Which SF firm should I go to? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Kirkland taking the lead!

I think Farella is being discounted here. A lot of top students at my law school ranked them very highly during OCI. Albeit this was awhile ago, but IU don't see why that would change.

[potted plant]

SF-based litigator here. Kirkland/Sidley are fine, but if you don't look hard at these four firms, you're not doing your diligence.

http://www.kblfirm.com/careers/
https://www.taylorpatchen.com/
http://lewisllewellyn.com/
https://durietangri.com/

SF has a great boutique culture. You'll get much better experience at these firms than you will at Kirkland/Sidley.

Also, MTO has an SF office. It's absurdly selective, but also likely a better experience than Kirkland/Sidley.

Edit: Also, if you're looking AUSA/BigFed, why aren't Covington/Gibson/Latham/Orrick on your list? All have large SF offices with strong reputations in white collar.

This was crazy helpful thanks. I had not heard of any these boutiques you listed. I'm going to look into them. With regards to Cov/Gibson/Latham, I was under the impression that the SF offices did mostly IP work and the white collar or commercial lit practices were in LA. I could be wrong.


Given my bigfed ambitions, I was thinking that whit ecollar practice would be most preferable, then commercial lit. As for Orrick, I just forgot about it... and will be applying if I can find an opening that fits.

As an SF litigator at one of these firms I can say your impression is wrong. The majority of work in these offices is white collar and commercial lit. The firms/offices with heavy IP practices are mostly in Palo Alto or elsewhere on the peninsula.

[Anonymous User]

SF-based litigator here. Kirkland/Sidley are fine, but if you don't look hard at these four firms, you're not doing your diligence.

http://www.kblfirm.com/careers/
https://www.taylorpatchen.com/
http://lewisllewellyn.com/
https://durietangri.com/

SF has a great boutique culture. You'll get much better experience at these firms than you will at Kirkland/Sidley.

Also, MTO has an SF office. It's absurdly selective, but also likely a better experience than Kirkland/Sidley.

Edit: Also, if you're looking AUSA/BigFed, why aren't Covington/Gibson/Latham/Orrick on your list? All have large SF offices with strong reputations in white collar.

This was crazy helpful thanks. I had not heard of any these boutiques you listed. I'm going to look into them. With regards to Cov/Gibson/Latham, I was under the impression that the SF offices did mostly IP work and the white collar or commercial lit practices were in LA. I could be wrong.


Given my bigfed ambitions, I was thinking that whit ecollar practice would be most preferable, then commercial lit. As for Orrick, I just forgot about it... and will be applying if I can find an opening that fits.

As an SF litigator at one of these firms I can say your impression is wrong. The majority of work in these offices is white collar and commercial lit. The firms/offices with heavy IP practices are mostly in Palo Alto or elsewhere on the peninsula.

Thanks, which firms are you referring to? All 4?