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Goodwin Procter SV or Cooley SV or Orrick SV
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:43 pm
by Anonymous User
Anyone have experience with any of these firms? Interest in corporate, specifically emerging companies/VC work.
Re: Goodwin Procter SV or Cooley SV or Orrick SV
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:51 pm
by Anonymous User
I've worked at Orrick, and I'd probably say Cooley is the more dominant firm in the emerging companies space, whereas Orrick has the hotter patent lit practice at the moment. For most of the type of work you'd want to do in SV, I'd say Cooley over the other two, then Orrick, then Goodwin.
Re: Goodwin Procter SV or Cooley SV or Orrick SV
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 11:57 pm
by Anonymous User
Orrick is the clear bottom of these two.
Goodwin and Cooley are both better in terms of corporate work. Cooley is a little cultish. Goodwin has some great attorneys. Cooley is stronger than GP at Lit in SV.
Hope that helps.
If you really have these choices, GO BACK and interview again for sell lunches. The vibes are different.
Also, don't be fooled, Orrick's corporate practice is tiny and they do weird crap like public finance and claim it's transactional. Ummm no.
Also, some of the WORST attorneys that were rejected from my old firm (WSGR) were snapped right up by Orrick. They'll take anyone. That means those people are not great bosses.
Re: Goodwin Procter SV or Cooley SV or Orrick SV
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:02 am
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:Orrick is the clear bottom of these two.
Goodwin and Cooley are both better in terms of corporate work. Cooley is a little cultish. Goodwin has some great attorneys. Cooley is stronger than GP at Lit in SV.
Hope that helps.
If you really have these choices, GO BACK and interview again for sell lunches. The vibes are different.
Also, don't be fooled, Orrick's corporate practice is tiny and they do weird crap like public finance and claim it's transactional. Ummm no.
Also, some of the WORST attorneys that were rejected from my old firm (WSGR) were snapped right up by Orrick. They'll take anyone. That means those people are not great bosses.
Anon from above
This is probably all true; I only know from the patent litigation side, where you see different folks (MoFo, Quinn, Irell) on the other side of Orrick, less GP or Cooley. OP didn't specify or transactional or lit tho.
Re: Goodwin Procter SV or Cooley SV or Orrick SV
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:25 am
by Anonymous User
Thanks all. I'm mainly interested in emerging companies/VC work.
Re: Goodwin Procter SV or Cooley SV or Orrick SV
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 1:43 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:Thanks all. I'm mainly interested in emerging companies/VC work.
Then Cooley for sure, IMO.
Re: Goodwin Procter SV or Cooley SV or Orrick SV
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:29 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:Anonymous User wrote:Thanks all. I'm mainly interested in emerging companies/VC work.
Then Cooley for sure, IMO.
how do you measure fit by the way? I noticed i really liked the people I met at the orrick callback, but i don't know how to weigh that.