%

African / Nigerian / Sub-Saharan 3 1.5%

Ambiguous / Mixed / Couldn’t confidently classify 12 6.0%

Total 200 100.0%

Quick interpretation

The single largest group appears to be Anglo/Western European-origin surnames (~42%) — expected for a global US-headquartered firm with many UK/US partners.

East Asian (mainly Chinese, Korean) and South Asian names together make up a large minority (~36% combined), reflecting strong representation of Asian-origin lawyers in international firms.

Smaller shares come from Eastern Europe, Middle East, Hispanic, and African-origin names.

~6% are genuinely ambiguous from the name alone (e.g., names that could plausibly be from multiple regions, rare or modern hybrid names).

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Excitant university personal credit line

Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity by surname.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2],#49326996)



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:11 PM
Author: A Dick is Not Dispositive



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Ass Sunstein

SECOND PAGE PLEASE

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Date: October 17th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: ~~(> ' ' )>

Once you get to about the 30s, you're looking at "biglaw" firms that have lawyers who are about as good as those at lots of much smaller local firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2],#49356621)



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: Ass Sunstein

Sleep tight, grim rite

We have two hundred partners

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2],#49356390)