Anonymous Associates

I’ve always explained that the reason I went solo was because a big firm wasn’t big enough.  Not big enough for my ego or
aspirations, not even big enough to fit two tiny words – my name – on the
door.  Apparently, these days, a big firm isn’t big enough (in heart,
not size) to include associates’ names on the firm website either.

There’s a great post here from Dennis Kennedy on the utter stupidity of this new law firm policy to keep associates anonymous – as well commentary from my new ALM blogger-colleague Bruce McEwan here.

14 Comments

  1. Legal Blog Watch on March 11, 2005 at 12:49 pm

    Meet our brilliant new associate: Ms. X!

    I recommend Carolyn Elefant’s pithy insight and links on the subject of big-law attempts to bury associates’ identity.



  2. Legal Blog Watch on March 11, 2005 at 12:49 pm

    Meet our brilliant new associate: Ms. X!

    I recommend Carolyn Elefant’s pithy insight and links on the subject of big-law attempts to bury associates’ identity.



  3. f/k/a on March 11, 2005 at 9:19 pm

    decloaking the nameless associates

    Seems to me, we could use weblog-power to undo the undue depersonalization of associates. We could post lists of the associates working at the various offending law firms, including as much



  4. f/k/a on March 11, 2005 at 9:19 pm

    decloaking the nameless associates

    Seems to me, we could use weblog-power to undo the undue depersonalization of associates. We could post lists of the associates working at the various offending law firms, including as much



  5. The Common Scold on March 13, 2005 at 3:12 pm

    YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING

    It’s bad enough that big firms too often don’t post the names/bios/contact info of their C-level execs, but here’s a new low: some firms are refusing to offer details about their associates, using the lame excuse (we heard that on the C-levels, too) t…



  6. The Common Scold on March 13, 2005 at 3:12 pm

    YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING

    It’s bad enough that big firms too often don’t post the names/bios/contact info of their C-level execs, but here’s a new low: some firms are refusing to offer details about their associates, using the lame excuse (we heard that on the C-levels, too) t…



  7. Stark County Law Library Blawg on March 14, 2005 at 7:51 am

    “Anonymous Associates”

    Posted by Carolyn Elefant: ?’ve always explained that the reason I went solo was because a big firm wasn’t big



  8. Stark County Law Library Blawg on March 14, 2005 at 7:51 am

    “Anonymous Associates”

    Posted by Carolyn Elefant: ?’ve always explained that the reason I went solo was because a big firm wasn’t big



  9. Legal Blog Watch on March 14, 2005 at 2:45 pm

    Decloaking devices: Legal (blogger) aid for big-law associates

    In



  10. Legal Blog Watch on March 14, 2005 at 2:45 pm

    Decloaking devices: Legal (blogger) aid for big-law associates

    In



  11. Notes from the (Legal) Undergr on March 15, 2005 at 4:19 am

    The Epic Battle of the Law Firms and the Legal Recruiters: A Recounting of the Way the Pogrom Began

    Amid an improved economy and an apparent upturn in lateral hiring, some law firms are trying to shield their associates from the wiles of recruiters offering richer rewards. Some firms are limiting the contact information about associates provided on t…



  12. Notes from the (Legal) Underground on March 15, 2005 at 4:19 am

    The Epic Battle of the Law Firms and the Legal Recruiters: A Recounting of the Way the Pogrom Began

    Amid an improved economy and an apparent upturn in lateral hiring, some law firms are trying to shield their associates from the wiles of recruiters offering richer rewards. Some firms are limiting the contact information about associates provided on t…



  13. f/k/a (formerly ethicalEsq) on September 30, 2005 at 11:24 am

    too much disclosure? (erin go bra!)

    Do Dennis Kennedy, Carolyn Elefant, Kevin Heller, and Bruce MacEwen approve of the way MV has featured its famous paralegal, Erin Brockovich?



  14. f/k/a (formerly ethicalEsq) on September 30, 2005 at 11:24 am

    too much disclosure? (erin go bra!)

    Do Dennis Kennedy, Carolyn Elefant, Kevin Heller, and Bruce MacEwen approve of the way MV has featured its famous paralegal, Erin Brockovich?



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