Re: Nwtf
 

Do non-equity partners have to buy in at most firms? I am, thankfully, fairly clueless about this.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

I have given you enough help. It is time for you to spread your wings and fly. I use this expression to hopefully eclipse Sidd's creepy "odd cuts of meat" metaphor.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

and this my friends, is a whiff.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

Do you now get black eyes when you run?

Re: Nwtf
 

Didn't think of that; been too long since I had direct exposure to a firm that speaks that euphemistically.

It hasn't been the practice at the several firms I have direct knowledge of, but it seems like it's spreading.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

Yeah, I was going to ask you for a ruling on whether Sidd's post made you want to rethink your proclamation on Burger's oddly latent iphone post.

Re: Nwtf
 

I thought that was "direct" and non-stop meant, in fact, no stops until the final destination. Have I been deceived?!?

Re: Nwtf
 

It also gives the "partner" the ability to tell others he's a partner. Instead of feeding you more money, the equity partners feed the ego. And it costs them nothing.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

wouldn't sidd's daughter be "on his team?" him saying he's a New Mexico soccer player means Sidd will pull some other girl's ponytail, assuming sidd and his daughter agree she is a rival. kind of like the Texas cheerleader mom? but maybe I'm whifferoooskiing?

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

Awesome. Please to provide photo evidence.

TM

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

True, but I didn't call it and instead just posted a response. I figured it was more sportsmanship-like, and in this era of French sporting skullduggery, we need positive role models in this arena. For the children. I did it for the children.

Re: Nwtf
 

I don't know about most. I know they do here.*

TM

*Second-hand, of course.

Re: Nwtf
 

there are two kinds I've seen. one is a "holding pattern" on the way to full partnership. some N.E. never move beyond, some do. the "pie" is that you don't have to put up with the indignation of partners reviewing you anymore.

the other is just a position where you are parked for your career.

I have never heard of a buy-in for either. this firm sees a possibility of coming up with some money by fucking with the immobile. they'll give them some share? great. anyone wanna bet if it'll equal or exceed 15% of their comp?

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

Unless there is something very wrong, Chia does not seem like the right analogy:

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image...mywrite/88.jpg

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

YKI! Righteous, indeed. And fwiw, fyi, if it makes you feel better, and it should, in the pacific northwest transparently exposing your pot use to your children is the norm and actually championed.....as long as the pot is grown locally in a sustainable eco-friendly manner and the growers get paid a living wage OR it comes from a Fair Trade endoursed source........you're not a bad parent you are just more westerly in your cultural expression and unlike some of the chimps here, the truly anti-biased culturally competent amongst us respect and love you for your honesty.

Namaste, atks.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

i'm not even sure what this post is.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

Let me guess: her TITS are enormous and she has an insatiable appetite for blowjobs.

Just like when my wife was pregnant.


It hasn't been 6 weeks yet.

Look at it. Study it. Commit it to Memory. Savor it again and again.
 

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gad...2905_large.jpg

TM

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

You really are quite handsome.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

AoLoT, fwiw, fyi, I bought one of the below and put it on display in my office next to my talking Ronald Reagan doll to show my bi-partisan bona fides.
http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/modern...ama%20chia.jpg

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

You don't understand how freekish boobs might appeal to men? Do you have Sidd and TM on ignore?

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

No, no. It's like the man said - they're like two bags of sand. Becoming bigger bags of sand.

Re: Nwtf
 

It really doesn't matter what you call it. At almost any firm, if your practice is not in the top 30% of all partners, you are beholden and not a real equity partner. And unless you have formula compensation, you'll get what you are given, and a bunch of double-talk about how it was done.

Re: Nwtf
 

I am not a partner, and likely never will be, but there is definitely something to be said for the simplicity of lockstep (dying though it likely is).

Re: Nwtf
 

Accepting this state of affairs is ridiculous.

Re: Nwtf
 

It helps rationalise the choice to drink bad scotch.

Re: Nwtf
 

exactly. my first few years as a "real" partner us young ones would talk before going into review- this one guy would always say "I'm going to ask why partner X makes more than me." I'd tell him not to, but he did. The CEO probably loved being asked. He made up whatever bullshit sprung to mind, and my friend would just leave angrier.

when you're in big law they ain't worrying about diiferentiating between partner #189 and #190.

but, if you are an equity partner, you can order the paras to do head bobs and then bill a client for her cab.

Re: Nwtf
 

Damn I hate how many years it took me to learn that lesson.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

I can be tarred with many things. Liking freakishly large boobs is not one of them.

Re: Nwtf
 

Right on, although don't forget the private bath with bidet in your corner office.

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

Define "freakish"?

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

Stick "megaboobs" into Google images.

Re: Nwtf
 

Can't respond in detail right now- I'm drafting an email telling all the non-corners that I am taking a bonus equal to 10% of their comp in lieu of their Nov and Dec bonii.

P. what do you want for Xmas?

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

There was a range of boob sizes that popped up, npi, on the first page, some, which are a little too much (eg, Maxi Mounds), but others of which are fine (eg: Daphne Rosen). with me.

I like boobs!

Re: instead of plating other shit they probably complained to god about the dead pota
 

well, your head is preternaturally large, but remember, sidd's a pinhead.

Re: Look at it. Study it. Commit it to Memory. Savor it again and again.
 

No savoring here.

Re: Welcome back E/O, leagl and Fringey: no one say the name "Penske" 3 times in a ro
 

It appears my last post, slightly over a year ago, was about curves.

Re: Chimney Sweep
 

Which movie is this line from?

Re: Nwtf
 

I can't figure out who would be the bigger asshole: the one who tries to shove this deal up the nonequity partner's ass or the nonequity "partner" who would be willing to take it up the ass.

Re: Nwtf
 

They do it in health care all the time. You don't magically "become" a partner in a medical practice. You buy in. Law's always struck me odd in the way it awards partnership. Why not take the concept a step further and let people who want to invest buy a partner slot? This would provide two benefits:

1. Cash;
2. A hell of a lot less attrition among partners; and
3. A stable of people who could probably bring in a lot of portables quickly (a younger lawyer with enough cash to buy a partnership seat in a big firm would have to have a load of connections to serious business).

Of course, there'd have to be a baseline merit assessment as well, but that's a given.

(Yes. I know the comeback. Why would anyone want to? All I can say to that is, hey, if a person wants to buy a bad product, there's no law against selling it to him w/full disclosure.)