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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;This just in: associates love to dish on their peer firms.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;As part of our ongoing Law Firm Associate Survey, we ask associates to share their opinions and observations (a/k/a &amp;#8220;Buzz&amp;#8221;) about firms other than their own.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;o&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot;?&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;It&amp;#8217;s obviously more way more fun to trash a competitor than to praise one.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;So when it comes to the Buzz quotes we publish as part of a firm&amp;#8217;s profile, we are careful to select quotes which are &amp;#8220;fair&amp;#8221; in the sense of being representative of a major current of respondent opinion.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;And &amp;#8220;balanced&amp;#8221; in that we typically publish four Buzz comments for each firm&amp;#8212;two positive and two negative (or, at least, not positive).&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Below, in no particular order,&amp;nbsp;is a sampling* of the current Buzz on Vault&amp;#8217;s top 5 firms for prestige (at least as the voting now stands): &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;Snooty, wears pocket kerchiefs.&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220;Uptight buggers.&amp;#8221;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220;Passive Aggressive City, my interviewer asked me to give them an overview of copyright law, and then describe the holdings of various cases I mentioned. Insane!&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220;Frat house, where associates pick up female summers!&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220;Evil geniuses. Mouthpieces for management who can feed at troughs filled with shareholder money.&amp;#8221;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -posted by brian&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;&quot;&gt;*Presented for amusement purposes only and without regard for either fairness or balance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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