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KIRKLAND & ELLIS SHATTERS THE MARKET, NAMES MORE THAN 200 PARTNERS
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:30 PM Author: doobsian stubborn tank box office 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=2most#48151490) |
Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM Author: magical clear national laser beams wtf is this normal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#48151498) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:46 PM Author: Lake Dilemma Really Tough Guy 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=2most#48151527) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM Author: magical clear national laser beams lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#48151530) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM Author: Lake Dilemma Really Tough Guy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#48151533) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM Author: ruby internet-worthy orchestra pit and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#48151536) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:59 PM Author: overrated parlour 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=2most#48151553) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:25 PM Author: Thriller ratface 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: overrated parlour 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=2most#48151668) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM Author: Thriller ratface 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: chrome private investor 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=2most#49327002) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:47 PM Author: doobsian stubborn tank box office 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=2most#49327004) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 4:13 PM Author: Slate big rigpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#49327036) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM Author: Jet Haunted Graveyard Every single time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#49327166) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM Author: vibrant property HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#48151534) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM Author: Thriller ratface I see a few of my ls classmates (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#48151667) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:30 PM Author: impertinent dashing international law enforcement agency crackhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#48151672) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM Author: glittery obsidian friendly grandma k&e salt lake city partner tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#48151683) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM Author: Exciting Market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#49327485) |
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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM Author: High-end sound barrier stage How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#48151690) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM Author: doobsian stubborn tank box office Where the fuck is the 2025 list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#49326942) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM Author: doobsian stubborn tank box office 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: dark laughsome hissy fit house FUCK MY ASS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#49334694) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: doobsian stubborn tank box office PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#49334699) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM Author: Multi-colored Resort Macaca 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). |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:41 PM Author: Comical travel guidebook Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity by surname. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#49326996) |
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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:11 PM Author: A Dick is Not Dispositive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#49356302) |
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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:14 PM Author: Ass Sunstein SECOND PAGE PLEASE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2most#49356309) |
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Date: October 17th, 2025 7:41 PM Author: ~~(> ' ' )> 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=2most#49356621) |
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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:47 PM Author: Ass Sunstein Sleep tight, grim rite We have two hundred partners |