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JONES DAY sued for gender discrimination (link)

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How is this possible? This can't be a common thing or every...
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  06/19/18
I will bet dollars to donuts the dude brought in family busi...
angry self-absorbed gaming laptop
  06/19/18
This has to be the cr and the only reason he left (he alread...
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  06/19/18
could he be a lobbyist?
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  06/19/18
Could be a certain former SC clerk who is supposedly working...
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  06/19/18
Typo or misleading kikery? I bet he was a sixth year partne...
startled diverse brethren
  06/19/18
It says sixth year associate in the complaint
tripping water buffalo
  06/19/18
Does jones day have crazy bonus incentives?
startled diverse brethren
  06/19/18
Maybe so friend, maybe so.
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  06/19/18
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this "journalist" sure sounds objective and unbias...
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Link to the full complaint: https://docs.google.com/viewe...
tripping water buffalo
  06/19/18
The spa thing sounds bad. This is really why firms should do...
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If the firm wasn't running on bureaucratic inertia they woul...
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Is partner compensation at Jones Day tied to origination? I...
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How in the flying fuck does a sixth year male that much JFC
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  06/19/18
Bring in business. Anyway, is JD hiring?
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he was a rainmaker associate
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David Sanford is suing every biglaw firm he can get his hand...
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also KAthryn Rubino is legitimately retarded.
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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:08 PM
Author: tripping water buffalo

Jones Day Hit With Explosive Gender Discrimination Case

The complaint takes aim at all things Jones Day: from the compensation black box, to Trump support, to their "fraternity" culture.

By Kathryn Rubino

Jones Day has been hit with a gender discrimination lawsuit, filed by a former hiring partner, alleging the Biglaw firm acts as a “fraternity” and their infamous “black box” compensation system is used to pay women attorneys less than their male counterparts. The plaintiff, Wendy Moore, filed a representative lawsuit today in California Superior Court in San Francisco under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) alleging violations of the California Equal Pay Act, as amended by the Fair Pay Act of 2015, and for violations of the California Labor Code.

The complaint alleges that male partners at the firm actively assist male associates “climb[] the ranks to partnership” while “[f]emale attorneys are treated as second-class citizens. They are not, nor can they be, full members in the fraternity.” The firm’s black box compensation model — which has gotten a lot of attention from Above the Law — also plays an important role in the complaint.

See, unlike the majority of the Biglaw market which operates in lockstep fashion for associates and via formula for partners, Jones Day believes everyone is a special goddamned snowflake, which means, after their first year, everyone gets individualized compensation. The whole thing is also supposed to be kept a big ole secret, and nobody knows what anyone else makes (at both the associate and partner level). The firm claims this “closed comp” or “black box” system breeds congeniality, but well, we here at Above the Law know the truth — it sows the seeds of frustration. And according to the complaint, it also acts as a cover for a gender pay gap:

Jones Day’s fraternity system extends to its compensation scheme: a “black box” compensation structure that all but ensures that female attorneys are paid less than their male counterparts. For example, when a male sixth-year associate recently joined the Trump administration, his federally mandated disclosures revealed that in 2015 he had been compensated $810,000. This sum approximately equaled Ms. Moore’s compensation as an eighth-year partner (and was well above her starting salary of $740,000 when she joined Jones Day as a sixth-year partner in 2013). For much of its existence, Jones Day has ensured that these disparities continue unabated by forbidding attorneys from discussing their compensation. Jones Day has enforced this policy by retaliating against female attorneys who have sought to address—or even openly discuss—disparities in compensation.

The subjective performance review system at Jones Day facilitates and exacerbates the gender disparity in pay by providing cover for male partners to ensure that male associates receive top compensation. That this performance review system ensures male associates at Jones Day receive the highest compensation was in fact confirmed for Ms. Moore during a conversation with Jones Day’s Northern California Partner-in-Charge David C. Kiernan.

Only in the last few months has the Firm edited its written guidelines to comply with California law. Now, instead of saying outright that associates are forbidden to discuss their pay, the Firm’s guidelines merely say that they are strongly discouraged from doing so. In person, however, and at every opportunity—from performance reviews to conversations about pay— partners reiterate the true message: Pay at Jones Day is and must remain confidential, even between partners.

It gets even more outrageous, as the complaint goes on to allege that when Moore complained about the pay gap under the California Labor Code and the California Equal Pay Act she was promptly fired by the firm — just six days later. When she was terminated the complaint alleges there were severe financial consequences: the firm refused to return $337,500 of capital; withheld more than $200,000 in previously-earned compensation; and most astoundingly, on the very day that Moore was terminated, Jones Day paid $43,000 as part of a regularly scheduled payment for work completed but the firm turned around and revoked and refunded the payment.

