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KIRKLAND & ELLIS SHATTERS THE MARKET, NAMES MORE THAN 200 PARTNERS
| Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven | 10/01/24 |
| very tactful clear spot associate | 10/01/24 |
| Vibrant Charcoal Address | 10/01/24 |
| very tactful clear spot associate | 10/01/24 |
| Vibrant Charcoal Address | 10/01/24 |
| Galvanic idiot | 10/01/24 |
| bistre insanely creepy son of senegal | 10/01/24 |
| coiffed curious skinny woman | 10/01/24 |
| bistre insanely creepy son of senegal | 10/01/24 |
| coiffed curious skinny woman | 10/01/24 |
| Underhanded thirsty nibblets abode | 10/05/25 |
| Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven | 10/05/25 |
| frisky roast beef pervert | 10/05/25 |
| thriller buff newt | 10/05/25 |
| Violent patrolman pistol | 10/01/24 |
| coiffed curious skinny woman | 10/01/24 |
| Flickering wonderful puppy station | 10/01/24 |
| sexy dopamine | 10/01/24 |
| Avocado Passionate Idea He Suggested | 10/05/25 |
| floppy outnumbered church building | 10/01/24 |
| Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven | 10/05/25 |
| Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven | 10/08/25 |
| Kink-friendly pink elastic band | 10/08/25 |
| Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven | 10/08/25 |
| indigo dashing library mother | 10/05/25 |
| claret police squad | 10/05/25 |
| A Dick is Not Dispositive | 10/17/25 |
| Ass Sunstein | 10/17/25 |
| ~~(> ' ' )> | 10/17/25 |
| Ass Sunstein | 10/17/25 |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:30 PM Author: Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland-and-ellis-announces-new-partners (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151490) |
Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM Author: very tactful clear spot associate wtf is this normal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151498) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:46 PM Author: Vibrant Charcoal Address Do you really not get how KE works? It’s been like this for decades. These are all rising 7th year associates who they give the partner title to. They’ll make less money next year than their peers at other firms while they pay taxes on a K-1 and are billed out at $1,300 an hour. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151527) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM Author: very tactful clear spot associate lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151530) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM Author: Vibrant Charcoal Address (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151533) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM Author: Galvanic idiot and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151536) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:59 PM Author: bistre insanely creepy son of senegal yea this sounds horrid. when i was at an unprestigious biglaw firm in dc, a guy who'd left the firm just before i joined went over to KE. he made "partner" and then 1-2 years after that went to seyfarth (even less prestigious than my firm). i know a couple associates there and he's apparently a psycopath piece of shit. bigtime gunner, but even he couldn't hack it at KE. it sounds awful. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151553) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:25 PM Author: coiffed curious skinny woman dc should be mellower than nyc
but yeah why would anyone consider kirkland or latham a v5?
this is as ridiculous as us news claiming jhu is t10 or w/e |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM Author: bistre insanely creepy son of senegal isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that makes no sense. it sounds like a shithouse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151668) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM Author: coiffed curious skinny woman no, it's v6
https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/law/top-100-law-firms-rankings#rankings-group-0
imagine waking up and seeing paul hastings or cadwalader in the v10 |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:45 PM Author: Underhanded thirsty nibblets abode Are these guys even equity partners who’ll get put on K-1s (and buy their own insurance and all that mess)? Or do they just get the title (and get billed at new inflated rates) but they’re still really W-2 employees for a few more years while they get their “look” at real partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49327002) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:47 PM Author: Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirkland partner when he gets a PC next to his name. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49327004) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 4:13 PM Author: frisky roast beef pervert (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49327036) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM Author: thriller buff newt Every single time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49327166) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM Author: Violent patrolman pistol HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151534) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM Author: coiffed curious skinny woman I see a few of my ls classmates (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151667) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:30 PM Author: Flickering wonderful puppy station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151672) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM Author: sexy dopamine k&e salt lake city partner tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151683) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM Author: Avocado Passionate Idea He Suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49327485) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM Author: floppy outnumbered church building How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#48151690) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven Where the fuck is the 2025 list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49326942) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM Author: Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven HOLY SHIT. Kirkland & Ellis Won’t Publicly Announce New Partners This Year, Marking Strategy Shift https://www.law.com/2025/10/08/kirkland-and-ellis-wont-publicly-announce-new-partners-this-year-marking-strategy-shift/?slreturn=20251008144054 |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: Kink-friendly pink elastic band FUCK MY ASS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49334694) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: Histrionic Magenta Striped Hyena Heaven PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49334699) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM Author: indigo dashing library mother GayGPT went thru the names and jfc 36% are NOWAG/NOWIG, just lol Birdshits
Result — estimated distribution (200 names) Origin category Count (of 200) Percent Anglo / Western European (English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, Dutch, etc.) 84 42.0% East Asian (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc.) 38 19.0% South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan) 34 17.0% Other Europe / Mediterranean (Italian, Greek, Portuguese, etc.) 10 5.0% Eastern European / Slavic / Balkan 7 3.5% Hispanic / Latino 6 3.0% Middle Eastern / Arabic / North African 6 3.0% African / Nigerian / Sub-Saharan 3 1.5% Ambiguous / Mixed / Couldn’t confidently classify 12 6.0% Total 200 100.0%
Quick interpretation
The single largest group appears to be Anglo/Western European-origin surnames (~42%) — expected for a global US-headquartered firm with many UK/US partners.
East Asian (mainly Chinese, Korean) and South Asian names together make up a large minority (~36% combined), reflecting strong representation of Asian-origin lawyers in international firms.
Smaller shares come from Eastern Europe, Middle East, Hispanic, and African-origin names.
~6% are genuinely ambiguous from the name alone (e.g., names that could plausibly be from multiple regions, rare or modern hybrid names). |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:41 PM Author: claret police squad Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity by surname. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49326996) |
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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:11 PM Author: A Dick is Not Dispositive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49356302) |
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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:14 PM Author: Ass Sunstein SECOND PAGE PLEASE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49356309) |
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Date: October 17th, 2025 7:41 PM Author: ~~(> ' ' )> Once you get to about the 30s, you're looking at "biglaw" firms that have lawyers who are about as good as those at lots of much smaller local firms. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2!#49356621) |
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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:47 PM Author: Ass Sunstein Sleep tight, grim rite We have two hundred partners |