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

https://www.kirkland.com/news/press-release/2024/10/kirkland...
concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor
  10/01/24
wtf is this normal
sickened piazza
  10/01/24
Do you really not get how KE works? It’s been like thi...
Mildly autistic multi-colored lodge
  10/01/24
lmao
sickened piazza
  10/01/24
...
Mildly autistic multi-colored lodge
  10/01/24
and they'll WILL DO, THANK you for the opportunity!
heady roast beef
  10/01/24
yea this sounds horrid. when i was at an unprestigious bigla...
excitant crawly famous landscape painting
  10/01/24
dc should be mellower than nyc but yeah why would anyone ...
titillating bull headed telephone theatre
  10/01/24
isn't it v10 or something? based on what i've heard that mak...
excitant crawly famous landscape painting
  10/01/24
no, it's v6 https://vault.com/best-companies-to-work-for/...
titillating bull headed telephone theatre
  10/01/24
Are these guys even equity partners who’ll get put on ...
Motley university
  10/05/25
They don't get K-1s, you can tell a "real" Kirklan...
concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor
  10/05/25
...
razzle coiffed stage
  10/05/25
Every single time
massive indian lodge depressive
  10/05/25
HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
pungent at-the-ready brunch sound barrier
  10/01/24
I see a few of my ls classmates
titillating bull headed telephone theatre
  10/01/24
...
adventurous windowlicker
  10/01/24
k&e salt lake city partner tp
cyan supple site
  10/01/24
...
Sooty insane nowag shitlib
  10/05/25
How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?
slimy appetizing menage
  10/01/24
Where the fuck is the 2025 list.
concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor
  10/05/25
HOLY SHIT. Kirkland & Ellis Won’t Publicly Announ...
concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor
  10/08/25
FUCK MY ASS
irate hospital
  10/08/25
PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT
concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor
  10/08/25
GayGPT went thru the names and jfc 36% are NOWAG/NOWIG, just...
medicated alpha azn
  10/05/25
Honestly surprised it didn't balk at determining ethnicity b...
Tripping glittery turdskin
  10/05/25
...
canary zombie-like spot
  10/17/25
SECOND PAGE PLEASE
sickened piazza
  10/17/25
Once you get to about the 30s, you're looking at "bigla...
Racy Locus Sandwich
  10/17/25
Sleep tight, grim rite We have two hundred partners
sickened piazza
  10/17/25


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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:30 PM
Author: concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor

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=2Vannesa#48151490)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:32 PM
Author: sickened piazza

wtf is this normal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151498)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:46 PM
Author: Mildly autistic multi-colored lodge

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=2Vannesa#48151527)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: sickened piazza

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151530)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:48 PM
Author: Mildly autistic multi-colored lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151533)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:50 PM
Author: heady roast beef

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151536)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:59 PM
Author: excitant crawly famous landscape painting

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=2Vannesa#48151553)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:25 PM
Author: titillating bull headed telephone theatre

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151661)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: excitant crawly famous landscape painting

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=2Vannesa#48151668)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: titillating bull headed telephone theatre

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151688)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: Motley university

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=2Vannesa#49327002)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor

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=2Vannesa#49327004)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: razzle coiffed stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49327036)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: massive indian lodge depressive

Every single time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49327166)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 6:49 PM
Author: pungent at-the-ready brunch sound barrier

HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151534)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:28 PM
Author: titillating bull headed telephone theatre

I see a few of my ls classmates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151667)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:30 PM
Author: adventurous windowlicker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151672)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:32 PM
Author: cyan supple site

k&e salt lake city partner tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151683)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: Sooty insane nowag shitlib



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49327485)



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Date: October 1st, 2024 7:33 PM
Author: slimy appetizing menage

How Chadly is Kirkland Dallas?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#48151690)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor

Where the fuck is the 2025 list.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49326942)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:42 PM
Author: concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334668)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: irate hospital

FUCK MY ASS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334694)



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Date: October 8th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: concupiscible aquamarine fortuitous meteor

PLEASE CREDIT AUTOADMIT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334699)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: medicated alpha azn

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=2Vannesa#49326961)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: Tripping glittery turdskin

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

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



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:11 PM
Author: canary zombie-like spot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49356302)



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: sickened piazza

SECOND PAGE PLEASE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49356309)



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Date: October 17th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: Racy Locus Sandwich

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=2Vannesa#49356621)



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Date: October 17th, 2025 5:47 PM
Author: sickened piazza

Sleep tight, grim rite

We have two hundred partners

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5604699&forum_id=2Vannesa#49356390)