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Gibson or O’Melveny (CA)
Plz halp. Leaning heavily toward corporate.
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Re: Gibson or O’Melveny (CA)
For corporate, Gibson and it's not particularly close. If you were a litigator, this would be a much closer call - close enough that I would say to pick entirely based on fit/where you liked the people best.
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Re: Gibson or O’Melveny (CA)
GDC all the way here.
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OP here. I was trying to avoid specifics, but I am considering the Orange County offices for both. For some reason, many attorneys I have talked to regard Latham and O'Melveny as the top corporate firms in Orange County. This is precisely where I am conflicted, as I've been told on multiple occasions go OMM (or Latham) for corporate in Orange County, but Chambers (and now here) point GDC.Anonymous User wrote:Are you serious? https://www.chambersandpartners.com/160 ... _editorial
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I'm not sure about that either. Gibson Dunn is a solid Band 1 firm in litigation. O'Melveny is band 2-4.hlsperson1111 wrote:For corporate, Gibson and it's not particularly close. If you were a litigator, this would be a much closer call - close enough that I would say to pick entirely based on fit/where you liked the people best.
https://www.chambersandpartners.com/120 ... torial/5/1
https://www.chambersandpartners.com/120 ... torial/5/1
O'Melveny lost a lot of their best partners due to defections. Also Google the words O'Melveny blog. One of their former attorneys disliked O'Melveny so much he created a blog about it.
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Gibson for sure, not even close. I would consider Gibson and Latham the top OC firms.
There was a recent WSJ article saying that a few years ago the head of Gibson OC office was caught banging a female associate in his office. So if you're a female, watch out for the culture I guess.
There was a recent WSJ article saying that a few years ago the head of Gibson OC office was caught banging a female associate in his office. So if you're a female, watch out for the culture I guess.
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Gibson immediately fired that guy.Anonymous User wrote:Gibson for sure, not even close. I would consider Gibson and Latham the top OC firms.
There was a recent WSJ article saying that a few years ago the head of Gibson OC office was caught banging a female associate in his office. So if you're a female, watch out for the culture I guess.
"The second lawyer is Jeffrey Reeves who left his partnership at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he worked for 26 years, in December after an investigation into an allegation that he forced a female associate to perform oral sex in his office in August 2017. Reeves joined litigation boutique Umberg Zipser in January, and then jumped the next month to boutique Theodora Oringher, where he still works." https://www.law.com/americanlawyer/2018 ... 0716143108
Also, ewwww http://www.tocounsel.com/professionals/Jeffrey_Reeves/
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Re: Gibson or O’Melveny (CA)
I don't know what to tell you. I've worked in LA for years and they are considered peer firms in litigation. The OMM blog is unhinged and I would put no stock in anything that guy says.Anonymous User wrote:I'm not sure about that either. Gibson Dunn is a solid Band 1 firm in litigation. O'Melveny is band 2-4.hlsperson1111 wrote:For corporate, Gibson and it's not particularly close. If you were a litigator, this would be a much closer call - close enough that I would say to pick entirely based on fit/where you liked the people best.
https://www.chambersandpartners.com/120 ... torial/5/1
https://www.chambersandpartners.com/120 ... torial/5/1
O'Melveny lost a lot of their best partners due to defections. Also Google the words O'Melveny blog. One of their former attorneys disliked O'Melveny so much he created a blog about it.
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Re: Gibson or O’Melveny (CA)
What about the partner defections?hlsperson1111 wrote:I don't know what to tell you. I've worked in LA for years and they are considered peer firms in litigation. The OMM blog is unhinged and I would put no stock in anything that guy says.Anonymous User wrote:I'm not sure about that either. Gibson Dunn is a solid Band 1 firm in litigation. O'Melveny is band 2-4.hlsperson1111 wrote:For corporate, Gibson and it's not particularly close. If you were a litigator, this would be a much closer call - close enough that I would say to pick entirely based on fit/where you liked the people best.
https://www.chambersandpartners.com/120 ... torial/5/1
https://www.chambersandpartners.com/120 ... torial/5/1
O'Melveny lost a lot of their best partners due to defections. Also Google the words O'Melveny blog. One of their former attorneys disliked O'Melveny so much he created a blog about it.
I read that blog to see if O'Melveny could sue, and its author cites to news sources and credible documents for every statement. Click the links. If someone from O'Melveny knows what happened with that person they can add color but it's a credible blog.