Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
If
the
[Biglaw]
firms
had
just
stuck
together
no
one
would
be
in
this
tough
place
of
having
to
capitulate
or
suffer
consequences.
Super
disappointed
in
Paul
Weiss,
Latham,
Kirkland,
etc.
and
they
were
all
immediately
taken
off
my
list
of
places
to
work.
—
A
summer
associate
from
Fish
&
Richardson,
in
response
to
a
question
posed
in
the
American
Lawyer’s
annual
Summer
Associate
Satisfaction
Survey.
A
summer
associate
from
Cahill
Gordon
echoed
these
sentiments,
saying,
“It’s
embarrassing
and
disheartening
when
pitbull
law
firms
cower.
Clients
should
demand
more
from
their
firms.“
When
asked
how
much
they
agreed
with
the
sentiment
that
the
legal
profession’s
independence
was
being
challenged
by
the
Trump
administration,
about
two-thirds
of
respondents
said
“agreed”
or
“strongly
agreed.”
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