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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:21 pm

Anybody interview with Patton Boggs?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:38 am

Anonymous User wrote:Anybody interview with Patton Boggs?
I interviewed w/ Patton Boggs for the Dallas office at a career fair in DC. I received a CB, which I eventually turned down.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:37 pm

When did you decline the CB?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

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Anonymous User wrote:When did you decline the CB?
A month ago or so.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:11 pm

Baker Botts Austin office ding via snail mail. Still waiting on Vinson and Elkins Austin office.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:30 pm

Has anyone (else) turned down a Big 3 offer (particularly V&E Houston, since they're the big kid in town... not to mention they just landed that Southwest Airlines merger) for another firm in TX? If so, what was your reasoning? Was it the people you met, specific practice group, other recruiting experiences, city choice, 'fit,' or something else?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by BruceWayne » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:51 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Has anyone (else) turned down a Big 3 offer (particularly V&E Houston, since they're the big kid in town... not to mention they just landed that Southwest Airlines merger) for another firm in TX? If so, what was your reasoning? Was it the people you met, specific practice group, other recruiting experiences, city choice, 'fit,' or something else?
I'm sure people turn down V&E for the likes of Susman, Gibbs and Bruns, Beck Redden, and Bickel and Brewer all the time....

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

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BruceWayne wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Has anyone (else) turned down a Big 3 offer (particularly V&E Houston, since they're the big kid in town... not to mention they just landed that Southwest Airlines merger) for another firm in TX? If so, what was your reasoning? Was it the people you met, specific practice group, other recruiting experiences, city choice, 'fit,' or something else?
I'm sure people turn down V&E for the likes of Susman, Gibbs and Bruns, Beck Redden, and Bickel and Brewer all the time....
Oh, I'm sure... I turned them down for a different firm than those. I'm just curious about the particular reasons why people decided to do so.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

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Anonymous User wrote:
BruceWayne wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Has anyone (else) turned down a Big 3 offer (particularly V&E Houston, since they're the big kid in town... not to mention they just landed that Southwest Airlines merger) for another firm in TX? If so, what was your reasoning? Was it the people you met, specific practice group, other recruiting experiences, city choice, 'fit,' or something else?
I'm sure people turn down V&E for the likes of Susman, Gibbs and Bruns, Beck Redden, and Bickel and Brewer all the time....
Oh, I'm sure... I turned them down for a different firm than those. I'm just curious about the particular reasons why people decided to do so.
I turned one of BB/VE down for a small office of a national firm. I don't care about making partner (I'm doing corporate and want to do 4-5 years and then go in house), I got a much better vibe at the firm I picked, and I heard from a reputable TX source that the exit options would be slightly better from this firm than the Big 3 one I had an offer at. Also, the firm I picked pays on the NY pay scale, which makes for a big difference in pay after the first year or two.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by karatenutz » Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:33 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
BruceWayne wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Has anyone (else) turned down a Big 3 offer (particularly V&E Houston, since they're the big kid in town... not to mention they just landed that Southwest Airlines merger) for another firm in TX? If so, what was your reasoning? Was it the people you met, specific practice group, other recruiting experiences, city choice, 'fit,' or something else?
I'm sure people turn down V&E for the likes of Susman, Gibbs and Bruns, Beck Redden, and Bickel and Brewer all the time....
Oh, I'm sure... I turned them down for a different firm than those. I'm just curious about the particular reasons why people decided to do so.
I turned one of BB/VE down for a small office of a national firm. I don't care about making partner (I'm doing corporate and want to do 4-5 years and then go in house), I got a much better vibe at the firm I picked, and I heard from a reputable TX source that the exit options would be slightly better from this firm than the Big 3 one I had an offer at. Also, the firm I picked pays on the NY pay scale, which makes for a big difference in pay after the first year or two.
Which firms in TX pay NY scale?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:29 pm

Anyone else here considering AK Dallas?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

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BruceWayne wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Has anyone (else) turned down a Big 3 offer (particularly V&E Houston, since they're the big kid in town... not to mention they just landed that Southwest Airlines merger) for another firm in TX? If so, what was your reasoning? Was it the people you met, specific practice group, other recruiting experiences, city choice, 'fit,' or something else?
I'm sure people turn down V&E for the likes of Susman, Gibbs and Bruns, Beck Redden, and Bickel and Brewer all the time....
LOL at putting Bickel and Brewer w/ Susman, Gibbs, or Beck. Bickel is TTT, despite the mailroom clerks wearing suits.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:03 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Anyone else here considering AK Dallas?
On a similar note, has anyone heard anything from AK Houston? Just wondering if they are done or not.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:42 pm

any recent movement from v&e houston?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:26 pm

Is there still no word from V&E Austin? Last I had heard they were waiting til everyone interviewed before making offers. Has anyone heard anything, positive or negative, from them?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:41 pm

Weil Dallas offer.

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Post by Anonymous User » Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:51 pm

Congratulations. Is it normal in the Texas market for offers to come so late? Or are offers across the board coming in late this year?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:56 am

Anonymous User wrote:Congratulations. Is it normal in the Texas market for offers to come so late? Or are offers across the board coming in late this year?
FWIW, I was told by one recruiter this year that firms are being incredibly conservative b/c they simply don't know what the other firms are doing. She indicated that they were at the point where they were handing out offers one at a time. She also indicated that she felt that what she felt were some their prized recruits ended up taking offers in places like NYC instead.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:56 am

Anyone on here going to BB Dallas? I'm in for the first half. I think that they'll be 10-12 of us.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Oct 15, 2010 4:09 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Anyone on here going to BB Dallas? I'm in for the first half. I think that they'll be 10-12 of us.
How about JD Dallas? I'm heading there for the first half...

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:37 pm

I will be at Baker Botts Dallas (first half) and Andrews Kurth Dallas (second half). Will anyone be joining me at either of these two firms?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Oct 20, 2010 2:33 pm

Anyone else heading to LLBL Houston for the 2nd half?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:03 pm

I've come to believe that out of our nearly 500 posts, there are really only a handful of us. Congrats to all those on this thread that have secured jobs in Texas.

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by nonprofit-prophet » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:06 pm

Hello all, I'm trying to put your experiences/results into context. Are most of you guys at UT, a T14, or a lower-ranked TX school?

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Re: Texas Markets - OCI Results

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:44 pm

T14. Top 15-20%. Splitting b/w BB and AK. 4-5 years of WE. Grew up in and own a house in TX.

I took BB Dallas over JD Dallas, LLB&L Houston, and V&E Houston, and a bunch of non-V10 NY firms.
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