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Anyone know why Dewey Ballantine Palo Alto impoded?

Anyone know what is going on for summers there? I cannot ima...
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/10/06
Dewey LA also blew up. hopefully the new firm would also ne...
Thirsty school deer antler
  02/10/06
Who took the Dewey LA people?
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/10/06
i'm wondering the same thing about Milbank Palo Alto
floppy fantasy-prone box office lettuce
  02/10/06
Milbank PA was tiny, right? Basically, a bunch of out-of-to...
Thirsty school deer antler
  02/10/06
dunno. i'm just glad i didn't go to Milbank, generally, and...
floppy fantasy-prone box office lettuce
  02/10/06
How many native CA firms are there in PA anyways. They le...
twinkling elastic band voyeur
  02/10/06
they went to whoever wanted them. wilson gets a lot of resu...
Thirsty school deer antler
  02/10/06
That's not true. The main partner who left is one of the top...
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/10/06
of top IP litigators at the branch offices:
Thirsty school deer antler
  02/11/06
I don't understand what this means.
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06
left off "top"
Thirsty school deer antler
  02/11/06
If you are deep in Intel, you have a great book, in my opini...
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06
going off findlaw
twinkling elastic band voyeur
  02/11/06
WSGR is primarily known for transactional work, isn't it? Wo...
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06
from what i hear wsgr is known for transactional work
twinkling elastic band voyeur
  02/11/06
some out of town firms merged with established local firms
Thirsty school deer antler
  02/11/06
from what i heard, gray carey wasn't doing well. So they're...
twinkling elastic band voyeur
  02/11/06
The LA firms and S&C, DPW, Skadden and STB are all doing...
sexy doctorate codepig
  02/10/06
It looks like the Milbank PA partners started a new firm cal...
Thirsty school deer antler
  02/11/06
Excuse me? Can you elaborate please?
Dashing maroon business firm
  02/11/06
Are you working there? Oh shit. Umm, like, look at the websi...
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06
Do you have AIM?
Dashing maroon business firm
  02/11/06
No, sorry. If you did accept an offer there, it looks like a...
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06
What do you think this means for this summer?
Dashing maroon business firm
  02/11/06
In this sort of situation, I think it is best that you conta...
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06
No. The only partner that's still there is one of two partne...
Dashing maroon business firm
  02/11/06
Well, call Jeannine. And if that doesn't work, call Dechert.
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06
You intereviewed there?
Dashing maroon business firm
  02/11/06
talk to the guy that hired you, no matter where he is.
Thirsty school deer antler
  02/11/06
Bet you've been wondering why you haven't gotten any emails ...
sexy doctorate codepig
  02/11/06
STFU that is NOT cool.
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06
It's interesting to see when this board shows its sensitive ...
sexy doctorate codepig
  02/11/06
:(
pale water buffalo
  02/11/06
They all left for Dechert: http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin...
Dashing maroon business firm
  02/11/06
Bump... Someone tell me something.
Dashing maroon business firm
  02/11/06
...
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06
This was already hashed out in this thread: http://autoadmi...
bull headed dog poop generalized bond
  02/11/06
How original. Because that hasn't been done 100 times alread...
Awkward Pearl Native
  02/11/06


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Date: February 10th, 2006 11:19 PM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

Anyone know what is going on for summers there? I cannot imagine there will be much work with 1 partner and 13 associates. Anyone know why almost all their partners left?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053418)





Date: February 10th, 2006 11:29 PM
Author: Thirsty school deer antler

Dewey LA also blew up.

hopefully the new firm would also need summers. Call up a partner you interviewed with.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053544)





Date: February 10th, 2006 11:51 PM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

Who took the Dewey LA people?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053801)





Date: February 10th, 2006 11:40 PM
Author: floppy fantasy-prone box office lettuce

i'm wondering the same thing about Milbank Palo Alto

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053677)





Date: February 10th, 2006 11:42 PM
Author: Thirsty school deer antler

Milbank PA was tiny, right?

Basically, a bunch of out-of-town firms set up outposts in SV when it was raining dotcom money. 90% have failed to take root. Gradually they will dry up and blow away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053694)





Date: February 10th, 2006 11:48 PM
Author: floppy fantasy-prone box office lettuce

dunno. i'm just glad i didn't go to Milbank, generally, and feel bad for my classmates that have taken offers there this summer. closing offices can't be a good thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053756)





Date: February 10th, 2006 11:50 PM
Author: twinkling elastic band voyeur

How many native CA firms are there in PA anyways.

