{"id":142721,"date":"2026-01-26T17:27:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/26\/theres-no-vaccine-for-partner-departures-from-cravath-other-elite-biglaw-firms\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T01:27:56","slug":"theres-no-vaccine-for-partner-departures-from-cravath-other-elite-biglaw-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/26\/theres-no-vaccine-for-partner-departures-from-cravath-other-elite-biglaw-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s \u2018No Vaccine\u2019 For Partner Departures From Cravath, Other Elite Biglaw Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is nothing to panic about. It is just that Cravath is not immune to all the market forces that are affecting every other top firm. Cravath has an amazing franchise. None of the luster is lost. Their brand is solid and sustainable. There is no vaccine that will immunize law firms from the new fight for talent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Alisa Levin, principal and founder of recruiting firm Greene-Levin-Snyder, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning recent lateral partner departures from Cravath, a firm long known to hold onto attorney talent from the cradle to the grave. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a Cravath story,\u201d a Biglaw partner told Am Law. \u201cIt\u2019s a [Biglaw] story.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post There\u2019s \u2018No Vaccine\u2019 For Partner Departures From Cravath, Other Elite Biglaw Firms<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is nothing to panic about. It is just that Cravath is not immune to all the market forces that are affecting every other top firm. Cravath has an amazing franchise. None of the luster is lost. Their brand is solid and sustainable. There is no vaccine that will immunize law firms from the new fight for talent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Alisa Levin, principal and founder of recruiting firm Greene-Levin-Snyder, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning recent lateral partner departures from Cravath, a firm long known to hold onto attorney talent from the cradle to the grave. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a Cravath story,\u201d a Biglaw partner told Am Law. \u201cIt\u2019s a [Biglaw] story.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. There is nothing to panic about. It is just that Cravath is not immune to all the market forces that are affecting every other top firm. Cravath has an amazing franchise. None of the luster is lost. Their brand is solid and sustainable. There is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":142722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Staci-Zaretsky-aDwVbw.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}