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Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:28 pm
by Anonymous User
Which V10 firms (meaning V1 through V10) are known for having the best culture? Defining culture as good work-life balance, friendly attorneys, non hyper-competitive environment. Also I understand this may vary city to city
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:31 pm
by ExpOriental
Do you mean the F10?
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:33 pm
by Anonymous User
you can't aggregate whole firms when it comes to this question
it's going to come down to practice groups
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:40 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:28 pm
Which V10 firms (meaning V1 through V10) are known for having the best culture? Defining culture as good work-life balance, friendly attorneys, non hyper-competitive environment. Also I understand this may vary city to city
Good work-life balance and V10 are generally considered mutually exclusive terms, otherwise echoing what the other posters said, heavily dependant on practice group rather than firm as a whole
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 12:42 pm
by Anonymous User
In general, tax departments tend to be the most bearable. This is true across biglaw firms in multiple cities.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:20 pm
by Anonymous User
LW or DPW
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:22 pm
by Anonymous User
Lol at Lathaming having best culture. Maybe this is a troll.
accidental anon. BrowsingTLS
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:28 pm
by Anonymous User
Gibson LA but gl getting in
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:33 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:28 pm
Gibson LA but gl getting in
LOL LOL LOL LOL (s/o to the fired summer from the other thread. Hmm what could he have possibly done...)
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:45 pm
by mandrewsf
Serious question, do the Vault rankings matter at all outside of NYC corporate?
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:48 pm
by Anonymous User
LW for sure (not a troll)
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:00 pm
by Anonymous User
mandrewsf wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:45 pm
Serious question, do the Vault rankings matter at all outside of NYC corporate?
From your posts, it seems you’re in law school right now. Once you’re practicing and receive a Vault survey to complete, you’ll realize how useless/stupid the Vault rankings are - whether NY or otherwise.
Chambers is a much better metric for how good a law firm is and in what practice groups (and cities).
To OP’s original question, I have worked at 3 different V10 firms and Latham has had the best culture. Non-NY major market though. Your results may vary.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:10 pm
by Anonymous User
Agree with Latham.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:18 pm
by Anonymous User
I’ll also co-sign LW. At least out west, not as familiar with east coast offices.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:56 pm
by Anonymous User
I’d say Latham though admittedly I’ve never heard anything from Gibson Dunn so they might be flying under the radar
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:29 pm
by Anonymous User
I've worked at two V10s, one of them being Latham. I'd say Latham.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:59 pm
by Anonymous User
Latham
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2022 9:31 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:00 pm
mandrewsf wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:45 pm
Serious question, do the Vault rankings matter at all outside of NYC corporate?
From your posts, it seems you’re in law school right now. Once you’re practicing and receive a Vault survey to complete, you’ll realize how useless/stupid the Vault rankings are - whether NY or otherwise.
Chambers is a much better metric for how good a law firm is and in what practice groups (and cities).
To OP’s original question, I have worked at 3 different V10 firms and Latham has had the best culture. Non-NY major market though. Your results may vary.
And on individual attorneys, Chambers isn't good either. There is no relationship in my practice group between those partners who are Chambers ranked and those who are good attorneys.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:47 pm
by Anonymous User
Lol so apparently Vault has rankings for firms by culture? Super reliable, I'm sure.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:36 pm
by Anonymous User
Many will say Latham, but I had a terrible time there (NY and non-NY). Very cliquey within a number of practice groups. Laterals from white shoe firms made it worse, too. Overall, if you're non a minority or a woman, it's pretty decent if not great. Outside of that, good luck.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:53 pm
by Anonymous User
Sorry you had this experience. I’m a woman (and mother) at Latham and think my quality of life is light years ahead of my peers at other v10s.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 12:17 pm
by Anonymous User
Nominees for *worst* culture of the V10?
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:34 am
by Anonymous User
I am at Latham and it is genuinely a good place to work with nice people.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:52 pm
by Anonymous User
Can some people explain why Latham's culture is so much better than other V10 firms? I do not understand this.
Re: Best culture of the V10?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:10 pm
by Anonymous User
It’s all practice group/work stream dependent. I’m at K&E but like my group and the people in it a lot. I know others who are miserable. Don’t base it off of firm but the people you will directly be working with there. I feel protected from the sweatshop by my partners and seniors/midlevels.