They left for dechert, not wsgr or cooley.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053779)





Date: February 10th, 2006 11:55 PM
Author: Thirsty school deer antler

they went to whoever wanted them.

wilson gets a lot of resumes from branch office lawyers -- they can afford to be picky.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053846)





Date: February 10th, 2006 11:59 PM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

That's not true. The main partner who left is one of the top attorneys in the area, according to Chambers. Just him and his team makes for a top-25 IP litigation practice in the bay area.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053885)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:01 AM
Author: Thirsty school deer antler
Subject: of top IP litigators at the branch offices:

Weil has one, and McDermott.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053909)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:03 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

I don't understand what this means.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053922)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:18 AM
Author: Thirsty school deer antler

left off "top"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054034)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:22 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

If you are deep in Intel, you have a great book, in my opinion.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054068)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:03 AM
Author: twinkling elastic band voyeur
Subject: going off findlaw

native bay area firms are mofo, townsend, wsgr, cooley and fenwick, orrick

meanwhile you have dechert, simpson, wiel, skadden, both fishes, finnegan, gibson dunn, latham, howrey, mcdermott, perkins, white and case, wilmer cutler, DLA, jones day, squire sanders..

I left off the firms I'm not sure off...

it seems like that's the vast majority of firms are satellites and not everybody is going to wsgr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053919)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:06 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

WSGR is primarily known for transactional work, isn't it? Wouldn't partners just look for the best PPP situation, as long as the firm had adequate resources? I mean, they have their own book. The team from Dewey represented Intel quite a bit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053944)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:11 AM
Author: twinkling elastic band voyeur
Subject: from what i hear wsgr is known for transactional work

i dont think the PPP thing would be much of a factor. It's just an average, I wouldn't be surprised if every firm has some sort of eat what you kill system.

I'm guessing if they left, it was because of politics and power. Especially if they had their own book of business.

heck, if i had intel as a client, i'd just set up my own shop and take all the profits. Something like day casebeer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053969)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:17 AM
Author: Thirsty school deer antler
Subject: some out of town firms merged with established local firms

dla - merged with gray cary

perkins - merged with a local IP boutique

ropes and gray - merged with the local fish branch

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054027)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:23 AM
Author: twinkling elastic band voyeur

from what i heard, gray carey wasn't doing well. So they're probably not a good example of a local firm weeding out the foreigners.

wow, i didn't know fish and neave merged with ropes. At any rate, fish and neave was a NY firm as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054080)





Date: February 10th, 2006 11:55 PM
Author: sexy doctorate codepig

The LA firms and S&C, DPW, Skadden and STB are all doing fine in Silicon Valley from what I understand. Wilmer Culter just opened an office there with former Brobeck/Weil people. Maybe premature, but they must have had a plan of some sort.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053852)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:25 AM
Author: Thirsty school deer antler

It looks like the Milbank PA partners started a new firm called Pooley and Oliver.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054088)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:09 AM
Author: Dashing maroon business firm

Excuse me? Can you elaborate please?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053962)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:11 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

Are you working there? Oh shit. Umm, like, look at the website for Palo Alto. You'll notice all the partners are gone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053970)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:11 AM
Author: Dashing maroon business firm

Do you have AIM?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053973)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:13 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

No, sorry. If you did accept an offer there, it looks like almost the whole team went to another firm in the area. Just google the name and see what is up. They may want you at the new firm, and Dewey still may have every intention of honoring your offer. Though they would probably need some more partners.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053991)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:15 AM
Author: Dashing maroon business firm

What do you think this means for this summer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054007)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:19 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

In this sort of situation, I think it is best that you contact Jeannine (the managing partner at the office) and see what it means for you. i wish I could give you a better answer, and I'm very sorry you had to learn this way. :(

Did you interview with James Elacqua?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054039)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:23 AM
Author: Dashing maroon business firm

No. The only partner that's still there is one of two partners I never met.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054071)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:25 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

Well, call Jeannine. And if that doesn't work, call Dechert.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054093)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:28 AM
Author: Dashing maroon business firm

You intereviewed there?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054134)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:25 AM
Author: Thirsty school deer antler

talk to the guy that hired you, no matter where he is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054103)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:13 AM
Author: sexy doctorate codepig

Bet you've been wondering why you haven't gotten any emails lately.

Okay, maybe I'm not feeling *that* bad that I turned down a $145k firm. Although to be fair, I don't think mine was in danger of imploding anytime soon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053986)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:14 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

STFU that is NOT cool.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5053998)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:15 AM
Author: sexy doctorate codepig

It's interesting to see when this board shows its sensitive side.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054003)





Date: February 11th, 2006 1:05 AM
Author: pale water buffalo

:(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054433)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:22 AM
Author: Dashing maroon business firm

They all left for Dechert:

http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=118749&d=122&h=24&f=46

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054062)





Date: February 11th, 2006 12:42 AM
Author: Dashing maroon business firm

Bump... Someone tell me something.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5054262)





Date: February 11th, 2006 11:00 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5055799)





Date: February 11th, 2006 11:05 AM
Author: bull headed dog poop generalized bond

This was already hashed out in this thread:

http://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=64039&mc=412&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5055812)





Date: February 11th, 2006 11:18 AM
Author: Awkward Pearl Native

How original. Because that hasn't been done 100 times already. No really, that was really original, the way you linked to that old thread. Original!

LOL loser.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=357606&forum_id=2#5055835)