and I have to assume that neither your gf nor her vajaja agree.
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October 29, 2026 9:57 am
I thought the Raiders’ owner squeezed the most personal benefit from the tax payers in the history of Nevada but the Badlands’ developer is going to break his record. While politicians and bureaucrats are responsible for both the developer was just defending his rights vs. a billionaire asking for a gift. The $750 million for the stadium and $650 million for bad decisions on badlands could have built enough solar electric capacity that every citizen of NV could have had free electricity forever.
Then when the City lost, they threw Clark County under the bus by agreeing that the settlement did not cover the taxes, that Clark County collected and paid back to the City, so the County doesn’t even have all of it, so why should they have to pay it all back?
She merely said the quiet part out loud. Judges with those beliefs are among us; most of them are just better than this one at keeping those beliefs hidden.
One of the national papers made a point that the Judge was appointed by Trump but little about the nature of the controversy, causing some knee-jerk reactions. To be clear for those to busy to read the link above: the judge is black and native American female. The attorney is a Latino male but according to the judge has “white privilege ” and white savior syndrome. Not the dynamic the headline suggests. The attorney admits he is light skinned but now white. The entire interaction raises many questions but one in particular, which is: if we lump Latinos in with caucasions, as most demographic questions do, are the judge’s comments actually racist or just ill advised and showing a clear bias?
From my experience people that say stuff like this have a hard time being quiet
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October 29, 2026 11:31 am
The Weil story is crazy. One day they’re cruising along. $2 billion in revenue. No debt. Then a top rainmaker decides to leave. Then a week or so later a couple more do the same. Then right after that, even more. Then all of a sudden the firm can’t even field a management committee because everyone they ask to step up says they also have a foot out the door. Just like that a strong business with good financials disappears almost overnight.
The economics of law firms is fairly unique compared to other industries. With the exception of advertising-driven high volume practices (mostly PI), the personal relationships and reputations of a few key partners have an outsized impact on overall firm revenue. Those partners do only a fraction of the work on each case but without them the work dries up and there isn’t enough revenue to keep things running. AI is likely to magnify this impact by reducing overhead costs and multiplying the efficiency of top performers.
Practice tip for younger attorneys: get out of the office and start making connections with other people whenever you can. It can be uncomfortable if you’re introverted but it is more important to your financial and career success than actual lawyering.
If you have been here over 20 years, think about the firms which have capsized locally under similar circumstances. With few exceptions do law firms model Bank of New York and last for centuries. Morgan & Morgan seems to be a juggernaut but it has a shelf life of probably another 20 years when that cow will be dry and the mosquitoes will scatter.
I don’t know enough about the finances for Jones Vargas and LSC. I wouldn’t be shocked to hear that the firms were on very firm financial footing and that the newer Lewis and Roca-type firms were able to offer a little more and lure away all their rainmakers. Jones Vargas actually interviewed me in less than a year before it collapsed LSC offered me an interview a little more than a year after it collapsed. As a Nevadan, I was very intrigued by both but figured I’d stay put. I’m happy I did because scrambling for a job would be a nightmare.
My post has a bunch of typos. JV interviewed me about a year before collapse and LSC emailed to offer an interview a little more than a year before it collapsed.
It will be interesting to hear how private equity, which is so eager to find a way to own law firms, reacts to Weil and the fact that too big to fail isn’t a thing for law firms.
An justification made by BigLaw firms that settled with Trump (rather than fight) was the concern about poaching of people and clients. I didn’t really buy that at the time, but Weil’s rapid demise does suggest there was risk of partner flight and, once it starts, things can rapidly and uncontrollably deteriorate. Settlement might still not have been correct to do for a lot of reasons, but existential peril is more real to me today than it was back then.
all’s Weil that ends Weil, I guess.
That’s what I tell my gf’s vajaja
and I have to assume that neither your gf nor her vajaja agree.