Moore’s attorney, David Sanford, who has made a name for himself suing Biglaw firms over gender discrimination, said:

“Jones Day’s message in terminating Wendy could not be clearer,” said David Sanford, “Ms. Moore was punished soon after she summoned the courage to speak out against gender discrimination and demand the same pay that her male peers received.”

The complaint also alleges that while men at the firm bond over sporting events, women were forced to participate in degrading events that even firm clients complained about:

For example, in 2013 and 2014, Ms. Moore was required to help organize and to participate in an event called “Women’s Spa Day,” in which male partners invited their female clients to a spa. During the event, Ms. Moore and other female partners were expected to disrobe in front of the clients and to serve as “hostesses.” The Firm’s all-male business development committee chose to host this event year after year, over the repeated oral and written objections of Ms. Moore and other female partners. These female partners repeatedly notified the Firm of the event’s degrading nature and relayed direct and unambiguous feedback from female general counsel that the Firm’s clients found the event inappropriate, gender-stereotypical, and offensive.

The complaint further alleges that Jones Day’s…. full throated support of the president also led to issues. Specifically, the complaint says that in her role as hiring partner, Moore dealt with “female law students [that] were unambiguously stating in their interviews with Jones Day that the Firm’s express support for Mr. Trump and its black-box compensation model left female attorneys behind.” Moore informed the Firm that “women did not want to risk the adverse impact on their careers by joining a Firm that proudly supported Mr. Trump and black-box compensation.” The firm’s response? The complaint alleges Sharyl Reisman, the Firmwide Chair of Recruiting and a member of the Firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Task Force, told Moore to “tone down her criticism, lest she provoke a negative response from Firm management.”

We’ve reached out to Jones Day for comment, and will update the story if they have a statement.

Read the full complaint — it’s worth the time — on the next page.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275575)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:14 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Excitant Puppy

Women in the workplace is man's greatest mistake

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275610)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:27 PM
Author: floppy poppy address

*voting booth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275666)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 12:02 PM
Author: Topaz ticket booth ratface



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:27 PM
Author: razzmatazz fantasy-prone sandwich rigor

One led to the other

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278567)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:28 PM
Author: titillating crackhouse twinkling uncleanness



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:29 PM
Author: zombie-like useless brakes cruise ship

*library

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36279985)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:17 PM
Author: cerise casino

Holy shit

male sixth-year associate recently joined the Trump administration, his federally mandated disclosures revealed that in 2015 he had been compensated $810,000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275622)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:31 PM
Author: yapping aqua death wish national

How is this possible? This can't be a common thing or everyone would be flocking to JD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275689)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:33 PM
Author: angry self-absorbed gaming laptop

I will bet dollars to donuts the dude brought in family business and that's his cut from the generation. When associates go off lockstep it's usually because their daddy is a client. That's usually the only business an associate can rainmake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275697)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:39 PM
Author: yapping aqua death wish national

This has to be the cr and the only reason he left (he already had family money)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275739)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:42 PM
Author: spectacular church multi-billionaire

could he be a lobbyist?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275764)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:44 PM
Author: soul-stirring infuriating incel

Could be a certain former SC clerk who is supposedly working on the Trump administration’s non-existent marijuana policy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275779)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:37 PM
Author: startled diverse brethren

Typo or misleading kikery? I bet he was a sixth year partner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275720)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:39 PM
Author: tripping water buffalo

It says sixth year associate in the complaint

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275741)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:42 PM
Author: startled diverse brethren

Does jones day have crazy bonus incentives?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275755)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:42 PM
Author: tripping water buffalo

Maybe so friend, maybe so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275760)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:17 PM
Author: Arousing naked really tough guy

"supporting the president and a black box compensation model!"

What the fuck lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275623)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:47 PM
Author: Mauve hot factory reset button clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275804)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 9:55 AM
Author: histrionic volcanic crater indian lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277112)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 12:02 PM
Author: Topaz ticket booth ratface



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278026)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:30 PM
Author: angry self-absorbed gaming laptop

Being a Republican is prima facie proof youre a bigot, a sexist and a Russian. Instant burden shifting too. HTH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275680)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:34 PM
Author: Cordovan gaping doctorate

this "journalist" sure sounds objective and unbiased!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275700)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:37 PM
Author: tripping water buffalo

Link to the full complaint:

https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://abovethelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018-6-19-FINAL-Moore-Complaint-c.pdf&hl=en_US

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275713)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:37 PM
Author: angry self-absorbed gaming laptop

The spa thing sounds bad. This is really why firms should do jack shit but probono events for client generation. Sports and shit just gets you sued. Go paint some nigger infested school or help some homeless bums with their lawsuits for a day. Their clients are F500s who will volunteer to do that shit with the law firm. That's how it's done in 2018 America.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275717)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:50 PM
Author: Navy boyish digit ratio principal's office

