Munger Tolles or Gibson Dunn
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:30 pm
which firm is more prestigious and would look more impressive on a resume?
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Depends on:Anonymous User wrote:which firm is more prestigious and would look more impressive on a resume?
practice area - general litigationvamedic03 wrote:Depends on:Anonymous User wrote:which firm is more prestigious and would look more impressive on a resume?
Which Gibson office?
What practice areas?
E.g., it's hard to top Gibson Dunn's DC appellate group.
how can you say thisWavelet wrote:Munger, and it's not even close (even less so if you're talking Gibson-NY).
Are you serious?????? You're basing it off of Vault?! MTO is one of the most selective firms in the country (along with Williams and Connolly, Susman, etc.) it's a lit boutique, they regularly promote associates to partner after only 4 years, and associates get real substantive work. Vault isn't the best way to gauge a non NYC based firm.Anonymous User wrote:how can you say thisWavelet wrote:Munger, and it's not even close (even less so if you're talking Gibson-NY).
isn't Gibson Dunn V15 and Munger only V30
what makes Munger better?
It's not a boutique and it's not litigation only. The Vault firms are really too large to be boutiques. MTO does more than just litigation - while it's corporate practice is small, it has some famous clients (e.g., Berkshire Hathaway).BruceWayne wrote:Good Lord, to even be in the position to be asking this. Judging from Munger's profiles (40+ percent HYS--the highest I've ever seen at a firm and loaded with SCOTUS clerks) I'm going to guess MTO. But really you're set either way.Are you serious?????? You're basing it off of Vault?! MTO is one of the most selective firms in the country (along with Williams and Connolly, Susman, etc.) it's a lit boutique, they regularly promote associates to partner after only 4 years, and associates get real substantive work. Vault isn't the best way to gauge a non NYC based firm.Anonymous User wrote:how can you say thisWavelet wrote:Munger, and it's not even close (even less so if you're talking Gibson-NY).
isn't Gibson Dunn V15 and Munger only V30
what makes Munger better?
People on here tend to call any firm with less than 400 people a "boutique" so that's why I used that phrase.vamedic03 wrote:It's not a boutique and it's not litigation only. The Vault firms are really too large to be boutiques. MTO does more than just litigation - while it's corporate practice is small, it has some famous clients (e.g., Berkshire Hathaway).
thats impressive if its trueBruceWayne wrote:Good Lord, to even be in the position to be asking this. Judging from Munger's profiles (40+ percent HYS--the highest I've ever seen at a firm and loaded with SCOTUS clerks) I'm going to guess MTO. But really you're set either way.Are you serious?????? You're basing it off of Vault?! MTO is one of the most selective firms in the country (along with Williams and Connolly, Susman, etc.) it's a lit boutique, they regularly promote associates to partner after only 4 years, and associates get real substantive work. Vault isn't the best way to gauge a non NYC based firm.Anonymous User wrote:how can you say thisWavelet wrote:Munger, and it's not even close (even less so if you're talking Gibson-NY).
isn't Gibson Dunn V15 and Munger only V30
what makes Munger better?
If this is your sole Q, I'd say Munger...Anonymous User wrote:which firm is more prestigious and would look more impressive on a resume?
why?Rule11 wrote:As someone already said, this isn't even remotely close. The only reason to choose a firm over Munger is location.
http://www.chambers-associate.com/FirmFeature/3535-1Anonymous User wrote:why?Rule11 wrote:As someone already said, this isn't even remotely close. The only reason to choose a firm over Munger is location.
can someone please elaborate on whats so great about Munger some more cause I haven't heard much about them here on the east coast
selective =/= better. I know you're really passionate about MTO/Susman/Boies/WC but it's not always a no-brainer to choose them over other firms. It really comes down to practice area.BruceWayne wrote: Are you serious?????? You're basing it off of Vault?! MTO is one of the most selective firms in the country (along with Williams and Connolly, Susman, etc.) it's a lit boutique, they regularly promote associates to partner after only 4 years, and associates get real substantive work. Vault isn't the best way to gauge a non NYC based firm.
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thats ultra elitist even by law firm standardsJulio_El_Chavo wrote:apparently, MTO hasn't hired a single person from several of the T14 (UVA, Cornell, Northwestern)
It's a California shop. Plenty of people in the East have barely heard of it, which may account for that statistic.Julio_El_Chavo wrote:apparently, MTO hasn't hired a single person from several of the T14 (UVA, Cornell, Northwestern)
Gibson NY is nothing special at all. Outside of DC (and arguably LA), Gibson is not exactly a mega-prestigious firm. Just ordinary BigLaw.Anonymous User wrote:Gibson Dunn (NY) vs. Munger Tolles (LA)