Big law name partners: Most are long gone
Kathleen Sullivan made news earlier this month when she became the first female name partner of an AmLaw 100 firm — at the newly renamed Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. That seminal addition prompted more curiosity about those for whom the country’s most prestigious law firms are named. Fortunately, the folks at the Center on the Global Legal Profession at Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington partnered with the American Law Journal to take a closer look. They collected biological information for 264 of the 266 name partners at AmLaw 100 firms and discovered that (you’ll want to sit down for this) name partners are mostly white, male and dead.
There is not a single minority among AmLaw 100 name partners, the report concluded. With the average name partner born in 1896, it’s no surprise that nearly 83% of them are no longer alive. The average age of name partners in 2010 is 113 years, but Baker Botts wins the award for oldest average age at a ripe 182 years — the firm was founded in 1840. — Karen Sloan
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