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Have you considered... Delaware?
Don't have a job? Need one? Ask those of us who work in Delaware about exactly which shortcomings and failures to plan could leave you here.
Also, if your client just got sued in Delaware and you need local counsel, this is also the place to complain about protectionist Delaware courts.
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Do you need ties for Delaware
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I'm curious about this. What exactly do you do in Delaware?
How is the bankruptcy and transactional work? In what ways is that work different from what you might be doing in New York - do you handle certain niche issues, or anything else?
How is the bankruptcy and transactional work? In what ways is that work different from what you might be doing in New York - do you handle certain niche issues, or anything else?
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Common misconception. All you need is an intense interest in Chancery/bankruptcy/corporate law. Desperate need to do Delaware opinions will take you far.Jim Jones wrote:Do you need ties for Delaware
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Chancery litigation (especially representing directors when they get sued), deals, Delaware opinions, local counsel work.J90 wrote:I'm curious about this. What exactly do you do in Delaware?
Local counsel on huge cases, lead on small ones, busy jurisdiction so the work is steady enough. For the big cases, at the junior and mid level, you're often doing the same work alongside a larger law firm.How is the bankruptcy
Lots of work doing the Delaware piece of a bigger transaction.and transactional work?
Often, it's the exact same work, that you're doing alongside NY counsel. Other times, it's specifically Delawarean, like a Delaware LLC or non-consolidation or authority to file or true sale opinion.In what ways is that work different from what you might be doing in New York - do you handle certain niche issues, or anything else?
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"...lots of people commute from Philly!"minnbills wrote: QOL?
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what do people exit to?
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Here's what I have seen:Jason Taverner wrote:what do people exit to?
1) V100s in other markets
2) Partner or counsel at smaller Wilmington firms
3) In-house to Wilmington offices of bigger businesses or Wilmington businesses
4) Associate forever
Also, Delaware firms make more counsels and partners than their NY counterparts, as is pretty apparent by the numbers.
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What are the hours like? Better than your NYC counterparts?
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What's the pay
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Do people really do this?DELG wrote:"...lots of people commute from Philly!"minnbills wrote: QOL?
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Depends which firm but generally, better, and sometimes significantly better. I would say more like DC than NY.mickey0004 wrote:What are the hours like? Better than your NYC counterparts?
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One of $120k, $145k, or $160k + NY bonuses, depending on the firm. Except for NY-paying firms, more compressed scale (10% raise a year typically).Jim Jones wrote:What's the pay
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Yes to both.bulinus wrote:Do people really do this?DELG wrote:"...lots of people commute from Philly!"minnbills wrote: QOL?
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What kind of grades?
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PM me and we'll talk about where is realisticanyriotgirl wrote:What kind of grades?
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Also, the DE AG is well-respected and pays actually pretty damn well for local gov't
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care to elaborate which firms are lifestyle firms and which ones work you to death?DELG wrote:Depends which firm but generally, better, and sometimes significantly better. I would say more like DC than NY.mickey0004 wrote:What are the hours like? Better than your NYC counterparts?
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Skadden, Ross Aronstam, and Grant & Eisenhofer are all places where you'll want to keep contact solution in your desk.mickey0004 wrote:care to elaborate which firms are lifestyle firms and which ones work you to death?DELG wrote:Depends which firm but generally, better, and sometimes significantly better. I would say more like DC than NY.mickey0004 wrote:What are the hours like? Better than your NYC counterparts?
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are you happ(ier) there?
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I'd probably have to take the DE bar before applying post-clerkship, right?
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There are some major advantages and major disadvantages to practicing/living in Delaware. I think to be happy here, you have to value money and this particular kind of practice highly, and not value stuff like living in a real city. Wilmington is not a safe city, and the downtown is pretty grim. Wilmington also shares a lot of problems with other rust belt cities. The Wire reboot could easily be filmed here today.xael wrote:are you happ(ier) there?
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That's awesome. Curious about the exits. How many people have you seen leave Delaware (for NY, or CA, or anywhere), and any examples of places they've gone?
Seriously? What are you waiting for?
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