Lame Laptops, Batteries 'About to Explode': Midlevel Associates Angered by Lack of Tech Investment
"It's unbelievably difficult to work with tools like these," one associate laments.
September 04, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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Law Firm AssociatesThe original version of this story was published on The American Lawyer
Big Law is increasing its billing rates, and top 100 firms saw revenue rise more than 11% during the first half of this year compared to last. But despite the growing cash flow, midlevel associate attorneys at some of the nation's top firms claim their workplaces aren't investing enough in technology.
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Proskauer Rose
- Reed Smith
- Robins Kaplan LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Susman Godfrey
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Holland & Hart LLP
- Benesch
- Blank Rome
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Clifford Chance
- Cooley
- Thompson Coburn
- Dechert
- DLA Piper
- Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
- Cahill Gordon & Reindel
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Gibbons PC
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Kelley Drye & Warren
- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Munger, Tolles & Olson
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison
- Paul Hastings
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Shook Hardy & Bacon
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
- Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner
- Fox Rothschild
- Goodwin Procter
- Greenberg Traurig
- Holland & Knight LLP
- Hogan Lovells
- Jackson Walker L.L.P.
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
- Latham & Watkins
- Lowenstein Sandler
- Mayer Brown
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
- Kaplan
- Adobe
- Dell Technologies
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