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Posted by Bob F: “As a Cravath associate in the 1980s for ne...
Soul-stirring Impertinent Haunted Graveyard
  05/26/18
I guarantee that F stands for Feinberg or Feldman.
Self-absorbed indian lodge
  05/26/18
Could be Finkelstein.
Soul-stirring Impertinent Haunted Graveyard
  05/26/18
These people are pathetic
Swashbuckling stain
  05/26/18
Bob F is one sick bastard.
bat-shit-crazy burgundy resort
  05/26/18
Cravath (and WLRK) attorneys are eminently competent. Can't ...
topaz hairy legs
  05/26/18
That may be true but it's hard to justify the billing hours ...
bat-shit-crazy burgundy resort
  05/26/18
Simpson has turned into a AAA farm team for Kirkland.
Provocative trust fund
  05/26/18
*divides the amount of time he is away that week by things h...
adulterous office
  05/26/18
Studies have repeatedly shown that people are atrocious at e...
Wonderful startling legend
  05/26/18
The original virtue signaling.
Provocative trust fund
  05/26/18
...
Wonderful startling legend
  05/26/18
If my lawyer told me he worked 56 straight hours and charter...
Chocolate preventive strike
  05/26/18


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Date: May 26th, 2018 9:46 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Impertinent Haunted Graveyard

Posted by Bob F: “As a Cravath associate in the 1980s for nearly 10 years, my ‘low’ was 2,500 hours and my ‘high’ was 3,500. During one nine-month stretch on takeover litigation as the lead associate, I averaged 90 hours a week, and at the end of it worked for 56 hours straight without a break or any sleep, to meet a filing deadline (made by chartering a helicopter to get the papers to court on time). I wouldn’t trade those years for anything. It was the best work possible for a young lawyer, at the best law firm on earth.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36130805)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 9:50 AM
Author: Self-absorbed indian lodge

I guarantee that F stands for Feinberg or Feldman.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36130818)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 10:02 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Impertinent Haunted Graveyard

Could be Finkelstein.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36130868)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 9:48 AM
Author: Swashbuckling stain

These people are pathetic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36130814)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 11:24 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy burgundy resort

Bob F is one sick bastard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131185)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 11:27 AM
Author: topaz hairy legs

Cravath (and WLRK) attorneys are eminently competent. Can't say the same about Skadden, DPW, or Simpson.

It might be worth slaving away for two years to earn this label of competence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131195)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 11:29 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy burgundy resort

That may be true but it's hard to justify the billing hours in the OP.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131206)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 12:04 PM
Author: Provocative trust fund

Simpson has turned into a AAA farm team for Kirkland.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131355)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 11:31 AM
Author: adulterous office

*divides the amount of time he is away that week by things he's worked on at work for his billable number*

guy is lying about billing 90 hour weeks routinely

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131210)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 12:02 PM
Author: Wonderful startling legend

Studies have repeatedly shown that people are atrocious at estimating their working hours if they aren't systematically tracking them or placed on a fixed schedule of known duration.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131343)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 12:05 PM
Author: Provocative trust fund

The original virtue signaling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131359)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 3:26 PM
Author: Wonderful startling legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36132249)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 12:50 PM
Author: Chocolate preventive strike

If my lawyer told me he worked 56 straight hours and chartered a helicopter to meet a filing deadline I would tell him to get some sleep because he's fired.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131519)