Some firm bios say that "Before joining the firm, sarah used to work at an international law firm in NYC." Of course, it's often very easy to figure out which "international law firm" sarah used to work at (linkedin, etc).
Other firm bios just come out with is and say "before joining the firm, sarah used to work at Cravath/Kirkland/Sull Crom/wherever."
Why do some bios not want you to name your prior place of employment, and others seem ok with it? Just random firm policy?
Used to work at "an international law firm" on firm bio? Forum
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Re: Used to work at "an international law firm" on firm bio?
Policy against inclusion:
Bios are frequently incorporated into the pitch deck when a partner is pitching new work to a client. You don't want to give a potential client any ideas of where else they could look to have the work done!
Bios are frequently incorporated into the pitch deck when a partner is pitching new work to a client. You don't want to give a potential client any ideas of where else they could look to have the work done!
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Re: Used to work at "an international law firm" on firm bio?
This shouldn't be applied universally. I could see this being applicable for someone who goes Cravath > Skadden, but for someone who laterals to a midsized firm from Cravath/Wachtel/Skadden/etc., it could advertise top-notch training and quality work at midsized rates.mecarey wrote:Policy against inclusion:
Bios are frequently incorporated into the pitch deck when a partner is pitching new work to a client. You don't want to give a potential client any ideas of where else they could look to have the work done!
