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Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:57 am
by Anonymous User
Has anyone else heard this rumor? Just wanted to see if there's any merit to it before making a decision.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:55 am
by TheThriller
They had a 7.7% drop in revenue last year (2013) year alone. Thats pretty sizable.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:35 pm
by Anonymous User
TheThriller wrote:They had a 7.7% drop in revenue last year (2013) year alone. Thats pretty sizable.
FWIW, I had a partner at my Jenner callback tell me that their revenue this year is on track to blow last year out of the water, but, that could also have been marketing.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:41 pm
by Old Gregg
i know associates there. billables werent that high either (even the superstars didn't crack a high number), but from what i know there isnt any concern. at my least my friends arent concerned.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:38 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:TheThriller wrote:They had a 7.7% drop in revenue last year (2013) year alone. Thats pretty sizable.
FWIW, I had a partner at my Jenner callback tell me that their revenue this year is on track to blow last year out of the water, but, that could also have been marketing.
Last year was bad for firm, no doubt about it. This year will be much better and hopefully last year was a blip. Firm has had a number of big engagements this year and all the young associates I know are on pace to comfortably exceed their billable requirement.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:17 pm
by TheThriller
That may be so, but posting numbers don't lie and I wouldn't trust an anon with anecdotal evidence at best.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 10:30 pm
by Anonymous User
I am an incoming Jenner associate. The firm is gangbusters right now; in fact, they offered to accelerate my start date because they have a ton of work.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2014 11:14 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:I am an incoming Jenner associate. The firm is gangbusters right now; in fact, they offered to accelerate my start date because they have a ton of work.
Can confirm. They asked people to start 1-2 months early.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:37 am
by twenty 8
That is encouraging. Does that mean first years have already started? At my firm first years are starting next week.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:11 am
by TheThriller
I know 2 people that have left over the past few months for other firms. One told me over the phone that the firm was a "sinking ship." Also, anoning makes it hard to believe you guys
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:42 am
by Mal Reynolds
TheThriller wrote:Also, anoning makes it hard to believe you guys
Just lol
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:46 am
by Mal Reynolds
REVEAL YOUR IDENTITIES ANONYMOUS EMPLOYEES OF JENNER. We need to be able to link your tls profiles to your real identities.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:49 pm
by Anonymous User
Are we talking about the Chicago office asking associates to start early? Any idea on how busy the LA office is?
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:02 pm
by sideroxylon
mal didn't you know thethriller has an sa offer he's an expert now
on topic: i know that there were rumblings about problems last year
no idea how things are now
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:27 pm
by Mal Reynolds
sideroxylon wrote:mal didn't you know thethriller has an sa offer he's an expert now
Oh JFC is that it?
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:41 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:Are we talking about the Chicago office asking associates to start early? Any idea on how busy the LA office is?
Heard trans was feast or famine, lit was mostly CA stuff and killing it.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:46 pm
by Mal Reynolds
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Are we talking about the Chicago office asking associates to start early? Any idea on how busy the LA office is?
Heard trans was feast or famine, lit was mostly CA stuff and killing it.
Jenner has a corporate group? Lol
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 4:35 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:Are we talking about the Chicago office asking associates to start early? Any idea on how busy the LA office is?
Incoming Jenner associate here. I am in a non-Chicago office (not willing to be more specific, sorry) and was asked (but not required) to start early.
No one denies the firm had a subpar 2013. That doesn't mean it's a sinking ship: it's a conservatively managed firm with strengths in countercyclical practice areas and that is very, very good in several niches of the litigation market. And it happens to be blowing up with work right now - between a large engagement for GM, some significant cases on behalf of Fox/News Corporation and some other major studios, and a bunch of other big-ticked litigation matters, the firm is hopping.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 4:51 pm
by goden
Yeah but what is your first and last name (and middle initial)? If you are not cowardly you would provide the last 4 digits of your social too
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 4:51 pm
by Old Gregg
you only have to worry about declining revenues for very large firms with a ton of overhead. you worry at a place like Dewey or Howrey. Jenner is much smaller by comparison. not only is there less overhead, but more institutional glue that keeps partners from jumping ship (which is what really accelerates the collapse)
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:09 am
by TheThriller
Mal Reynolds wrote:sideroxylon wrote:mal didn't you know thethriller has an sa offer he's an expert now
Oh JFC is that it?
I do not have an SA offer. I've been struggling to get traction anywhere in my search. But keep making up shit.
JFC at you guys
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:12 am
by Mal Reynolds
TheThriller wrote:Mal Reynolds wrote:sideroxylon wrote:mal didn't you know thethriller has an sa offer he's an expert now
Oh JFC is that it?
I do not have an SA offer. I've been struggling to get traction anywhere in my search. But keep making up shit.
JFC at you guys
What is your real name. Pls post here. The info you post is suspect until then.
Re: Jenner & Block not doing so well?
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:50 am
by goden