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Is this an accurate description of Williams & Connolly?

One other thing that makes Williams & Connolly unusual, ...
Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action
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kannon shanmugam
vermilion brunch telephone
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xo kannon Mr. Shanmugam joined Williams & Connolly in...
Stirring whorehouse
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u: poast
Hilarious Fat Ankles
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I think he was actually the first lateral hire in the firm's...
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However they do allow any partner who started at W&C to ...
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Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action
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Who cares?
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Are u in shitlaw
Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action
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I wish. Biglaw grind. I'm far more impressed by a successful...
henna voyeur location
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exit ops?
vigorous ivory persian round eye
  04/12/15
Congratulations, you can exit to another slavish job.
henna voyeur location
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yea man thats what im saying...eff that...do you have any go...
vigorous ivory persian round eye
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I would love to lateral to a small PI shop that handles dece...
henna voyeur location
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yea...i dunno man...4th year going on 5th here at v30 and i ...
vigorous ivory persian round eye
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desk monkey jobs essentially aren't out there for shitigator...
doobsian site multi-billionaire
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yea i dont know what to do...seems pretty much impossible to...
vigorous ivory persian round eye
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what gig did nutella cop
vigorous ivory persian round eye
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in-house diligence monkey at a smallish fund in L.A., makes ...
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fma
vigorous ivory persian round eye
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rest assured it's never enough for her. but considering that...
doobsian site multi-billionaire
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cr. she will be miserable regardless.
Provocative pozpig school cafeteria
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MFCR
Puce duck-like temple
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Very few shitlaw Kings earn biglawyer money bro
Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action
  04/12/15
who cares. biglaw is miserable and unless you maek it with t...
doobsian site multi-billionaire
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Plenty of PI/Med Mal bros clear 7 figures.
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one of the most alpha bros i know (played football at bigsta...
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Mind-boggling salmon state cuckold
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no debt either since he has full scholarships at local state...
twinkling pervert nursing home
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tbf, the top 1% touch 7 figures in a good year.
doobsian site multi-billionaire
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And plenty more make $300k+.
Mind-boggling salmon state cuckold
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still a minority, but more realistic. also if you go it alon...
doobsian site multi-billionaire
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Top shitlawyers make much more than BIGLAW partners. Willie ...
chocolate tank
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who gives a fuck if you are "remembered"? i wan...
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Mind-boggling salmon state cuckold
  04/12/15
cr. who cares. w&c shitboomer partners are still shit...
Transparent Glittery Center Idiot
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sounds about right
Grizzly twinkling uncleanness sandwich
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The most Prefstigeous firms rarely if ever hire laterals, ne...
Provocative pozpig school cafeteria
  04/12/15
like WLRK?
Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action
  04/12/15
takes a good number of lateral associates. Not sure about pa...
vermilion brunch telephone
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WLRK takes laterals from basically 4 firms.
exciting jap
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Poor drunkard :(
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they have enough guaranteed business and are not crazily lev...
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This.
At-the-ready thriller azn
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The fact that they will NEVER take a lateral partner is just...
swashbuckling piazza
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mostly tcr, but you have to remember biglaw firms have to se...
Disturbing trailer park kitty cat
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They just took a lateral partner so it is not totally adhere...
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CSM has only three lateral partners and two were recent hire...
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why no JEWS in the firm's name?
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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:43 PM
Author: Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action

One other thing that makes Williams & Connolly unusual, if not old-fashioned, is that the firm does not accept "lateral" partners. In the bigmoney lawyer world of today, attorneys move around like free-agent baseball players whose contracts have expired. No matter that you have spent the first twenty years of your life in an institution that gave you a chance, nurtured you, showered money and benefits on you. That's all so yesterday, except at Williams & Connolly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677403)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 8:07 PM
Author: vermilion brunch telephone

kannon shanmugam

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27678756)



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Date: May 21st, 2015 10:40 PM
Author: Stirring whorehouse

xo kannon

Mr. Shanmugam joined Williams & Connolly in 2008 after serving as an Assistant to the Solicitor General in the Department of Justice. He was the first lawyer to join the firm directly as a partner for 22 years. Born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, he received his A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1993; his M. Litt. from the University of Oxford, where he was a Marshall Scholar; and his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was executive editor of the Harvard Law Review. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and for Judge J. Michael Luttig on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27940449)



