Help Me Decide - Thompson&Knight/V&E/Winston&Strawn Dallas
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 4:52 pm
Looking to split corporate and litigation work this summer (but have a feeling I'll prefer corporate work) and have narrowed it down to TK, VE and Winston & Strawn in Dallas.
Considerations:
-Have no interest in moving out of Dallas
-Would like to be somewhere I have a shot of making partner
-I want to work hard but ideally not in a sweatshop (does that even exist anymore?)
I liked the people best at TK, so my primary reservation is whether I would be making a mistake by going with a more "regional" firm. Will that hurt my exit ops in Dallas if I don't end up wanting to (or being able to) make partner?
My reservation for V&E is that I hear the Dallas office is a satellite with no power and that it is virtually impossible to make partner there. I really liked the people I met there, though.
My reservation at Winston & Strawn is that it seems very litigation focused and has less corporate work than VE or TK.
Considerations:
-Have no interest in moving out of Dallas
-Would like to be somewhere I have a shot of making partner
-I want to work hard but ideally not in a sweatshop (does that even exist anymore?)
I liked the people best at TK, so my primary reservation is whether I would be making a mistake by going with a more "regional" firm. Will that hurt my exit ops in Dallas if I don't end up wanting to (or being able to) make partner?
My reservation for V&E is that I hear the Dallas office is a satellite with no power and that it is virtually impossible to make partner there. I really liked the people I met there, though.
My reservation at Winston & Strawn is that it seems very litigation focused and has less corporate work than VE or TK.