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How Big Firm Associates Communicate

February 15, 2012 by Bill S. Preston, Esq. Leave a Comment

Even the most basic and routine interactions take on a form of their own when they occur in a law firm.

Filed Under: Columns, Featured Lawyer, Lawyer Tagged With: associates, biglaw

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Farewell to BigLaw: Ten People I Forgot to Thank on the Way Out

February 1, 2012 by Bill S. Preston, Esq. Leave a Comment

Today is my last day in BigLaw. I’d like to specially thank the following people who have helped make my time here so memorable.

Filed Under: Columns, Featured Lawyer, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, law firm jobs

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I Want to Work at Wachtell or White and Case

January 27, 2012 by Ex-Bitter Leave a Comment

What do you think are my chances of getting a job at a New York firm like Wachtell or White and Case? Honestly.

Filed Under: Columns, Featured Lawyer, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, biglaw, gl11, law firm jobs

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Entrenchment

August 15, 2011 by Albert Wang 8 Comments

Billing in BigLaw sometimes requires extreme measures. (Click the image to see the full comic.)

Filed Under: Comics, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, billables, billing

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12 Things I Hate About Small Firm Practice

August 9, 2011 by Bitter Contributor 27 Comments

After almost five years of epic BigLaw drudgery and misery, I finally decided it was time to choose lifestyle over status and pay. In other words, I joined a small firm, a/k/a “a litigation boutique.” Trouble is, I’m realizing that my decision was completely flawed because it was based on the faulty assumption that the…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, boutiques, SmallLaw

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Bitter News, Week of August 8th, 2011

August 8, 2011 by Bitter Newsroom Leave a Comment

Here are your headlines from the Bitter Newsroom, where we bounce back! Why Lawyer Pay Will Shrink: Reverse auctions are driving Biglaw rates down as large firms anonymously submit quotes for a jobs posted by major companies. With the increased number of lawyers being dumped into the market graduating each year, it seems like this may be a trend…

Filed Under: Lawyer, News & Views Tagged With: alternative careers, biglaw, billables, document review, Europe, video games

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Top 5 Hobbies for Big Firm Associates

July 28, 2011 by C. Hank Peters 7 Comments

Many big firms today take pride from employing well-rounded associates who can fit in at the opera just as easily as at the theatre. But outside of the traditional activities of a highly-paid professional, what are good hobbies for big firm associates? What should they do to burn off the extra half-hour at the end of…

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Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Lawyer Tagged With: Associate Abuse, associates, Big Legal Brain, biglaw, gl11, hobbies, lawyering

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The (Big)Law of Attraction

July 26, 2011 by Law Firm 10 11 Comments

So this is totally predictable and cliché (half the hellishness of BigLaw is that there are never any surprises), but this past week I got to take an actual vacation for the first time since I passed the bar—to go to my Nonna’s funeral. On my outbound flight, I nursed a whiskey and diet coke…

Filed Under: Columns, Law Firm 10, Lawyer Tagged With: biglaw, family, vacation

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I'm Not Latham Vibrant or Watkins Approachable

July 22, 2011 by Ex-Bitter 8 Comments

QI’m sure you’ve seen it by now that Latham Watkins is redoing its law firm website and has instructed us associates to look “sophisticated, modern, vibrant and approachable.” As I write this, the photos have not yet been taken. And while I do consider myself sophisticated and modern, I’m definitely not vibrant and approachable. I’ve…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, biglaw, biographies, gl11, headshots, profiles

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The Baby Shower Prophecies

July 12, 2011 by Law Firm 10 9 Comments

A rather expensive psychic told me in February that I would experience a “great shift in my thinking and perception” in 2011. Turns out she was right. I’ve just had an epiphany that my approach to dating is certain to lead to cataclysmic failure and doom—and now I get why it’s no damn wonder that…

Filed Under: Columns, Law Firm 10, Lawyer Tagged With: babies, biglaw, dating, retiring, sex

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