Overview
Introduction
Hughes Hubbard fosters a collegial environment where associates feel welcomed and respected. A recently revamped mentoring program and substantial responsibility on pro bono and billable matters provide great opportunities for quality legal training. Founded more than 130 years ago, Hughes Hubbard has a strong New York presence and a wide geographic reach from coast to coast and also internationally. The firm is home to 40 wide-ranging practice areas across the firm’s four core services: 1. corporate, tax, and private client; 2. financ...
Firm Stats
Total No. Attorneys (2023)
No. of Partners Named (2023)
Featured Rankings
No. of 1st Year Associates Hired (2023)
No. of Summer Associates (2023)
Base Salary
Vault Verdict
Hughes Hubbard Reed has a smaller firm culture where everyone actually knows each other and enjoys each other’s company, with regular firm-sponsored events that nearly everyone attends. Associates are treated well and with respect by partners, but the firm is rather opaque about several policies and decisions at the management level. The firm has an above-market billable hour requirement that associates report is difficult to meet in order to qualify for a bonus. The firm pays market salaries and bonuses, but the bonus structure is complicated and associates find the bonuses difficult to earn. Work is mostly substantive and appropriate for associate experience levels, and the firm’s technology is good and supports seamless remote work (although the firm wants associates in-office ...
About the Firm
From its core litigation practice, Hughes Hubbard has spun off a number of niches and industry-specific practices. Now boasting a respected Capitol Hill presence and international offices, among other additions, the firm has diversified its practice scope and stretched its geographic reach since its founding more than 130 years ago.
Rising from the Ashes
Hughes Hubbard owes its existence to a disaster of grand scale: The Great Fire of Chicago in 1871. Firm founder Walter Carter made megabucks in insurance company litigation related to the fire, generating so much business that he relocated his practice to New York City, where he eventually took on a partner in future New York governor, Supreme Court Chief Justice, and Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes. Hughes’ son was also a part...
Associate Reviews
- “Lawyers at HHR are very nice in general. The firm has Pizza Thursdays for all attorneys and staff and organizes social events every few months (e.g., corporate cocktails).”
- “We are a smaller firm, so we all know one another and actually do like each other.”
- “Everyone is very respectful to one another. Some attorneys socialize outside work after hours, and all attorneys attend firm-sponsored events. A very friendly, collegial environment.”
- “The firm is fairly social, with lawyers socializing together at firm-sponsored events. The day-to-day atmosphere is very collegial—attorneys, from associates to partners, are generally happy to answer questions and engage in conversation.”
Diversity at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Getting Hired Here
- “Lateral integration could be improved in the areas of training concerning firm policies and procedures, but the mentorship program was quickly implemented and all were welcoming to me as a lateral.”
- “I began working during COVID, and the transition was extremely organized in terms of integration of technology and being introduced to the correct members of the team that I would be working with.”
- “I just got assigned work. I'm not sure what other way I could have been integrated.”
- “I was very proactive in seeking out work and building relationships and I feel that I have succeeded, but the firm does not do well at integrating laterals.”
Perks & Benefits