Legal Commentary

Well, it looks like this is the end for me (more specifically, the end of my month-long guest blog stint). Like any good houseguest, I don?t want to overstay my welcome, but I do want to thank my hosts, Dan, Orly and the rest of the gang at PrawfsBlawg. It?s been a fun month.

On May 1st, I turn into a grading machine (hopefully!) so that I can really begin the summer and start making progress on my next article. This summer, I?ll be writing a new article on international philanthropy (a follow-up to this article).

Before I go, I thought I?d just share some eye-popping figures with you. American Lawyer Magazine has just released its new AmLaw100 list and corresponding charts?. Here?s a look at the top of the 2007 profits per partner list:

1. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz: $4,945,000
2. Cravath, Swaine & Moore: $3,300,000
3. Sullivan & Cromwell: $3,055,000
4. Quinn Emanuel: $3,010,000
5. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: $2,875,000
6. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft: $2,725,000
7. Cahill Gordon & Reindel: $2,595,000
7. Paul, Weiss: $2,595,000
9. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy: $2,525,000
10. Kirkland & Ellis: $2,475,000
11. Schulte Roth & Zabel: $2,355,000
12. Dechert: $2,355,000
13. Davis Polk & Wardwell: $2,300,000
14. Debevoise & Plimpton: $2,290,000
15. Skadden, Arps: $2,280,000

Just something to chew on as you enter the grading period and then the summer research months? Once again, many thanks.