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Date: May 21st, 2015 10:42 PM
Author: Hilarious Fat Ankles

u: poast

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27940460)



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Date: May 22nd, 2015 1:41 PM
Author: At-the-ready thriller azn

I think he was actually the first lateral hire in the firm's history.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27943395)



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Date: May 10th, 2015 3:30 PM
Author: fuchsia shrine love of her life

However they do allow any partner who started at W&C to lateral back in, even those who are coming back from other firms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27860746)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:49 PM
Author: Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677444)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:53 PM
Author: henna voyeur location

Who cares?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677502)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:54 PM
Author: Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action

Are u in shitlaw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677506)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:58 PM
Author: henna voyeur location

I wish. Biglaw grind. I'm far more impressed by a successful shitlaw solo king with no boss, building his own successful business, making biglaw partner money, than by some biglaw partner grinder doing paperwork at 11:00 on a Saturday night who will be long forgotten 5 days after he retires.

Try to make a mark on this world. Try to build something. Anyone with a servile attitude and a dogmatic attention to detail can do 4.0 UG Poli Sci-> T14 -> Biglaw firm -> service partner. It's not impressive. I'm only impressed by those who have built something for themselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677557)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:59 PM
Author: Mind-boggling salmon state cuckold



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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:59 PM
Author: vigorous ivory persian round eye

exit ops?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677570)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:02 PM
Author: henna voyeur location

Congratulations, you can exit to another slavish job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677599)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:04 PM
Author: vigorous ivory persian round eye

yea man thats what im saying...eff that...do you have any good exit ops, was what i meant...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677608)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:10 PM
Author: henna voyeur location

I would love to lateral to a small PI shop that handles decent cases (not a car accident mill) and learn the practice for 2-3 years, then become a solo PI trial attorney. Very hard to get hired by these firms coming from biglaw though. They want ex prosecutors or insurance defense types. Biglaw gives you plenty of exit opportunities, but they're all office-monkey type jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677643)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:16 PM
Author: vigorous ivory persian round eye

yea...i dunno man...4th year going on 5th here at v30 and i cant find shit, desk monkey or otherwise

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677691)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:17 PM
Author: doobsian site multi-billionaire

desk monkey jobs essentially aren't out there for shitigators. nutella is like 1/100 lucky.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677702)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:18 PM
Author: vigorous ivory persian round eye

yea i dont know what to do...seems pretty much impossible to find anything...ljl at me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677713)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:19 PM
Author: vigorous ivory persian round eye

what gig did nutella cop

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677718)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:21 PM
Author: doobsian site multi-billionaire

in-house diligence monkey at a smallish fund in L.A., makes about like $275 base although she constantly crow about the LIMITLESS bonus potential and lists her income as closer to $350k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677738)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:21 PM
Author: vigorous ivory persian round eye

fma

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677739)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:24 PM
Author: doobsian site multi-billionaire

rest assured it's never enough for her. but considering that she came out of one of the shittiest firms on earth and worked on the most brainless grinding of all time (fucking class action defense), it's incredible that she landed where she did. in fairness she knows this and credits it to relentless networking. most people probably don't have the tolerance and persistance to pursue networking the way she does.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677761)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:25 PM
Author: Provocative pozpig school cafeteria

cr. she will be miserable regardless.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677770)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:07 PM
Author: Puce duck-like temple

MFCR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677634)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:11 PM
Author: Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action

Very few shitlaw Kings earn biglawyer money bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677652)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:16 PM
Author: doobsian site multi-billionaire

who cares. biglaw is miserable and unless you maek it with the equity breakfast, your uptick in lifestyle is not that great. and dem golden handcuffs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677689)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:16 PM
Author: Mind-boggling salmon state cuckold

Plenty of PI/Med Mal bros clear 7 figures.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677690)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:20 PM
Author: twinkling pervert nursing home

one of the most alpha bros i know (played football at bigstateu) is a shitlaw king in the midwest, joined his family's firm. i think they do pretty well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677731)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:22 PM
Author: Mind-boggling salmon state cuckold

nice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677746)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:25 PM
Author: twinkling pervert nursing home

no debt either since he has full scholarships at local state u. not bad.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677768)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:22 PM
Author: doobsian site multi-billionaire

tbf, the top 1% touch 7 figures in a good year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677749)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:23 PM
Author: Mind-boggling salmon state cuckold

