Skadden (NYC) v. Milbank (NYC) v. Sutherland (DC) Forum

[Anonymous User]

Have offers from the above three firms. I am interested in litigation, especially white-collar litigation.

Any insight anyone has would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

[Anonymous User]

Can people explain why they are voting the way they are?

[VulcanVulcanVulcan]

Have offers from the above three firms. I am interested in litigation, especially white-collar litigation.

Any insight anyone has would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Skadden is Band 1 for general litigation and Band 1 for white collar in NY. Milbank is Band 3 (behind like 20 other firms) and unranked, respectively. Not sure what to say about Sutherland. It's not ranked for anything litigation-related in DC. Skadden has a large DC office and might allow you to split if you really want to be in DC.

Obviously, Chambers rankings don't compute directly to summer associate decisions. But it's a point to consider: Skadden has much stronger practices in these areas than the other two firms. Do you have a particular reason why the other two interest you?

[Anonymous User]

Sutherland is not held in regard for anything in DC, they just exist and occasionally hire people. Their pay structure is also bizarre and sounds like you'd probably make significantly below market unless there's a banner year out of the blue.

[Anonymous User]

It seems weird to leave these three on the same list without reasons other than practice areas. Without giving some sort of reason on why Milbank is appealing the answer should be pretty obvious.