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Kirkland (NY) or Paul, Weiss (NY)?
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 8:00 PM Author: alcoholic mad cow disease Subject: Kirkland (NY) or Paul, Weiss (NY)? For litigation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412883&forum_id=2#15950747) |
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Date: September 2nd, 2010 9:06 PM Author: autistic frum elastic band Pretty comparable firms. Although Paul Weiss has a bigger presence in New York. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412883&forum_id=2#15951077) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2010 8:54 AM Author: concupiscible territorial skinny woman Comparable, unless you want to make more money, make partner earlier, and have control over your work, in which case you should go to Kirkland. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412883&forum_id=2#15955041) |
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Date: September 3rd, 2010 10:54 AM Author: Maroon Violent Fortuitous Meteor Clown -by "partner" you mean nonequity at Kirkland. Time to equity partnership is shorter at PW (~8-9 years) compared to 10-14 at KE -money is (on average) a wash given KE's lower bonuses ITE |
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Date: September 4th, 2010 12:31 AM Author: histrionic house huh? if you billed 2000 last year, you got a market bonus. for every hundred hours over, you got 1000$ more. how were hte bonuses lower? if you billed btw 1900-2000, you got a little lower than market.
how does that make money a wash???? |
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Date: September 4th, 2010 12:45 AM Author: Maroon Violent Fortuitous Meteor Clown a. in 2008 and 2009, hitting 2000 wasn't easy in many practice groups b. KE bonuses aren't based solely on hours c. The actual "bump up" for going over 2000 wasn't that high. Pre-ITE, hitting e.g. 2400 hours would mean an extra 20-50k depending on class year and quality of work. I've heard from many sources (including associates at KE) that ITE, it's more like a 5-10k extra. An extra 5-10k for an extra ~400 hrs billed isn't much and not worth it in itself; it may be worth it for staying on partnership track and avoiding being stealthed
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Date: September 4th, 2010 12:55 AM Author: sadistic spectacular locale don't worry about partnership track...it's like worrying about where you're going to build your vacation house on mars (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412883&forum_id=2#15961532) |
Date: September 3rd, 2010 11:22 AM Author: alcoholic mad cow disease What about sweatshoppiness? I know PW has the rep, but what about KE? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412883&forum_id=2#15955588) |
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Date: September 4th, 2010 12:48 AM Author: marvelous brilliant alpha kirkland, as long as you're willing/able to source your own work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412883&forum_id=2#15961480) |
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Date: September 4th, 2010 12:49 AM Author: sadistic spectacular locale Paul Weiss NY has laid off first years and second years.
It was stealth, obviously, but it happened |
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Date: September 4th, 2010 12:51 AM Author: marvelous brilliant alpha ke (purportedly) did the same thing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1412883&forum_id=2#15961509) |