Blindmelon wrote:Anonymous User wrote:.
Um. Butterflies and Fairydust?
edit: i'm an idiot. This post was meant to be a pm.
Blindmelon wrote:Anonymous User wrote:.
Um. Butterflies and Fairydust?
Anonymous User wrote:How would you rank Boston firms in terms of prestige?
1. Ropes
2. Wilmer
3. Goodwin (reluctantly--I hear it can be a hostile work environment)
4. Bingham
5. Skadden (?)
6. Nutter
7. Choate
8. The Foleys
9. EAPD
10. Proskauer (although within funds industry prob right up there with Ropes)
11. Dechert (mutual funds)
12. S&W (but tax dept is #1)
13. Goulston
14. Mintz
15. The rest
Anonymous User wrote:Any anecdotal word on how Choate handled the recession? How were layoffs handled? Did morale hold up?
Also, thoughts on work/life balance at Choate would be appreciated (particularly w/r/t litigation associates).
Basically, any thoughts on Choate at all! I have an offer there that I'm excited about, but I want to get a firm grasp on the place before I accept it.
edit: the above "tiered" list of Boston firms is TCR, in my understanding, with some variations based on practice area (Goulston for RE, Proskauer for PE, S&W for tax, etc)
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Any anecdotal word on how Choate handled the recession? How were layoffs handled? Did morale hold up?
Also, thoughts on work/life balance at Choate would be appreciated (particularly w/r/t litigation associates).
Basically, any thoughts on Choate at all! I have an offer there that I'm excited about, but I want to get a firm grasp on the place before I accept it.
edit: the above "tiered" list of Boston firms is TCR, in my understanding, with some variations based on practice area (Goulston for RE, Proskauer for PE, S&W for tax, etc)
Am in same position and would also love to hear what people think. Also, despite what NALP says, my offer letter says that first years at Choate make 160K.
Anonymous User wrote:What about Holland & Knight?
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:What about Holland & Knight?
H&K fits into the Goulston/Mintz/EAPD tier... well-established office, solid in litigation (esp healthcare stuff). A "lifestyle" place.... I hear good things.
Anonymous User wrote:I'll be at the dinner... I'm curious to see how many people they offered to get a class of 12-15. Ropes and Wilmer both have their offer dinners tomorrow night too, so that could affect turnout.
Anonymous User wrote:KMaine wrote:OP - What are the important factors in your decision? I guess you care about the financial health of the firm. Anything else?
For one thing, I'm not looking for "exit options." Although I know the chances of making partner are slim everywhere, I would at least want to be someplace where I could make a go of it. Which would probably make Bingham the least desirable of the options.
Quality of life is very important to me too, which would probably also make Bingham the least desirable of the options.
But that said, I liked the associates I met at Bingham the most out of all the associates I met at my callbacks (S&W's were a close second). I felt like I had the most in common with them personality wise.
So much conflicting information!
Anonymous User wrote:I'm between Choate and Wilmer right now - Choate because of the small size/everyone knows each other feel, and Wilmer because its considered (along with Ropes) to be the best Boston firm. I don't know if that really makes the exit options that much better.
Anonymous User wrote:I'd probably take Weil over any tier 1's though.
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:I'm between Choate and Wilmer right now - Choate because of the small size/everyone knows each other feel, and Wilmer because its considered (along with Ropes) to be the best Boston firm. I don't know if that really makes the exit options that much better.
Wilmer. No brainer.
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:I'd probably take Weil over any tier 1's though.
I'd love to hear your reasoning for this choice. Thanks!
Blindmelon wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:I'm between Choate and Wilmer right now - Choate because of the small size/everyone knows each other feel, and Wilmer because its considered (along with Ropes) to be the best Boston firm. I don't know if that really makes the exit options that much better.
Wilmer. No brainer.
Why do you say that?
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:I'd probably take Weil over any tier 1's though.
I'd love to hear your reasoning for this choice. Thanks!
Smaller office, extremely high quality work. You'll be playing second fiddle to NY... which is a drawback, but Weil provides the kind of big deals/cases that you probably won't see in Boston. Weil is arguably #1 in country for certain practice groups.
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