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KIRKLAND & ELLIS SHATTERS THE MARKET, NAMES MORE THAN 200 PARTNERS
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:30 PM Author: Floppy buff hospital https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland-and-ellis-announces-new-partners (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151490) |
Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM Author: shivering range gaping wtf is this normal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151498) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:46 PM Author: stirring corner half-breed 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. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151527) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM Author: shivering range gaping lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151530) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM Author: stirring corner half-breed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151533) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM Author: Wild tattoo and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151536) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:59 PM Author: Titillating kitty cat 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. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151553) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:25 PM Author: dashing travel guidebook macaca 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: Titillating kitty cat isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that makes no sense. it sounds like a shithouse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151668) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM Author: dashing travel guidebook macaca 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: Apoplectic bateful useless brakes mother 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 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49327002) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:47 PM Author: Floppy buff hospital They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirkland partner when he gets a PC next to his name. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49327004) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 4:13 PM Author: Razzle Address (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49327036) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM Author: Mustard 180 boistinker fat ankles Every single time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49327166) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM Author: magenta mad cow disease point HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151534) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM Author: dashing travel guidebook macaca I see a few of my ls classmates (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151667) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:30 PM Author: Orange Trip Mexican Stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151672) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM Author: lime lascivious persian k&e salt lake city partner tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151683) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM Author: naked institution toilet seat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49327485) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM Author: aromatic startled principal's office How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#48151690) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Floppy buff hospital Where the fuck is the 2025 list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49326942) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM Author: Floppy buff hospital 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: Cocky People Who Are Hurt FUCK MY ASS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49334694) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: Floppy buff hospital PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49334699) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM Author: exhilarant frozen water buffalo university 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 lay laser beams 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 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49356302) |
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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:14 PM Author: Ass Sunstein SECOND PAGE PLEASE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2#49356309) |
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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 |