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

https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland...
Talented jet-lagged lay
  10/01/24
wtf is this normal
Marvelous school famous landscape painting
  10/01/24
Do you really not get how KE works? It’s been like thi...
amethyst tantric house mad cow disease
  10/01/24
lmao
Marvelous school famous landscape painting
  10/01/24
...
amethyst tantric house mad cow disease
  10/01/24
and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity!
dashing address fanboi
  10/01/24
yea this sounds horrid. when i was at an unprestigious bigla...
motley roast beef
  10/01/24
dc should be mellower than nyc but yeah why would anyone ...
rough-skinned exhilarant hospital really tough guy
  10/01/24
isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that mak...
motley roast beef
  10/01/24
no, it's v6 https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/...
rough-skinned exhilarant hospital really tough guy
  10/01/24
Are these guys even equity partners who’ll get put on ...
snowy gunner candlestick maker
  10/05/25
They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirklan...
Talented jet-lagged lay
  10/05/25
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Splenetic Appetizing Nowag
  10/05/25
Every single time
Frisky wild set foreskin
  10/05/25
HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
nighttime insecure dopamine
  10/01/24
I see a few of my ls classmates
rough-skinned exhilarant hospital really tough guy
  10/01/24
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frum rebellious mediation
  10/01/24
k&e salt lake city partner tp
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  10/01/24
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metal clear background story stage
  10/05/25
How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?
Chrome Mildly Autistic Digit Ratio
  10/01/24
Where the fuck is the 2025 list.
Talented jet-lagged lay
  10/05/25
HOLY SHIT. Kirkland & Ellis Won’t Publicly Announ...
Talented jet-lagged lay
  10/08/25
FUCK MY ASS
disturbing meetinghouse
  10/08/25
PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT
Talented jet-lagged lay
  10/08/25
GayGPT went thru the names and jfc 36% are NOWAG/NOWIG, just...
Brindle insanely creepy puppy parlor
  10/05/25
Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity b...
Slimy Resort Brethren
  10/05/25
...
vivacious crawly travel guidebook trailer park
  10/17/25
SECOND PAGE PLEASE
Marvelous school famous landscape painting
  10/17/25
Once you get to about the 30s, you're looking at "bigla...
coral up-to-no-good skinny woman
  10/17/25
Sleep tight, grim rite We have two hundred partners
Marvelous school famous landscape painting
  10/17/25


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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:30 PM
Author: Talented jet-lagged lay

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

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM
Author: Marvelous school famous landscape painting

wtf is this normal

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:46 PM
Author: amethyst tantric house mad cow disease

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.

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: Marvelous school famous landscape painting

lmao

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: amethyst tantric house mad cow disease



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM
Author: dashing address fanboi

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

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:59 PM
Author: motley roast beef

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.

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:25 PM
Author: rough-skinned exhilarant hospital really tough guy

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

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: motley roast beef

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

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: rough-skinned exhilarant hospital really tough guy

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

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: snowy gunner candlestick maker

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

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Talented jet-lagged lay

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=2Ã#49327004)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: Splenetic Appetizing Nowag



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: Frisky wild set foreskin

Every single time

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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM
Author: nighttime insecure dopamine

HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: rough-skinned exhilarant hospital really tough guy

I see a few of my ls classmates

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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:30 PM
Author: frum rebellious mediation



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: hyperventilating cruise ship

k&e salt lake city partner tp

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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: metal clear background story stage



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM
Author: Chrome Mildly Autistic Digit Ratio

How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: Talented jet-lagged lay

Where the fuck is the 2025 list.

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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: Talented jet-lagged lay

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

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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: disturbing meetinghouse

FUCK MY ASS

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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: Talented jet-lagged lay

PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT

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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: Brindle insanely creepy puppy parlor

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=2Ã#49326961)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Slimy Resort Brethren

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

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



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:11 PM
Author: vivacious crawly travel guidebook trailer park



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Marvelous school famous landscape painting

SECOND PAGE PLEASE

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Date: October 17th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: coral up-to-no-good skinny woman

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.

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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: Marvelous school famous landscape painting

Sleep tight, grim rite

We have two hundred partners

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