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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...
Beta Tantric Garrison
  05/25/18
This line about chartering a helicopter is as fraudulent as ...
Beta Tantric Garrison
  05/25/18
Cr. Boomers are lying scum
cocky magenta juggernaut
  05/25/18
They weren't working that many hours in the 80s. Cravath PPP...
doobsian plaza indirect expression
  05/25/18
cr it's total bullshit so he can bitch to his current associ...
Beta Tantric Garrison
  05/25/18
cr
carmine aromatic address scourge upon the earth
  05/25/18
TBF there was a lot more inefficiency then. You had to call ...
Rose jap
  05/28/18
Uphill both ways etc
high-end bisexual laser beams
  05/25/18
this may sound...bizarre
Concupiscible university
  05/25/18
gas every last boomer starting with this one
Zippy headpube stead
  05/25/18
Just bill 3000 hours on average a year and not make partner....
Ocher organic girlfriend native
  05/25/18
Boomer reflects on u billing 3,500 hrs: "I wouldnt trad...
Chestnut Public Bath Circlehead
  05/25/18
...
Beta Tantric Garrison
  05/25/18
Fraudulent boomer lies. Also this is obviously johnsmeye...
mahogany house weed whacker
  05/25/18
bump for Memorial Day billers
Beta Tantric Garrison
  05/28/18


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Date: May 25th, 2018 9:34 AM
Author: Beta Tantric Garrison

"“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: Beta Tantric Garrison

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: cocky magenta juggernaut

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: doobsian plaza indirect expression

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: Beta Tantric Garrison

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: carmine aromatic address scourge upon the earth

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: Rose jap

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: high-end bisexual laser beams

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: Concupiscible university

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: Zippy headpube stead

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: Ocher organic girlfriend native

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: Chestnut Public Bath Circlehead

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: Beta Tantric Garrison



(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: mahogany house weed whacker

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: Beta Tantric Garrison

bump for Memorial Day billers

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