Which firm should I choose for litigation? Forum
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Re: Which firm should I choose for litigation?
Do you have a preference for white collar / care about exiting to be an AUSA?
Anyways of that group best prestige is Gibson/Paul Weiss/S&C, each with very different culture mixes and (to some extent) different clientele. Skadden / K&E also very good, but a step below. Again, very different culture at all the firms, which is probably the most important thing. (Hard to imagine someone who loves Skadden feeling at home at S&C / vice-versa.) Milbank feels like the odd one out.
If you talk a bit about what you care about, people can give you much better advice.
Anyways of that group best prestige is Gibson/Paul Weiss/S&C, each with very different culture mixes and (to some extent) different clientele. Skadden / K&E also very good, but a step below. Again, very different culture at all the firms, which is probably the most important thing. (Hard to imagine someone who loves Skadden feeling at home at S&C / vice-versa.) Milbank feels like the odd one out.
If you talk a bit about what you care about, people can give you much better advice.
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Re: Which firm should I choose for litigation?
For most flexible exit options, broadest practice, and best brand-name recognition, the answer in this group is S&C. The hours are brutal, but the training is solid, and the network is almost unparalleled. And in terms of prestige, unless you're in DC (where Gibson is a bit higher up the totem pole), it's again S&C, followed by PW. The above poster is right that Kirkland and Skadden are a step below.
