Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP

Law Firms

VAULT RANKINGS 2013

#19 Mid-Atlantic

GENERAL INFO

Headquarters: Wilmington, DE
2 offices
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NEWS AND UPDATES

Vault's Scoop

Uppers

High level of responsibility
"Job flexibility"
Business promotion account
Subsidized parking
Chair massages

Downers

Long hours
"As firm has grown, it has lost cohesiveness."

ABOUT THIS COMPANY:

Leader in 6 practice areas

Founded in 1959, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP has grown into one of the largest law firms in Delaware. The firm's main office is in Wilmington, with a second small office in Georgetown. The firm has expanded into new practice areas while maintaining an emphasis on civil litigation. Young Conaway's corporate counseling and litigation section has experience involving contests for corporate control, valuation disputes and other corporate disputes. Among the landmark Delaware Supreme Court decisions in which the firm's attorneys have played an active role are the Revlon, Time/Warner, QVC and Omnicare cases.

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SALARIES

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SURVEY SAYS

Firm culture

Although the culture at Young Conaway is "mostly laid-back" and "friendly," the firm can be "much more formal" at times and "the culture differs per department." For example, insiders say that "the bankruptcy department is a friendly department with many young attorneys," but "the corporate department is more formal." One associate laments that "outside socialization may not be too high," but acknowledges that the problem "may be more attributable to the Wilmington nightlife, not the firm environment."

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Getting Hired

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Personality important

"We are looking for applicants with great academics from good law schools," reports one junior associate. "Almost all of the folks we interview are at or near the top of their class and are also either on a journal or in moot court," he adds. Though "grades and writing sample are the most important," "Delaware contacts are a plus," according to one new associate, who tells us that being in the top 10 percent is, in fact, "not a requirement at all." Regardless, "personality is more important" at Young Conaway "than it is with a lot of the firms" and "people who are at ease and outgoing during the interviews tend to do better."
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