Litigation in Silicon Valley
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 5:08 pm
I was curious if any SF/SV litigators could speak to the pros and cons of working as a litigator in a big firm's SV office, compared to working in SF. Gibson, Latham, OMM, etc have SV offices that are predominantly corporate but also have small securities or IP practice groups: one or two partners and a handful of litigation associates supporting them.
I'm trying to get a sense of the negatives of working as a litigator in an SV office, i.e. would the small size of those practice groups keep you from escaping bad partners or finding enough work, vs the positives, i.e. would the scarcity of associates supporting each partner allow those associates to engage in more substantive work more quickly because there are so few of them to go around? Any thoughts on that type of working arrangement in SV litigation would be appreciated.
I'm trying to get a sense of the negatives of working as a litigator in an SV office, i.e. would the small size of those practice groups keep you from escaping bad partners or finding enough work, vs the positives, i.e. would the scarcity of associates supporting each partner allow those associates to engage in more substantive work more quickly because there are so few of them to go around? Any thoughts on that type of working arrangement in SV litigation would be appreciated.