The firm hires fewer lawyers than firms of its size and gives them the record, the witness, and the argument earlier than they expect.
Because the firm only does disputes, there is no rotation and no seat system. A lawyer who joins the firm is in a disputes practice from the first week and stays in one. Applications are read by the partners who would staff you, not by a committee.
The trade is straightforward and worth stating plainly. Teams are small, so there is nowhere to hide and the work arrives earlier than it would elsewhere. Matters are fewer, so you will know one case properly rather than six superficially. The hours in the months before a trial are what they are.
The firm recruits from law schools and universities in every jurisdiction where it maintains an office, and takes a small number of lateral associates and partners each year. Judicial clerks and lawyers coming out of prosecutorial or regulatory service are of particular interest to the firm.
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