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

https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland...
Charismatic plaza partner
  10/01/24
wtf is this normal
Mind-boggling elite boistinker
  10/01/24
Do you really not get how KE works? It’s been like thi...
odious twinkling uncleanness
  10/01/24
lmao
Mind-boggling elite boistinker
  10/01/24
...
odious twinkling uncleanness
  10/01/24
and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity!
Talented range
  10/01/24
yea this sounds horrid. when i was at an unprestigious bigla...
Hot property dysfunction
  10/01/24
dc should be mellower than nyc but yeah why would anyone ...
effete bistre school cafeteria nowag
  10/01/24
isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that mak...
Hot property dysfunction
  10/01/24
no, it's v6 https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/...
effete bistre school cafeteria nowag
  10/01/24
Are these guys even equity partners who’ll get put on ...
Concupiscible angry goyim
  10/05/25
They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirklan...
Charismatic plaza partner
  10/05/25
...
Hairless senate
  10/05/25
Every single time
tan beady-eyed toaster people who are hurt
  10/05/25
HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
slap-happy juggernaut shitlib
  10/01/24
I see a few of my ls classmates
effete bistre school cafeteria nowag
  10/01/24
...
razzmatazz famous landscape painting
  10/01/24
k&e salt lake city partner tp
Bull Headed Opaque Death Wish
  10/01/24
...
Cruel-hearted Corner Hunting Ground
  10/05/25
How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?
topaz garrison
  10/01/24
Where the fuck is the 2025 list.
Charismatic plaza partner
  10/05/25
HOLY SHIT. Kirkland & Ellis Won’t Publicly Announ...
Charismatic plaza partner
  10/08/25
FUCK MY ASS
indecent half-breed jew
  10/08/25
PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT
Charismatic plaza partner
  10/08/25
GayGPT went thru the names and jfc 36% are NOWAG/NOWIG, just...
razzle parlor hissy fit
  10/05/25
Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity b...
Multi-colored office
  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: Charismatic plaza partner

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...id.#48151490)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM
Author: Mind-boggling elite boistinker

wtf is this normal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#48151498)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:46 PM
Author: odious twinkling uncleanness

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...id.#48151527)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: Mind-boggling elite boistinker

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#48151530)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: odious twinkling uncleanness



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM
Author: Talented range

and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#48151536)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:59 PM
Author: Hot property dysfunction

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...id.#48151553)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:25 PM
Author: effete bistre school cafeteria nowag

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...id.#48151661)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: Hot property dysfunction

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...id.#48151668)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: effete bistre school cafeteria nowag

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#48151688)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: Concupiscible angry goyim

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...id.#49327002)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Charismatic plaza partner

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...id.#49327004)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: Hairless senate



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: tan beady-eyed toaster people who are hurt

Every single time

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM
Author: slap-happy juggernaut shitlib

HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#48151534)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: effete bistre school cafeteria nowag

I see a few of my ls classmates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#48151667)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:30 PM
Author: razzmatazz famous landscape painting



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: Bull Headed Opaque Death Wish

k&e salt lake city partner tp

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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted Corner Hunting Ground



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM
Author: topaz garrison

How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#48151690)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: Charismatic plaza partner

Where the fuck is the 2025 list.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#49326942)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: Charismatic plaza partner

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...id.#49334668)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: indecent half-breed jew

FUCK MY ASS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#49334694)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: Charismatic plaza partner

PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2...id.#49334699)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: razzle parlor hissy fit

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...id.#49326961)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Multi-colored office

Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity by surname.

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