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KIRKLAND & ELLIS SHATTERS THE MARKET, NAMES MORE THAN 200 PARTNERS

https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland...
titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal
  10/01/24
wtf is this normal
yapping ocher step-uncle's house
  10/01/24
Do you really not get how KE works? It’s been like thi...
Up-to-no-good odious codepig cuckold
  10/01/24
lmao
yapping ocher step-uncle's house
  10/01/24
...
Up-to-no-good odious codepig cuckold
  10/01/24
and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity!
high-end ultramarine mediation
  10/01/24
yea this sounds horrid. when i was at an unprestigious bigla...
wonderful jew
  10/01/24
dc should be mellower than nyc but yeah why would anyone ...
Twinkling cocky dysfunction range
  10/01/24
isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that mak...
wonderful jew
  10/01/24
no, it's v6 https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/...
Twinkling cocky dysfunction range
  10/01/24
Are these guys even equity partners who’ll get put on ...
charcoal diverse old irish cottage water buffalo
  10/05/25
They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirklan...
titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal
  10/05/25
...
stimulating big-titted point
  10/05/25
Every single time
comical learning disabled cuck hell
  10/05/25
HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
angry cracking sweet tailpipe
  10/01/24
I see a few of my ls classmates
Twinkling cocky dysfunction range
  10/01/24
...
swashbuckling piazza
  10/01/24
k&e salt lake city partner tp
metal antidepressant drug pistol
  10/01/24
...
thriller magical locus
  10/05/25
How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?
Shivering Mustard Station People Who Are Hurt
  10/01/24
Where the fuck is the 2025 list.
titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal
  10/05/25
HOLY SHIT. Kirkland & Ellis Won’t Publicly Announ...
titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal
  10/08/25
FUCK MY ASS
Boyish Site
  10/08/25
PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT
titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal
  10/08/25
GayGPT went thru the names and jfc 36% are NOWAG/NOWIG, just...
jade resort windowlicker
  10/05/25
Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity b...
Olive Adventurous Depressive
  10/05/25
...
flickering fishy faggotry keepsake machete
  10/17/25
SECOND PAGE PLEASE
yapping ocher step-uncle's house
  10/17/25
Once you get to about the 30s, you're looking at "bigla...
pontificating big patrolman
  10/17/25
Sleep tight, grim rite We have two hundred partners
yapping ocher step-uncle's house
  10/17/25


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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:30 PM
Author: titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal

https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland-and-ellis-announces-new-partners

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151490)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM
Author: yapping ocher step-uncle's house

wtf is this normal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151498)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:46 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good odious codepig cuckold

Do you really not get how KE works? It’s been like this for decades. These are all rising 7th year associates who they give the partner title to. They’ll make less money next year than their peers at other firms while they pay taxes on a K-1 and are billed out at $1,300 an hour.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151527)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: yapping ocher step-uncle's house

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151530)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good odious codepig cuckold



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM
Author: high-end ultramarine mediation

and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151536)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:59 PM
Author: wonderful jew

yea this sounds horrid. when i was at an unprestigious biglaw firm in dc, a guy who'd left the firm just before i joined went over to KE. he made "partner" and then 1-2 years after that went to seyfarth (even less prestigious than my firm). i know a couple associates there and he's apparently a psycopath piece of shit. bigtime gunner, but even he couldn't hack it at KE. it sounds awful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151553)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:25 PM
Author: Twinkling cocky dysfunction range

dc should be mellower than nyc

but yeah why would anyone consider kirkland or latham a v5?

this is as ridiculous as us news claiming jhu is t10 or w/e

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151661)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: wonderful jew

isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that makes no sense. it sounds like a shithouse.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151668)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: Twinkling cocky dysfunction range

no, it's v6

https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/law/top-100-law-firms-rankings#rankings-group-0

imagine waking up and seeing paul hastings or cadwalader in the v10

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151688)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: charcoal diverse old irish cottage water buffalo

Are these guys even equity partners who’ll get put on K-1s (and buy their own insurance and all that mess)? Or do they just get the title (and get billed at new inflated rates) but they’re still really W-2 employees for a few more years while they get their “look” at real partner

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49327002)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal

They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirkland partner when he gets a PC next to his name.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49327004)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: stimulating big-titted point



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: comical learning disabled cuck hell

Every single time

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM
Author: angry cracking sweet tailpipe

HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151534)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: Twinkling cocky dysfunction range

I see a few of my ls classmates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151667)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:30 PM
Author: swashbuckling piazza



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: metal antidepressant drug pistol

k&e salt lake city partner tp

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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: thriller magical locus



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM
Author: Shivering Mustard Station People Who Are Hurt

How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#48151690)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal

Where the fuck is the 2025 list.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49326942)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal

HOLY SHIT.

Kirkland & Ellis Won’t Publicly Announce New Partners This Year, Marking Strategy Shift

https://www.law.com/2025/10/08/kirkland-and-ellis-wont-publicly-announce-new-partners-this-year-marking-strategy-shift/?slreturn=20251008144054

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49334668)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: Boyish Site

FUCK MY ASS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49334694)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: titillating aggressive theatre sneaky criminal

PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49334699)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: jade resort windowlicker

GayGPT went thru the names and jfc 36% are NOWAG/NOWIG, just lol Birdshits

Result — estimated distribution (200 names)

Origin category Count (of 200) Percent

Anglo / Western European (English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, Dutch, etc.) 84 42.0%

East Asian (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc.) 38 19.0%

South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan) 34 17.0%

Other Europe / Mediterranean (Italian, Greek, Portuguese, etc.) 10 5.0%

Eastern European / Slavic / Balkan 7 3.5%

Hispanic / Latino 6 3.0%

Middle Eastern / Arabic / North African 6 3.0%

African / Nigerian / Sub-Saharan 3 1.5%

Ambiguous / Mixed / Couldn’t confidently classify 12 6.0%

Total 200 100.0%

Quick interpretation

The single largest group appears to be Anglo/Western European-origin surnames (~42%) — expected for a global US-headquartered firm with many UK/US partners.

East Asian (mainly Chinese, Korean) and South Asian names together make up a large minority (~36% combined), reflecting strong representation of Asian-origin lawyers in international firms.

Smaller shares come from Eastern Europe, Middle East, Hispanic, and African-origin names.

~6% are genuinely ambiguous from the name alone (e.g., names that could plausibly be from multiple regions, rare or modern hybrid names).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49326961)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Olive Adventurous Depressive

Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity by surname.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49326996)



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:11 PM
Author: flickering fishy faggotry keepsake machete



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49356302)



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: yapping ocher step-uncle's house

SECOND PAGE PLEASE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49356309)



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Date: October 17th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: pontificating big patrolman

Once you get to about the 30s, you're looking at "biglaw" firms that have lawyers who are about as good as those at lots of much smaller local firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49356621)



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: yapping ocher step-uncle's house

Sleep tight, grim rite

We have two hundred partners

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2:#49356390)