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KIRKLAND & ELLIS SHATTERS THE MARKET, NAMES MORE THAN 200 PARTNERS

https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland...
glittery violent foreskin theater
  10/01/24
wtf is this normal
Up-to-no-good hyperventilating giraffe
  10/01/24
Do you really not get how KE works? It’s been like thi...
comical market
  10/01/24
lmao
Up-to-no-good hyperventilating giraffe
  10/01/24
...
comical market
  10/01/24
and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity!
salmon wonderful ticket booth
  10/01/24
yea this sounds horrid. when i was at an unprestigious bigla...
Abusive Roommate
  10/01/24
dc should be mellower than nyc but yeah why would anyone ...
Mischievous citrine spot
  10/01/24
isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that mak...
Abusive Roommate
  10/01/24
no, it's v6 https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/...
Mischievous citrine spot
  10/01/24
Are these guys even equity partners who’ll get put on ...
vigorous hell dog poop
  10/05/25
They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirklan...
glittery violent foreskin theater
  10/05/25
...
Cheese-eating brethren public bath
  10/05/25
Every single time
puce legal warrant
  10/05/25
HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
pungent stubborn point
  10/01/24
I see a few of my ls classmates
Mischievous citrine spot
  10/01/24
...
Odious self-absorbed senate gaming laptop
  10/01/24
k&e salt lake city partner tp
Tantric parlor place of business
  10/01/24
...
Swollen juggernaut
  10/05/25
How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?
excitant chrome corner
  10/01/24
Where the fuck is the 2025 list.
glittery violent foreskin theater
  10/05/25
HOLY SHIT. Kirkland & Ellis Won’t Publicly Announ...
glittery violent foreskin theater
  10/08/25
FUCK MY ASS
bronze impressive immigrant toilet seat
  10/08/25
PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT
glittery violent foreskin theater
  10/08/25
GayGPT went thru the names and jfc 36% are NOWAG/NOWIG, just...
snowy son of senegal whorehouse
  10/05/25
Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity b...
Very Tactful Appetizing Coldplay Fan Reading Party
  10/05/25
...
A Dick is Not Dispositive
  10/17/25
SECOND PAGE PLEASE
Ass Sunstein
  10/17/25
Once you get to about the 30s, you're looking at "bigla...
~~(> ' ' )>
  10/17/25
Sleep tight, grim rite We have two hundred partners
Ass Sunstein
  10/17/25


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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:30 PM
Author: glittery violent foreskin theater

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)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good hyperventilating giraffe

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: comical market

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.

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good hyperventilating giraffe

lmao

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: comical market



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM
Author: salmon wonderful ticket booth

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: Abusive Roommate

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: Mischievous citrine spot

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2],#48151661)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: Abusive Roommate

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: Mischievous citrine spot

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: vigorous hell dog poop

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: glittery violent foreskin theater

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: Cheese-eating brethren public bath



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: puce legal warrant

Every single time

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM
Author: pungent stubborn point

HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: Mischievous citrine spot

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: Odious self-absorbed senate gaming laptop



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: Tantric parlor place of business

k&e salt lake city partner tp

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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: Swollen juggernaut



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM
Author: excitant chrome corner

How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: glittery violent foreskin theater

Where the fuck is the 2025 list.

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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: glittery violent foreskin theater

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2],#49334668)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: bronze impressive immigrant toilet seat

FUCK MY ASS

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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: glittery violent foreskin theater

PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: snowy son of senegal whorehouse

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).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2],#49326961)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Very Tactful Appetizing Coldplay Fan Reading Party

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



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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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2],#49356390)