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Boomer reflects on billing 3,500 hrs: "I wouldnt trade those years for anything

"“As a Cravath associate in the 1980s for nearly 10 yea...
saffron trust fund market
  05/25/18
This line about chartering a helicopter is as fraudulent as ...
saffron trust fund market
  05/25/18
Cr. Boomers are lying scum
magical dilemma
  05/25/18
They weren't working that many hours in the 80s. Cravath PPP...
Chest-beating Heaven
  05/25/18
cr it's total bullshit so he can bitch to his current associ...
saffron trust fund market
  05/25/18
cr
rough-skinned ocher station
  05/25/18
TBF there was a lot more inefficiency then. You had to call ...
buff sick orchestra pit
  05/28/18
Uphill both ways etc
Histrionic parlor
  05/25/18
this may sound...bizarre
appetizing step-uncle's house
  05/25/18
gas every last boomer starting with this one
spectacular chapel old irish cottage
  05/25/18
Just bill 3000 hours on average a year and not make partner....
Beta Private Investor Institution
  05/25/18
Boomer reflects on u billing 3,500 hrs: "I wouldnt trad...
naked area
  05/25/18
...
saffron trust fund market
  05/25/18
Fraudulent boomer lies. Also this is obviously johnsmeye...
razzle-dazzle mentally impaired address wagecucks
  05/25/18
bump for Memorial Day billers
saffron trust fund market
  05/28/18


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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:34 AM
Author: saffron trust fund market

"“As a Cravath associate in the 1980s for nearly 10 years, my ‘low’ was 2,500 hours and my ‘high’ was 3,500. During one nine-month stretch on takeover litigation as the lead associate, I averaged 90 hours a week, and at the end of it worked for 56 hours straight without a break or any sleep, to meet a filing deadline (made by chartering a helicopter to get the papers to court on time). I wouldn’t trade those years for anything. It was the best work possible for a young lawyer, at the best law firm on earth.”"

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/do_you_believe_you_are_fairly_compensated_for_your_work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36124937)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:34 AM
Author: saffron trust fund market

This line about chartering a helicopter is as fraudulent as the 3,500 hours he charged his clients for

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36124941)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:41 AM
Author: magical dilemma

Cr. Boomers are lying scum

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36124976)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:39 AM
Author: Chest-beating Heaven

They weren't working that many hours in the 80s. Cravath PPP was only about 700k in 1986 or 1.6 million in today's dollars. They were working far less than now (in addition to lower billing rates and less leverage).

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/02/business/busy-law-firms-profits-leap.html



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36124963)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:40 AM
Author: saffron trust fund market

cr it's total bullshit so he can bitch to his current associates about how he worked so much harder back in the day, with a smile on my face!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36124970)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:41 AM
Author: rough-skinned ocher station

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36124975)



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Date: May 28th, 2018 9:34 AM
Author: buff sick orchestra pit

TBF there was a lot more inefficiency then. You had to call in and check your messages. And when there were things like TROs going on — which there were a ton of in the junk bond corporate raider days — you would be in the office 24/7, though you often had to wait for shit (from typists, from courriers, etc.) and couldn’t bill that.

Also $1.6 M was not bad when a 3br apartment on CPW cost $1 M.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36139413)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:43 AM
Author: Histrionic parlor

Uphill both ways etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36124985)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:43 AM
Author: appetizing step-uncle's house

this may sound...bizarre

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36124988)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:47 AM
Author: spectacular chapel old irish cottage

gas every last boomer starting with this one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36125003)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 10:40 AM
Author: Beta Private Investor Institution

Just bill 3000 hours on average a year and not make partner. Aka Cravath system.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36125303)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 10:43 AM
Author: naked area

Boomer reflects on u billing 3,500 hrs: "I wouldnt trade those years for anything

ftfy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36125311)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 10:46 AM
Author: saffron trust fund market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36125333)



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Date: May 25th, 2018 10:44 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle mentally impaired address wagecucks

Fraudulent boomer lies.

Also this is obviously johnsmeyer flaming the ABA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36125318)



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Date: May 28th, 2018 9:03 AM
Author: saffron trust fund market

bump for Memorial Day billers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3986224&forum_id=2#36139349)