The Masters Conference Legal’s Post

Exciting news to share with my network! Robert Christensen and I are proud to announce the launch of our new venture, Mueller Christensen LLP. Check out our website for more information and feel free to reach out to us to schedule a consultation. #MuellerChristensenLLP #LegalRepresentation #LawFirmLaunch

Relativity's David Horrigan recaps the Discovery Case Law Update session and asks the panelists Scott Milner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Jessica Tseng Hasen of Perkins Coie LLP, Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy, and Nirav Shah of The Home Depot to share their key takeaways. #Legalweek24

We need to talk about Latham & Watkins. Despite being one of the world’s most successful law firms, Latham has seen several high profile partners in Europe walk out the door this year, many of whom have gone to rivals like Sidley Austin LLP, Milbank LLP and of course Kirkland & Ellis. Why? Let’s go back a bit. The broad view is that most global law firms are “chasing” Kirkland and Latham—number one and number two in the world. But this obscures a key fact: Latham is chasing too. Hard. And that’s had consequences, sources tell me. The world’s only $7 billion+ law firm, Kirkland has created an industry-wide ‘pull’, with certain firms in the chasing pack intensifying their focus on profitability and high profit margin (prompting a U.S. hyper-focus), which intel suggests is leading to slimmer equity ranks, higher U.S. partner pay and a withdrawal from less profitable regions. Are U.S. law firms like Latham becoming U.S. law firms again? Read my piece, with input from Jennifer Spatz and Paul Hodkinson: https://lnkd.in/ey98HWmg #law #lawyers #corporatelaw

I am excited to share the first part of Perkins Coie LLP's RISE to Big Law video series, which covers what law students need to know about applying for a 2L position at a law firm. Watch the videos under "Recruit": https://bit.ly/Rise2BigLaw. #LawStudents #LegalRecruiting #LegalCareers #SummerAssociates #SummerAssociateProgram #RiseToBigLaw

I am excited to share the first part of Perkins Coie LLP's RISE to Big Law video series, which covers what law students need to know about applying for a 2L position at a law firm. Watch the videos under "Recruit": https://bit.ly/Rise2BigLaw. #LawStudents #LegalRecruiting #LegalCareers #SummerAssociates #SummerAssociateProgram #RiseToBigLaw

I am excited to share the first part of Perkins Coie LLP's RISE to Big Law video series, which covers what law students need to know about applying for a 2L position at a law firm. Watch the videos under "Recruit": https://bit.ly/Rise2BigLaw. #LawStudents #LegalRecruiting #LegalCareers #SummerAssociates #SummerAssociateProgram #RiseToBigLaw

I am excited to share the first part of Perkins Coie LLP's RISE to Big Law video series, which covers what law students need to know about applying for a 2L position at a law firm. Watch the videos under "Recruit": https://bit.ly/Rise2BigLaw. #LawStudents #LegalRecruiting #LegalCareers #SummerAssociates #SummerAssociateProgram #RiseToBigLaw

I am excited to share the first part of Perkins Coie LLP's RISE to Big Law video series, which covers what law students need to know about applying for a 2L position at a law firm. Watch the videos under "Recruit": https://bit.ly/Rise2BigLaw. #LawStudents #LegalRecruiting #LegalCareers #SummerAssociates #SummerAssociateProgram #RiseToBigLaw

I am excited to share the first part of Perkins Coie LLP's RISE to Big Law video series, which covers what law students need to know about applying for a 2L position at a law firm. Watch the videos under "Recruit": https://bit.ly/Rise2BigLaw. #LawStudents #LegalRecruiting #LegalCareers #SummerAssociates #SummerAssociateProgram #RiseToBigLaw

First, Latham and Kirkland are amazingly successful firms by all accounts and full of some of the smartest people you’ll meet. $7+ billion ($7,000,000,000!) in revenues - holy smokes. For most of those attorneys and practice groups, it makes all the sense in the world (pun intended) to be at massive law firms with global reach and cross-selling opportunities. If done correctly, those platforms provide clients with the most optimal comprehensive service provider and give attorneys more strategic advantages, both internally and externally, than they get charged by their firm for overhead. Second, for other attorneys and practice groups, particularly state and local practice groups like tax-exempt bonds/public finance, you may not need global reach to help your clients like the local school district who needs help building that new high school. In that respect, taking your practice to a local/regional/national firm may allow you to continue providing nationally elite services without the global overhead. It may also provide more freedoms and more agency over your practice’s operations, because decisions are made at a local level with people in the room generally possessing more personal knowledge of the issues. (If this is you, please consider this a shameless plug to send a message to Cantu Harden Montoya LLP, and let’s talk!) In typical lawyer fashion, the answer to the right fit question is probably, “It depends,” but this will be an interesting trend to continue to monitor.