Silicon Valley Lit - Gibson v Latham v WSGR Forum

[Anonymous User]

Litigation in Silicon Valley: Any insight or just a response to the poll is appreciated. Leaving things sparse on details for now bc a plain straw poll is probably the most helpful to me atm

[wldecisions]

IP or general lit?

[Anonymous User]

OP: General, not-IP, Lit. I should've clarified sooner

[hdivschool]

I don't understand all the votes for Gibson. Gibson SV has a few dozen attorneys and only like a half dozen lit partners.

[LBJ's Hair]

I don't understand all the votes for Gibson. Gibson SV has a few dozen attorneys and only like a half dozen lit partners.

eh, doesn't much matter. ~150 lawyers across SF + SV, not including LA. and they staff across offices. SV is not SF geographically, but for career development purposes they're interchangeable, particularly in the WFH era.

Wilson - to me - shouldn't be being considered, let alone tied w/Gibson for lit. they have a fantastic corporate department. and their offices are awesome. but their litigation just isn't in same class. you go there to do deals.

[Anonymous User]

OP: Thanks all for the insight. Interesting to see how tight the poll is!.. I concur with the above that Gibson has a strong office despite its size. But I wouldn't write off WSGR either. They have a well-regarded (and big) litigation department at HQ, especially for securities litigation. I have a sense that it's also easier to go in-house from WSGR, although of course it happens at Gibson and Latham as well.

Just wanted to add my less-polarized two cents for any future readers.

[hdivschool]

I don't understand all the votes for Gibson. Gibson SV has a few dozen attorneys and only like a half dozen lit partners.

eh, doesn't much matter. ~150 lawyers across SF + SV, not including LA. and they staff across offices. SV is not SF geographically, but for career development purposes they're interchangeable, particularly in the WFH era.

Wilson - to me - shouldn't be being considered, let alone tied w/Gibson for lit. they have a fantastic corporate department. and their offices are awesome. but their litigation just isn't in same class. you go there to do deals.

Gibson is no doubt excellent in lit. But it is hard for me to imagine working at a tiny satellite GDC office is comparable to WSGR's HQ. If they were "interchangable," then they wouldn't have separate offices.