And plenty more make $300k+.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677757)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:27 PM
Author: doobsian site multi-billionaire

still a minority, but more realistic. also if you go it alone you generally have to grind hard as fuck for years to get to that level. getting good PI cases is an insane hustle and you have to be prepared to lay out a shitload of cash for future dividends.

not arguing for biglaw, just saying, it's very pie in the sky to just fantasize about this awesome and easy world of lucrative PI practice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677784)



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Date: April 13th, 2015 10:48 AM
Author: chocolate tank

Top shitlawyers make much more than BIGLAW partners. Willie Gary crying himself to sleep on his private jet because he's a shitlawyer. LJL.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27681382)



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Date: May 22nd, 2015 8:06 AM
Author: Excitant Bat-shit-crazy Hall

who gives a fuck if you are "remembered"?

i want MONEY for me and my spawn so they don't have to suck all this fucking client/rich person dick



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27941887)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:54 PM
Author: Mind-boggling salmon state cuckold



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677517)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:55 PM
Author: Transparent Glittery Center Idiot

cr. who cares.

w&c shitboomer partners are still shitbooming and will <><><>nobreakfast<><><> you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677524)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 4:54 PM
Author: Grizzly twinkling uncleanness sandwich

sounds about right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677520)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:03 PM
Author: Provocative pozpig school cafeteria

The most Prefstigeous firms rarely if ever hire laterals, news at eleven.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677601)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:11 PM
Author: Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action

like WLRK?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677656)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 8:08 PM
Author: vermilion brunch telephone

takes a good number of lateral associates. Not sure about partners.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27678760)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 8:52 PM
Author: exciting jap

WLRK takes laterals from basically 4 firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27679078)



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Date: April 13th, 2015 10:41 AM
Author: Lime painfully honest nowag

Poor drunkard :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27681365)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 5:10 PM
Author: Puce duck-like temple

they have enough guaranteed business and are not crazily leveraged like so many biglaw firms, so they don't have to chase after shithead boomer jew rainmaker partners that are going to bring in some $10 mill/yr client. even for appellate practice, high level lawyers are pretty fucking fungible. you just create rotten firm politics when you constantly shuffle in greedy equity shitheads trying to cash out for the last decade of their meaningless careers. it's smart to avoid it if you can.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27677647)



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Date: April 13th, 2015 10:57 AM
Author: pungent pistol queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27681416)



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Date: May 22nd, 2015 1:42 PM
Author: At-the-ready thriller azn

This.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27943399)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 7:04 PM
Author: swashbuckling piazza

The fact that they will NEVER take a lateral partner is just a sign of the mental illness that must plague that firm. True believer shitheads with bright line rules are insufferable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27678332)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 8:51 PM
Author: Disturbing trailer park kitty cat

mostly tcr, but you have to remember biglaw firms have to set rules at the outset in order to cut off the problems associated with 50-300 different "owners" butting heads over stupid issues. on the whole its probably better to just say no to laterals, at least for them, then it is to give in to either fighting amongst the partners or the unbridled ppp-only mentality that seems to be companies left and right.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27679070)



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Date: April 12th, 2015 11:24 PM
Author: Motley Den French Chef

They just took a lateral partner so it is not totally adhered to

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27680041)



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Date: April 13th, 2015 9:32 AM
Author: Hideous lodge

CSM has only three lateral partners and two were recent hires. So, not really anything unique to W&C. If anything, W&C doesn't seem particularly prestigious these days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27681174)



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Date: April 13th, 2015 10:52 AM
Author: Canary people who are hurt

why no JEWS in the firm's name?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27681396)



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Date: May 10th, 2015 1:27 PM
Author: Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27860129)



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Date: May 21st, 2015 10:23 PM
Author: Heady stubborn theatre affirmative action



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#27940313)



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Date: August 29th, 2015 3:44 AM
Author: mahogany curious regret



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2853724&forum_id=2#28647811)