Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, and Lin-Manuel Miranda in "Hamilton" in 2016. Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett recently bought orchestra seats at the musical for roughly 150 summer associates. For Summer Associates, Experience in 'Real Matters' Trumps Recreational Perks
While they appreciate lavish experiences, summer associates also want to know what life in Big Law will actually be like.
September 27, 2024 at 01:00 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
When Big Law firms want to show summer associates a good time, they write checks.
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Law Firms Mentioned
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- Robins Kaplan LLP
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Vedder Price
- Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Hunton Andrews Kurth
- Baker McKenzie
- Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
- Holland & Hart LLP
- Benesch
- Blank Rome
- Boies Schiller Flexner
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Clifford Chance
- Dechert
- Day Pitney
- Bracewell
- Choate, Hall & Stewart
- DLA Piper
- Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
- Cahill Gordon & Reindel
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- Kelley Drye & Warren
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
- Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Paul Hastings
- Polsinelli
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
- Duane Morris
- Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
- Fox Rothschild
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Goodwin Procter
- Holland & Knight LLP
- Hogan Lovells
- Arnold & Porter
- Jackson Walker L.L.P.
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Linklaters
- Mayer Brown
- Norton Rose Fulbright
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
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Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
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Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
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David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
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Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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