Being a law firm managing partner, an old joke goes, “is like being in a cemetery. There are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening.” In her latest column, Jenna Greene looks at the role of Big Law managing partners. With five major firms — White & Case; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Holland & Knight; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and Baker Botts – in June all announcing they’d elected new heads, Greene wonders if the incoming leaders know what they’ve gotten themselves into.
