{"id":143508,"date":"2026-02-06T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/06\/a-bit-of-cultural-whiplash-at-paul-weiss-after-firms-abrupt-leadership-pivot\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:57:59","slug":"a-bit-of-cultural-whiplash-at-paul-weiss-after-firms-abrupt-leadership-pivot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/02\/06\/a-bit-of-cultural-whiplash-at-paul-weiss-after-firms-abrupt-leadership-pivot\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit Of Cultural Whiplash At Paul, Weiss After Firm\u2019s Abrupt Leadership Pivot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

He can be abrasive and does not have Brad\u2019s diplomatic flair, [but he] has an amazing practice and is great with client relationships. As a cultural matter, the litigators have never been led by a corporate partner. Will the litigation team have an issue with the firm becoming really a corporate shop with a litigation arm, rather than the other way? <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0A former Paul, Weiss attorney, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning Scott Barshay\u2019s<\/a> rise to the chairmanship of Paul, Weiss, where he\u2019ll be the first M&A partner to lead the firm in recent history. Barshay is taking the reins at the firm after <\/em><\/strong>Brad Karp\u2019s sudden resignation<\/a> as chair, in light of his presence in the Epstein files<\/a>. <\/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 A Bit Of Cultural Whiplash At Paul, Weiss After Firm\u2019s Abrupt Leadership Pivot<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

He can be abrasive and does not have Brad\u2019s diplomatic flair, [but he] has an amazing practice and is great with client relationships. As a cultural matter, the litigators have never been led by a corporate partner. Will the litigation team have an issue with the firm becoming really a corporate shop with a litigation arm, rather than the other way? <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0A former Paul, Weiss attorney, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning Scott Barshay\u2019s<\/a> rise to the chairmanship of Paul, Weiss, where he\u2019ll be the first M&A partner to lead the firm in recent history. Barshay is taking the reins at the firm after <\/em><\/strong>Brad Karp\u2019s sudden resignation<\/a> as chair, in light of his presence in the Epstein files<\/a>. <\/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 A Bit Of Cultural Whiplash At Paul, Weiss After Firm\u2019s Abrupt Leadership Pivot<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. He can be abrasive and does not have Brad\u2019s diplomatic flair, [but he] has an amazing practice and is great with client relationships. As a cultural matter, the litigators have never been led by a corporate partner. Will the litigation team have an issue with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":143509,"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-143508","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\/02\/Staci-Zaretsky-rgcTCW.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143508","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=143508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}