Monday, July 12, 2004

 
I got back from the vacation late Saturday night, and got about six hours of sleep before I had to wake up and head out to the annual Summer Associate Sunday Brunch that one of my colleagues hosts each year at his place out in Rancho Palos Verdes. It's a bit of a trek, but it's a beautiful place, a gorgeous view of the water. They made a day of it for the summer associates -- brunch, some tennis and volleyball out in back of the house, and one of those Magic Castle bouncy things they rented from a local party supplies company. He catered in a beautiful spread -- smoked fish, caviar, gourmet omelet stations including lobster and shrimp, an open bar, a chocolate fountain, some berries that his staff picked off the bushes around the property that morning.

We gave out jerseys for the volleyball games, which the summers were excited about. We had a partners team and three or four summer associate teams -- they put us away pretty quickly, though. I wasn't terrible but this guy in Litigation really took us down. He kept missing his serves, or getting in everyone else's way when we were trying to reach for the ball. He's a crappy litigator too, if you ask me.

We also hired a pro volleyball player -- I can't remember his name -- to come out and give a few lessons and participate in the games. The winning team -- we did a round robin tournament -- got medals we'd had engraved beforehand, and then we had a big volleyball-shaped cake with chocolate truffles and a raspberry mousse inside. It was a good cake. The whole day was a lot of fun for the summers, and for the partners who showed up. This guy's house is magnificent though -- I'd been out there a few times before, but he gave a tour to the partners who hadn't -- the 65" TV, the movie theater with real theater seats in the basement, the indoor ice rink for his kids, the shelter out back for the dogs. He didn't let the summers inside, obviously, but they could peek in through the windows and see. At least until the staff caught them looking.

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Why didn't he let them inside? Wouldn't that be a useful recruiting tool - come here, work hard, and someday this could be yours. That would seem to be the whole point of having the party at his house.
 
LA, are you toying with us? Either way, a fun little vignette. Welcome back.
 
"a fun little vignette"

oh god.
 
BS obviously.
 
he's pulling our leg - indoor ice skating rink in California? and keeping the lowly out - surely he jests.
 
Isn't it interesting the way firms all do the "dinner at the partner's house" for summer associates? What a scam! When I was a summer, the dinner at the partner's house was at this big antebellum mansion in Georgetown, DC, with all these political mementoes from the partner's political work and from the guy's father, who had been secretary of the army under Truman.

It was such a crock--this partner had made it big because he had a huge head start in life and the whole time, the partner never said more than a few words to any summer associate. He was the worst host in the world. Plus, the firm made the summers wear these silly name tags hanging from big chains around our necks. No wonder I did not go back to Wilmer.

Interesting how there's never dinner an an associate's house.
 
Why didn't he let them inside? So they don't forget their place -- those filthy, disgusting summers aren't even lawyers yet, let alone partners. Although the most delicious drama of the whole vignette is that some of those summers will be attorneys someday, and then they can have their revenge on the staff. I fondly remember the first secretary I had fired -- she gave me attitude when I was a law clerk, so I arranged it to look like she was stealing from petty cash. She was escorted from the building by security guards: it was glorious. A highpoint of my career.
 
AL-- you're losing your touch.
 
To Anonymous who worked at Wilmer:

I was there too!!
 
I already know the unwritten, unspoken answer to this one - you have to go to these things, right? But from the firm's perspective ( AL? Lifestyle? Anyone? ), what if you just want the summer job to WORK (earn as much of your pay as you are capable of) and LEARN about the firm and the practice of law, and are not there to be wowed and dazzled and entertained? Why is this so much like mandatory kiddy camp instead of a workplace with training where you can get familiar with the work and they can evaluate your strengths, abilities & the quality of your work?
 
Are you still there? Either way, you know the house/partner I'm talking about.
 
To Former Wilmerite:

I know the house - and I am also not there anymore.

That is why I love reading this blog - it brings back memories!
 
So now that this partner (or you, or anyone like you) has garnered this much cash, what is it that motivates ? Why do you wake up in the morning and do it again? What is it that makes the client more important than the family, the dollar more important than a decent amount of sleep each night, etc?

Put differently, don't the chocolate fountains eventually lose their appeal?
 
Fellow former Wilmerite: out of curiosity, where did you go to? That place (like all big DC firms) is really quite a revolving door for associates. Partners stay forever (Cutler and Pickering are going to die at their desks; they're already such old, frail old bags).
 
To Former Wilmerite,

I went where many former Wilmerites end up: Academia.
 
AL, you talk like lawyers are rich or something. Lawyers make good money, but are by no means rich. CEOs, and managing directors are rich. Lawyers are comfortable.

The guys house you went to is either in debt up to his eyeballs or inherited a lot of money. Get off your high horse and go find a job that really pays if that is your goal in life.
 
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