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Lawyer of the Day: Gary Cruciani Collects $8.8 Million Award from His Former...
Gary Cruciani Everything’s bigger in Texas, including awards for lawyers who sue firms for making misleading promises during the wooing period. Gary Cruciani sued asbestos litigation firm Baron &...
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Fall Recruiting Open Threads: Vault 41 – 60 (2011)
We’re doing our annual march through the Vault prestige rankings, to give ATL readers the opportunity to have their say about perks and pitfalls at these firms. If your firm actually let you swap your...
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Associate (and Staff) Bonus Watch: Vinson & Elkins Is Treating All of Its...
Associates bitch when partners won’t share the wealth, but nobody says a peep when legal support staff get shafted. The very concept of staff bonuses has gotten lost in the recession shuffle, despite...
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Associate Bonus Watch: Vinson & Elkins Gives Me A Headache Takes Spring...
The law firm of Vinson & Elkins, one of Texas’s top shops, once represented Enron. I was reminded of this fact in trying to write up V&E’s bonus news (year-end bonuses and spring bonuses, which...
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Summer Associate Offer Rates: Another Update(Now we’d like to hear about the...
Welcome to our latest round-up of summer associate offer rate news. This post contains the latest list of law firms and offices with 100 percent offer rates. In future posts, we’re going to shift gears...
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Associate Bonus Watch: Vinson & Elkins Ditches Deferred Compensation (In Part)
Last year, I complained that the complicated compensation system at Vinson & Elkins was giving me a headache. What’s wrong with a Cravath-style system of lockstep salaries and bonuses? Or a...
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Lawyerly Lairs: Million-Dollar Listings in Washington, D.C.
Partners pick up palatial pads in the nation’s capital. What can you get for more than $1.5 million? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Alice B. Leiter,...
View ArticleATL Law Firm Ratings: Texas Edition
A look how the Biglaw firms of Texas stack up, based on the ATL Insider Survey.
View ArticleThe Soap Opera of ‘Dallas’: Now Starring Weil Gotshal
How many partners just left Weil's Dallas office, for which rival firm, and why?
View ArticleThe Weil Gotshal Dallas Departures: A Deeper Dive
We know the who, what, where, and when of the Weil partner departures; now let's dig into the WHY....
View ArticleAssociate Bonus Watch: Very Elated At Vinson & Elkins
Why are associates at Vinson & Elkins so happy about their bonuses?
View ArticleThat’s One Way To Pick A Jury. Maybe An Unethical One, But It Is One Way.
And what's worse, it sounds like the partner threw the associate under the bus on this one.
View ArticleIf You Don’t Hate Pharrell Yet, Biglaw Firm Makes ‘Happy’ Music Video
Get ready for the awkwardness of lawyers dancing.
View ArticleAssociate Bonus Watch: New York Bonuses Go A Long Way In Texas
Some high-performing associates at this firm received bonuses well above the Davis Polk scale.
View ArticleIs The Lateral Market In Texas Really Hotter Than A $2 Pistol At An All-Night...
Opportunities abound in Texas.
View ArticleStaff Bonus Watch: Open Thread (Kicked Off By Orrick And Vinson & Elkins)
One firm is paying $500; another firm is paying $1,000 (or more). What's your firm doing?
View ArticleBiglaw’s Top Rated Summer Programs
Which firms are most highly rated by their summers? Our survey asks current and former summers to rate their employers based on the categories of Compensation, Hours, Firm Morale, Training, and Culture...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 12.11.15
* "[W]e refuse to be distracted by disgruntled employees or frivolous lawsuits." Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby is being accused of firing a handful of prosecutors due to their political...
View ArticleAssociate Bonus Watch: Above-Market Bonuses For Big Billers In Texas
Market or above-market bonuses + Texas cost of living = Happy associates.
View ArticleA Lateral-Partner Mess Down In Texas
Has this game of musical chairs left one partner without a seat at the table?
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