How would having female partners disrobe be a good thing? That’s BS no one wants that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275816)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:51 PM
Author: Mauve hot factory reset button clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275824)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:57 PM
Author: angry self-absorbed gaming laptop

If the firm wasn't running on bureaucratic inertia they would have fired her after the first complaint about the spa thing. LJL at letting her stay after documenting that. It should have been clear from that moment on what she was planning. But law firms like banks are bureaucracies and people just stick around long after they should have been fired.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275855)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 9:44 AM
Author: Stirring hairy legs plaza

100% flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277042)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:53 PM
Author: judgmental claret rehab knife

Is partner compensation at Jones Day tied to origination? If so, how much business, on average, do female partners bring in?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275839)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:54 PM
Author: Disgusting round eye stage

How in the flying fuck does a sixth year male that much JFC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275843)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:57 PM
Author: Bisexual Cerebral Church Building People Who Are Hurt

Bring in business.

Anyway, is JD hiring?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275856)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:09 AM
Author: chrome razzle-dazzle center skinny woman

His wife’s father is the partner in charge! (sadly not in New York).

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/fashion/weddings/18Mittelstaedt.html

His mom is a GT partner, and his dad appears to be the founder of a Phoenix Midlaw firm.

Incidentally, the partner who is suing is an exec comp specialist which is pretty much the definition of a service partner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277183)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:34 PM
Author: Vivacious Metal Mexican

extremely good looking and prestigious couple, although too heavy on LAW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36280009)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 11:57 PM
Author: Turquoise bateful hospital

he was a rainmaker associate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36275858)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 9:33 AM
Author: tripping water buffalo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36276981)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 9:41 AM
Author: Glittery Grizzly Foreskin Bawdyhouse

David Sanford is suing every biglaw firm he can get his hands on, for gender discrimination, it's 180. Wonder what the male/female ratio is at his firm hmmm

https://sanfordheisler.com/partners/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277024)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 9:42 AM
Author: Glittery Grizzly Foreskin Bawdyhouse

also KAthryn Rubino is legitimately retarded.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277026)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 12:24 PM
Author: vibrant mildly autistic mad cow disease pervert

Kathryn Rubino joined the editorial staff at Above the Law in 2015. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from New York University and her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School. Beginning in 2003, Kathryn began her work as a litigator working at both Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Wilson Sonsini Goodrick & Rosati with a focus on class action and antitrust litigation. In 2010, she transitioned to ediscovery vendor DiscoverReady working in their discovery practice. In 2013 Kathryn started writing a column for Above the Law pseudonymously about her experiences in the legal industry and has authored guest columns at Corporette.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278154)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 9:54 AM
Author: histrionic volcanic crater indian lodge

Yea so 180 that the culture of biglaw is going to get even worse in response to lawsuits about gender discrimination

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277110)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:14 AM
Author: Glittery Grizzly Foreskin Bawdyhouse

not my problem anymore lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277210)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 9:58 AM
Author: glassy toilet seat

https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/professionals/wendy-l-moore.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277126)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:14 AM
Author: tripping water buffalo

Lol something is in the water in The bay area that drives these shrews insane. She looks like she might have been decent loooking 10 years ago though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277209)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:15 AM
Author: Glittery Grizzly Foreskin Bawdyhouse

so you're telling me "Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency" isn't the highest paying legal specialty?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277219)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: tripping water buffalo

Silicon Valley business attorney Wendy L. Moore counsels on executive compensation, including equity compensation, employment benefits and corporate governance. She advises public and emerging growth companies and their investors on the securities, tax, corporate, employment and stock exchange requirements for cash and equity compensation, and, most recently, on cryptocurrency and tokens used as compensation. Transactional counsel on executive compensation and employee benefits, particularly in M&A deals, is a major practice focus. Her technology-centered industry experience includes blockchain/distributed ledger technology, fintech, biotech, health tech, medical devices, cybersecurity, IoT, data analytics and SaaS.

Wendy works with entrepreneurs who are bringing disruptive technologies to our lives, helping them create stock option and RSU programs, token bonus and token unit programs, liquidity tender offers and carve out bonus plans. Wendy is pioneering solutions on founder and token-based compensation in conjunction with our Blockchain & Digital Currency industry group teams and our Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice teams, helping to advise clients on the launch of commercial platforms powered by blockchain tokens and the initial coin offerings (ICOs) process. Her recent counsel includes addressing the securities and tax implications for founder token allocations, IRAs purchasing tokens, and broad-based token bonus programs. Wendy has also been working closely with leading accounting, tax, valuation and compensation consulting firms to structure efficient compensation in the realm of virtual currencies, coins and tokens.

