Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
If the [Biglaw] firms had just stuck together no one would be in this tough place of having to capitulate or suffer consequences. Super disappointed in Paul Weiss, Latham, Kirkland, etc. and they were all immediately taken off my list of places to work.
— A summer associate from Fish & Richardson, in response to a question posed in the American Lawyer’s annual Summer Associate Satisfaction Survey. A summer associate from Cahill Gordon echoed these sentiments, saying, “It’s embarrassing and disheartening when pitbull law firms cower. Clients should demand more from their firms.“ When asked how much they agreed with the sentiment that the legal profession’s independence was being challenged by the Trump administration, about two-thirds of respondents said “agreed” or “strongly agreed.”
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
If the [Biglaw] firms had just stuck together no one would be in this tough place of having to capitulate or suffer consequences. Super disappointed in Paul Weiss, Latham, Kirkland, etc. and they were all immediately taken off my list of places to work.
— A summer associate from Fish & Richardson, in response to a question posed in the American Lawyer’s annual Summer Associate Satisfaction Survey. A summer associate from Cahill Gordon echoed these sentiments, saying, “It’s embarrassing and disheartening when pitbull law firms cower. Clients should demand more from their firms.“ When asked how much they agreed with the sentiment that the legal profession’s independence was being challenged by the Trump administration, about two-thirds of respondents said “agreed” or “strongly agreed.”
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
