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KIRKLAND & ELLIS SHATTERS THE MARKET, NAMES MORE THAN 200 PARTNERS
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:30 PM Author: Confused community account 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\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151490) |
Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM Author: Aphrodisiac House-broken Parlour wtf is this normal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151498) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:46 PM Author: mauve very tactful headpube dog poop 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\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151527) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM Author: Aphrodisiac House-broken Parlour lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151530) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM Author: mauve very tactful headpube dog poop (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151533) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM Author: Massive theatre and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151536) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:59 PM Author: arrogant histrionic abode yarmulke 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\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151553) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:25 PM Author: big indirect expression lay 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 |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM Author: arrogant histrionic abode yarmulke 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\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151668) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM Author: big indirect expression lay 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: Cracking dilemma milk 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\u0026mark_id=5310074#49327002) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:47 PM Author: Confused community account 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\u0026mark_id=5310074#49327004) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 4:13 PM Author: Rough-skinned marvelous persian (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49327036) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM Author: bisexual wonderful shrine Every single time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49327166) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM Author: Yapping pit HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151534) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM Author: big indirect expression lay I see a few of my ls classmates (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151667) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:30 PM Author: Underhanded henna locus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151672) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM Author: bat-shit-crazy office k&e salt lake city partner tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151683) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM Author: Dark idea he suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49327485) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM Author: Onyx arousing electric furnace juggernaut How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#48151690) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: Confused community account Where the fuck is the 2025 list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49326942) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM Author: Confused community account 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 |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:55 PM Author: Brindle Pisswyrm FUCK MY ASS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49334694) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: Confused community account PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49334699) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM Author: Chartreuse charismatic sanctuary 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). |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:41 PM Author: Citrine Temple Keepsake Machete Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity by surname. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310074#49326996) |