Latham (DC) or Fried Frank (NY)
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:48 pm
Might be obvious to my classmates who this is, but whatevs. Curious enough about feedback to risk that.
So, I'm relatively certain I want to do litigation. I can't say I don't want transactional, as I've never done anything related to it, but I feel that they both have enough of a corp. practice where if that is something I want to explore I can. Beyond that, I don't plan on making partner, given the long-shot nature of it, but would like to move into gov't eventually. Within lit., I'm pretty open, but antitrust, white-collar, and appellate are all appealing to me (though I do realize the caveat of pretty much needing CoA clerkship for appellate at Latham, so that's not something I'm particularly gunning for/pinning my decision on), as well as possibly regulatory.
I really felt like I clicked at Latham after my CB and have generally been leaning towards that, but everyone at FF has also been nice. I just wanted to get some feedback.
Latham had 100% offer in '10, and 22/20 in '12 - anyone know about those 2? Or how this year is shaping up?
One other concern: FF took a big revenue hit last year, though from what I gathered on ATL they seemed to say it was a one-off thing and they've gathered steam. Thoughts? Also, I do know that one of their longtime lit partners just left, and I've heard that their litigation group has been getting smaller. Anyone here anything on this?
Yes, I know about Latham's apparent propensity to wholesale slaughter classes, from the way some people tell it, but I've taken that into consideration already.
Location-wise, I have no problem with either city. I know the pros/cons on that debate, so that's really one of the factors I'm least concerned with.
So, please vote and comment.
So, I'm relatively certain I want to do litigation. I can't say I don't want transactional, as I've never done anything related to it, but I feel that they both have enough of a corp. practice where if that is something I want to explore I can. Beyond that, I don't plan on making partner, given the long-shot nature of it, but would like to move into gov't eventually. Within lit., I'm pretty open, but antitrust, white-collar, and appellate are all appealing to me (though I do realize the caveat of pretty much needing CoA clerkship for appellate at Latham, so that's not something I'm particularly gunning for/pinning my decision on), as well as possibly regulatory.
I really felt like I clicked at Latham after my CB and have generally been leaning towards that, but everyone at FF has also been nice. I just wanted to get some feedback.
Latham had 100% offer in '10, and 22/20 in '12 - anyone know about those 2? Or how this year is shaping up?
One other concern: FF took a big revenue hit last year, though from what I gathered on ATL they seemed to say it was a one-off thing and they've gathered steam. Thoughts? Also, I do know that one of their longtime lit partners just left, and I've heard that their litigation group has been getting smaller. Anyone here anything on this?
Yes, I know about Latham's apparent propensity to wholesale slaughter classes, from the way some people tell it, but I've taken that into consideration already.
Location-wise, I have no problem with either city. I know the pros/cons on that debate, so that's really one of the factors I'm least concerned with.
So, please vote and comment.