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Lawyers being billpigs (from ABA site)

Posted by Bob F: “As a Cravath associate in the 1980s for ne...
wonderful half-breed
  05/26/18
I guarantee that F stands for Feinberg or Feldman.
Medicated spruce hall
  05/26/18
Could be Finkelstein.
wonderful half-breed
  05/26/18
These people are pathetic
Thriller Whorehouse
  05/26/18
Bob F is one sick bastard.
excitant theatre knife
  05/26/18
Cravath (and WLRK) attorneys are eminently competent. Can't ...
laughsome pearly prole
  05/26/18
That may be true but it's hard to justify the billing hours ...
excitant theatre knife
  05/26/18
Simpson has turned into a AAA farm team for Kirkland.
Comical space hissy fit
  05/26/18
*divides the amount of time he is away that week by things h...
racy very tactful base death wish
  05/26/18
Studies have repeatedly shown that people are atrocious at e...
buff goyim
  05/26/18
The original virtue signaling.
Comical space hissy fit
  05/26/18
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buff goyim
  05/26/18
If my lawyer told me he worked 56 straight hours and charter...
histrionic electric furnace
  05/26/18


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Date: May 26th, 2018 9:46 AM
Author: wonderful half-breed

Posted by Bob F: “As a Cravath associate in the 1980s for nearly 10 years, my ‘low’ was 2,500 hours and my ‘high’ was 3,500. During one nine-month stretch on takeover litigation as the lead associate, I averaged 90 hours a week, and at the end of it worked for 56 hours straight without a break or any sleep, to meet a filing deadline (made by chartering a helicopter to get the papers to court on time). I wouldn’t trade those years for anything. It was the best work possible for a young lawyer, at the best law firm on earth.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36130805)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 9:50 AM
Author: Medicated spruce hall

I guarantee that F stands for Feinberg or Feldman.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36130818)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 10:02 AM
Author: wonderful half-breed

Could be Finkelstein.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36130868)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 9:48 AM
Author: Thriller Whorehouse

These people are pathetic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36130814)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 11:24 AM
Author: excitant theatre knife

Bob F is one sick bastard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131185)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 11:27 AM
Author: laughsome pearly prole

Cravath (and WLRK) attorneys are eminently competent. Can't say the same about Skadden, DPW, or Simpson.

It might be worth slaving away for two years to earn this label of competence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131195)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 11:29 AM
Author: excitant theatre knife

That may be true but it's hard to justify the billing hours in the OP.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131206)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 12:04 PM
Author: Comical space hissy fit

Simpson has turned into a AAA farm team for Kirkland.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131355)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 11:31 AM
Author: racy very tactful base death wish

*divides the amount of time he is away that week by things he's worked on at work for his billable number*

guy is lying about billing 90 hour weeks routinely

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131210)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 12:02 PM
Author: buff goyim

Studies have repeatedly shown that people are atrocious at estimating their working hours if they aren't systematically tracking them or placed on a fixed schedule of known duration.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131343)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 12:05 PM
Author: Comical space hissy fit

The original virtue signaling.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131359)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 3:26 PM
Author: buff goyim



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36132249)



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Date: May 26th, 2018 12:50 PM
Author: histrionic electric furnace

If my lawyer told me he worked 56 straight hours and chartered a helicopter to meet a filing deadline I would tell him to get some sleep because he's fired.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986930&forum_id=2#36131519)