Cravath "practice area attorneys" Forum

[Anonymous User]

Apologies if this was discussed somewhere else in the forum, but I ran searches and could not find any information.

Does anyone have any insight in to the "practice area attorney" role at Cravath? I can't really tell if they're staff attorneys (that focus on discovery or specialized procedural issues in certain regulatory areas), non-partner track associates, or something else. Some of them seem senior, but they're not counsel or of counsel. A recruiter suggested that this may be an option in my practice area. (To clarify, I am not actively on the job market; a recruiter I've spoken with in the past reached out to me.)

[Anonymous User]

I'm pretty sure it's a non-partner track position that's specialized in a certain subject matter area (a fancier version of staff attorney), of counsel is non-partner track but a senior attorney role, and I think counsel is partner-track senior attorney role.... But Cravath has changed its non-partner attorney's titles so much that who knows... this is my last understanding of what that title means, but it might've changed.

Apologies if this was discussed somewhere else in the forum, but I ran searches and could not find any information.

Does anyone have any insight in to the "practice area attorney" role at Cravath? I can't really tell if they're staff attorneys (that focus on discovery or specialized procedural issues in certain regulatory areas), non-partner track associates, or something else. Some of them seem senior, but they're not counsel or of counsel. A recruiter suggested that this may be an option in my practice area. (To clarify, I am not actively on the job market; a recruiter I've spoken with in the past reached out to me.)

[Anonymous User]

It's a non-partner track position, but the nature of the role is individualized. People who are part-time or who are fully remote have that title but so are laterals who come in very senior and are therefore treated (and paid) like senior associates.