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BigLaw: Partner Wars: Attack of the Clone Practice Groups

By Marin Feldman

Originally published on March 16, 2009 in our free BigLaw newsletter. Yankees v. Red Sox. Montagues v. Capulets. Obi-Wan v. Darth Vader. Bitter rivalries, all of them, and all of them fought outside the confines of law firms. But what happens when turf wars take place behind the swank mahogany doors of the world's top law firms? Who's caught in the crossfire when partners duel? A Group By Another Name That Does the Same Work Before hiring laterals went the way of the Dodo bird, "Doug" secured an interview with a top New York law firm whose Employee Benefits practice was supposedly larger and more diverse than that of the large firm where he then worked as a fourth year associate. When Doug logged onto the prospective firm's Web site to prepare for his interview, he found that two practice groups at the firm dealt with Employee Benefits: the Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits group handled compensation arrangements, the benefits aspect of M&A deals, and pension plans, whereas the Labor, Employment & ERISA group handled compensation arrangements, the benefits aspect of M&A deals, and pension plans...continue to full post

Full post as published by TechnoLawyer Blog on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).