In addition to her valuable contributions to M&A, IPO and ICO deal teams, Wendy provides extensive counseling on compensation and benefits. She helps companies develop employment, equity, bonus, deferred compensation, severance, retention and change of control arrangements; plan and execute initial equity compensation strategies; and negotiate agreements for executives and employers that are aligned with company growth stages. She is particularly skilled in areas involving U.S. Tax Code sections 409A, 83, 280G and 162(m) and securities issues involving Rule 701, Reg S-K and the tender offer rules.

Wendy works regularly with boards, executives and management as well as clients’ auditors and compensation consultants. In addition to her counsel on various plans, she is actively involved in the issuer's annual compensation calendar, including issue spotting on plan design changes, drafting CD&As and proxy proposals, and supporting shareholder outreach campaigns. Wendy also provides board/management education on legal changes, and works to minimize the risk of compensation-based litigation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277225)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:52 AM
Author: blue swashbuckling half-breed

Pretty surprised that she got paid $740k/year as a 6th year partner at a TTT firm from generating no business. I know equity partners at better firms making less.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277513)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 11:45 AM
Author: tripping water buffalo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277900)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 11:52 AM
Author: crusty sticky corn cake circlehead

hint: it starts with V and ends with AGINA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36277943)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:41 PM
Author: trip native mad-dog skullcap

i know JD is generally regarded as a middling firm. i also know they don't pay lockstep. how the fuck are they ranked like #15 by vault?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278700)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:32 PM
Author: zombie-like useless brakes cruise ship

you're asking someone from dewey.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36280001)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:52 PM
Author: blue swashbuckling half-breed

Yeah even a firm that went bankrupt paid lockstep.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36280116)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:58 PM
Author: blue swashbuckling half-breed

I haven’t looked at vault in many years but just looked at the newest rankings. They have shit like hogan lovells up there in the v25. These are shit places with thousands of lawyers and a lot of low quality high volume work overworking their lawyers. Vault is a joke. Chambers prob more reliable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36280143)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 12:40 PM
Author: Adventurous garrison telephone

(1) Pretty funny she went from JD to Perkins Coie. Good hire, JD! (You can bet they'll be more careful in the future now that they're seeing the full consequences of hiring shitlibs.)

(2) So what the fuck went on with "spa day"? I can't stand when plaintiffs micro-cherry pick facts in their complaint, like "male partners invited their clients" and "made the women partners disrobe" -- there's a 0% chance that this is a remotely accurate telling of the story, but I can't even tell what the actual story is.

(3) JD probably should anonymize its data and release stats demonstrating that its blackbox system produces gender-neutral results when you control for origination and productivity. But my guess is it doesn't. I can't imagine how pissed I'd be if I was that big-dick business-generating 6th-year bro and I knew that some lazy, hanger-on "hiring partner" woman was making almost as much as me because the firm wanted to maintain a female partner on the website.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278239)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 5:33 PM
Author: tripping water buffalo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36280325)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:22 PM
Author: blue swashbuckling half-breed

Just skimmed the complaint...she billed 1800 while getting paid $850k+ in 2017. That’s insane. She basically had AA as one of the few female equity partners and had to go ruin a great gig. Not sure where she got this sense of entitlement from.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278508)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:23 PM
Author: tripping water buffalo

Can asian or Indian bros get AA like this? Seems 180 if you can guilt a firm into giving you equity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278518)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:34 PM
Author: blue swashbuckling half-breed

No, only women and URM dudes. Not sure if gay white dudes can pull it off anymore either. Tranny is the new thing.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278641)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:37 PM
Author: nubile point party of the first part

XO 2018: "Hey look at this cogent analysis from Above the Law!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278677)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 3:45 PM
Author: Glittery Grizzly Foreskin Bawdyhouse

i first learned about xo from lat, not flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36279707)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 6:33 PM
Author: nubile point party of the first part

Lat != ATL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36280740)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 5:46 PM
Author: smoky wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36280423)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:42 PM
Author: Provocative abnormal cumskin coldplay fan

JONES DAY sounds FRAT AF

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36278707)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:08 PM
Author: Bearded Background Story School Cafeteria

Going to need more details on SPA DAY and DISROBING in front of clients.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36279849)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:25 PM
Author: confused whorehouse

HOW DARE the firm not pay me $1 million+ to sit around and not generate any business! How clearly sexist!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36279961)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:31 PM
Author: zombie-like useless brakes cruise ship

it's fun when ARE Reptile poasts as though he is, or ever was, a lawyer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36279994)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 4:38 PM
Author: trip native mad-dog skullcap

he was an associate at QE! in their insurance defense/workers comp practice!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36280027)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 6:02 PM
Author: tripping water buffalo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006038&forum_id=2#36280559)