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Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 2:21 pm
by 09042014
What do you think they are?

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 2:30 pm
by patrickd139
What's "nationwide" mean?

Ex: Include WLRK and Cravath, even tho they only have NYC offices in the US?

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 2:35 pm
by UVAIce
Desert Fox wrote:What do you think they are?
Miserable sweatshops. They are probably really shitty places to work.

Is it odd that whenever I imagine working at a top NYC firm I imagine Chinese gold farmers in World of Warcraft?

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 2:35 pm
by 09042014
patrickd139 wrote:What's "nationwide" mean?

Ex: Include WLRK and Cravath, even tho they only have NYC offices in the US?
Considering their entire practice. So those two are clear leaders because their NYC offices are so prestiguous.

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 9:29 pm
by RedGiant
Desert Fox wrote:What do you think they are?
I'm pretty sure there are lists for this. Vault. AmLaw. etc. No need to poll TLS rubes when there are experts that compile these things.

Rankings only get you so far...you need to decide what you want--what practice, what geography, what salary (if not market), exit opps, whether associates are pooled or work in groups, whether you are a generalist or hired directly into a practice area....those criteria matter a lot more.

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 9:46 pm
by IAFG
UVAIce wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:What do you think they are?
Miserable sweatshops. They are probably really shitty places to work.

Is it odd that whenever I imagine working at a top NYC firm I imagine Chinese gold farmers in World of Warcraft?
Places I thought I would kill to work at as a 0L.

Places that I wouldn't work at now for double market.

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 9:48 pm
by El Pollito
I thought DLA Piper was first in the "most warm bodies" category, but they're apparently second to baker and mckenzie. Does this get a spot in the T20?

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 9:48 pm
by El Pollito
RedGiant wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:What do you think they are?
I'm pretty sure there are lists for this. Vault. AmLaw. etc. No need to poll TLS rubes when there are experts that compile these things.
lol do you know how Vault is compiled?

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:08 pm
by Nyclawyer618
The ones with the most HLS grads for partners. V20

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:20 pm
by jbagelboy
Nyclawyer618 wrote:The ones with the most HLS grads for partners. V20
lol

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:22 pm
by jbagelboy
i'm gonna throw out skadden arps since it's a lot more "nationwide" than some of the other V10s

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:34 pm
by IAFG
jbagelboy wrote:i'm gonna throw out skadden arps since it's a lot more "nationwide" than some of the other V10s
did u know they have a wilmington de office

lol wat a shithole

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:43 pm
by jbagelboy
IAFG wrote:
jbagelboy wrote:i'm gonna throw out skadden arps since it's a lot more "nationwide" than some of the other V10s
did u know they have a wilmington de office

lol wat a shithole
I did. I'm assuming it's one partner and one associate playing backgammon in a vacuum closet waiting to route lost calls from the hong kong office.

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 10:56 pm
by bdubs
If you're not verein, you're verout.

1) Baker McKenzie
2) DLA
3) Norton Rose
4) Dentons
5) hogan lovells
6) Squire Sanders
TTTTs

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 11:33 pm
by thesealocust
STOP RANKING THINGS

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 11:56 pm
by OneMoreLawHopeful
thesealocust wrote:STOP RANKING THINGS
This is the worst post in this thread.

The top three best posts (in order) are:
1 wrote:
jbagelboy wrote:i'm gonna throw out skadden arps since it's a lot more "nationwide" than some of the other V10s
did u know they have a wilmington de office

lol wat a shithole
2 wrote:
IAFG wrote:
jbagelboy wrote:i'm gonna throw out skadden arps since it's a lot more "nationwide" than some of the other V10s
did u know they have a wilmington de office

lol wat a shithole
I did. I'm assuming it's one partner and one associate playing backgammon in a vacuum closet waiting to route lost calls from the hong kong office.
3 wrote:If you're not verein, you're verout.

1) Baker McKenzie
2) DLA
3) Norton Rose
4) Dentons
5) Hogan Lovells
6) Squire Sanders
TTTTs

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:36 am
by JusticeJackson
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Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 12:56 am
by Old Gregg
Seriously (in no particular order):

WLRK
Skadden
Cravath
Davis Polk
Dickstein Schapiro
S&C
Cleary
Kirkland
Weil
Paul Weiss
Debevoise
Sidley
Quinn
Simpson
Boies
Gibson
Latham
Wilmer
W&C
Covington

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:03 am
by thesealocust
zweitbester wrote:Seriously (in no particular order):

Firms I've heard of
Dickstein Schapiro
Other firms I've heard of

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:05 am
by Old Gregg
thesealocust wrote:
zweitbester wrote:Seriously (in no particular order):

Firms I've heard of
Dickstein Schapiro
Other firms I've heard of
Shit I forgot Perkins Coie.

Re: Top 20 Nationwide Firms?

Posted: Wed May 07, 2014 1:14 am
by Danger Zone
I thought zweit only included Dickstein because Desert Fox thread.
Desert Fox wrote:Dickstain Shapiro dinged me 3 times. It was funny.