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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...
poppy theater stage
  05/25/18
This line about chartering a helicopter is as fraudulent as ...
poppy theater stage
  05/25/18
Cr. Boomers are lying scum
Supple Home Pervert
  05/25/18
They weren't working that many hours in the 80s. Cravath PPP...
Hideous ladyboy black woman
  05/25/18
cr it's total bullshit so he can bitch to his current associ...
poppy theater stage
  05/25/18
cr
Bull headed property
  05/25/18
TBF there was a lot more inefficiency then. You had to call ...
Red Crackhouse Becky
  05/28/18
Uphill both ways etc
Crusty blathering senate
  05/25/18
this may sound...bizarre
Blue balding spot telephone
  05/25/18
gas every last boomer starting with this one
Contagious weed whacker background story
  05/25/18
Just bill 3000 hours on average a year and not make partner....
Vengeful Parlor
  05/25/18
Boomer reflects on u billing 3,500 hrs: "I wouldnt trad...
thirsty faggotry
  05/25/18
...
poppy theater stage
  05/25/18
Fraudulent boomer lies. Also this is obviously johnsmeye...
appetizing mentally impaired stage private investor
  05/25/18
bump for Memorial Day billers
poppy theater stage
  05/28/18


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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:34 AM
Author: poppy theater stage

"“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: poppy theater stage

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: Supple Home Pervert

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: Hideous ladyboy black woman

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: poppy theater stage

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: Bull headed property

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: Red Crackhouse Becky

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: Crusty blathering senate

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: Blue balding spot telephone

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: Contagious weed whacker background story

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: Vengeful Parlor

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: thirsty faggotry

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: poppy theater stage



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Date: May 25th, 2018 10:44 AM
Author: appetizing mentally impaired stage private investor

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: poppy theater stage

bump for Memorial Day billers

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