I thought the Raiders’ owner squeezed the most personal benefit from the tax payers in the history of Nevada but the Badlands’ developer is going to break his record. While politicians and bureaucrats are responsible for both the developer was just defending his rights vs. a billionaire asking for a gift. The $750 million for the stadium and $650 million for bad decisions on badlands could have built enough solar electric capacity that every citizen of NV could have had free electricity forever.
Badlands developer also built the Supreme Court in Vegas and was their landlord until he sold it to the State
The Supreme Court just stole the money from the public in making that horrible decision.
Then when the City lost, they threw Clark County under the bus by agreeing that the settlement did not cover the taxes, that Clark County collected and paid back to the City, so the County doesn’t even have all of it, so why should they have to pay it all back?
City > County
The City is much better at losing lawsuits
And you thought some of our local judges were bad. This is nuts. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/texas-judges-racial-comments-to-lawyer-sparked-investigation
She merely said the quiet part out loud. Judges with those beliefs are among us; most of them are just better than this one at keeping those beliefs hidden.
One of the national papers made a point that the Judge was appointed by Trump but little about the nature of the controversy, causing some knee-jerk reactions. To be clear for those to busy to read the link above: the judge is black and native American female. The attorney is a Latino male but according to the judge has “white privilege ” and white savior syndrome. Not the dynamic the headline suggests. The attorney admits he is light skinned but now white. The entire interaction raises many questions but one in particular, which is: if we lump Latinos in with caucasions, as most demographic questions do, are the judge’s comments actually racist or just ill advised and showing a clear bias?
From my experience people that say stuff like this have a hard time being quiet
The Weil story is crazy. One day they’re cruising along. $2 billion in revenue. No debt. Then a top rainmaker decides to leave. Then a week or so later a couple more do the same. Then right after that, even more. Then all of a sudden the firm can’t even field a management committee because everyone they ask to step up says they also have a foot out the door. Just like that a strong business with good financials disappears almost overnight.
The economics of law firms is fairly unique compared to other industries. With the exception of advertising-driven high volume practices (mostly PI), the personal relationships and reputations of a few key partners have an outsized impact on overall firm revenue. Those partners do only a fraction of the work on each case but without them the work dries up and there isn’t enough revenue to keep things running. AI is likely to magnify this impact by reducing overhead costs and multiplying the efficiency of top performers.
Practice tip for younger attorneys: get out of the office and start making connections with other people whenever you can. It can be uncomfortable if you’re introverted but it is more important to your financial and career success than actual lawyering.
If you have been here over 20 years, think about the firms which have capsized locally under similar circumstances. With few exceptions do law firms model Bank of New York and last for centuries. Morgan & Morgan seems to be a juggernaut but it has a shelf life of probably another 20 years when that cow will be dry and the mosquitoes will scatter.
I don’t know enough about the finances for Jones Vargas and LSC. I wouldn’t be shocked to hear that the firms were on very firm financial footing and that the newer Lewis and Roca-type firms were able to offer a little more and lure away all their rainmakers. Jones Vargas actually interviewed me in less than a year before it collapsed LSC offered me an interview a little more than a year after it collapsed. As a Nevadan, I was very intrigued by both but figured I’d stay put. I’m happy I did because scrambling for a job would be a nightmare.
My post has a bunch of typos. JV interviewed me about a year before collapse and LSC emailed to offer an interview a little more than a year before it collapsed.
Firms are just the people working for it. There is no machinery in the factory. Any firm could up and vanish like a fart in the wind at any moment.
It will be interesting to hear how private equity, which is so eager to find a way to own law firms, reacts to Weil and the fact that too big to fail isn’t a thing for law firms.
An justification made by BigLaw firms that settled with Trump (rather than fight) was the concern about poaching of people and clients. I didn’t really buy that at the time, but Weil’s rapid demise does suggest there was risk of partner flight and, once it starts, things can rapidly and uncontrollably deteriorate. Settlement might still not have been correct to do for a lot of reasons, but existential peril is more real to me today than it was back then.
Tarmu.
Demonte.