Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
These kinds of tickets go to platinum A-plus clients. The vast majority of people (lawyers) faced with this decision give to clients because you get such goodwill with this kind of thing.
— Irwin Kishner, co-chair of Herrick Feinstein’s sports law and corporate department, in comments given to the American Lawyer, concerning how Biglaw firms handled coveted tickets to last night’s Knicks game. Gibson Dunn scored courtside seats after winning an auction benefiting the Garden of Dreams Foundation. As for Kishner? He watched the game from home.
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.
These kinds of tickets go to platinum A-plus clients. The vast majority of people (lawyers) faced with this decision give to clients because you get such goodwill with this kind of thing.
— Irwin Kishner, co-chair of Herrick Feinstein’s sports law and corporate department, in comments given to the American Lawyer, concerning how Biglaw firms handled coveted tickets to last night’s Knicks game. Gibson Dunn scored courtside seats after winning an auction benefiting the Garden of Dreams Foundation. As for Kishner? He watched the game from home.
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.
The post Sorry, Associates, But Those Knicks Seats Were Always Going To Clients appeared first on Above the Law.
