Lewis Brisbois Denver Locations? Forum

[YE123]

Does anyone know anything about Lewis Brisbois specifically their Denver offices but really any office would be fine to know some information on? I have an interview for a SA position but have no idea what pay/culture/billable hours look like. Any information would be wonderful.

[Anonymous User]

I'm interested in this as well. How did you apply to the firm? I can't find any information about summer associates on their website.

[Anonymous User]

Can't speak specifically to the Denver office, but Lewis Brisbois is a big insurance defense firm. So the pay and sophistication of work is not going to be like a traditional BigLaw firm. You can already tell that by where all their offices are located and their PPP.

[Anonymous User]

According to this thread: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=148747 starting pay is 80k, although that was a few years ago. Educated guess is anywhere from 80-90k for first years depending on the city.

I didn't think they really hired a lot of people straight out of law school. I would be cautious about being no-offered.

I don't have the chart handy from recent AmLaw numbers, but they have at least one partner making less than 100k/year, and I imagine there are several non-equity partners there in the same boat.

You will probably get good experience in nuts & bolts of litigation over a traditional BigLaw firm, but your exit options & pay are going to be much worse.

[tier4_partner]

According to this thread: http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=148747 starting pay is 80k, although that was a few years ago. Educated guess is anywhere from 80-90k for first years depending on the city.

I didn't think they really hired a lot of people straight out of law school. I would be cautious about being no-offered.

I don't have the chart handy from recent AmLaw numbers, but they have at least one partner making less than 100k/year, and I imagine there are several non-equity partners there in the same boat.

You will probably get good experience in nuts & bolts of litigation over a traditional BigLaw firm, but your exit options & pay are going to be much worse.

There are no partners at Lewis Brisbois making less than 100k. That’s an obvious error. Starting pay should be in the 80 to 90k range. Raises will be modest (5 to 10k per year). Hour requirement is probably around 2000 or so, but billing hours in this kind of setting should be easier than in biglaw. Firms like this don’t usually have traditional “summer associate” programs. That said, getting a job right out of law school, especially if you worked there over the summer is doable if you were liked and worked in a busy unit.

Training in nuts and bolts litigation will be good. Work will have a wide range of sophistication from complex insurance coverage, E&O, product liability and professional liability all the way down to general liability trip and fall defense.