The Anointed: New York's White Shoe Law Firms--How They Started, How They Grew, and How They Ran the Country

The Anointed: New York's White Shoe Law Firms--How They Started, How They Grew, and How They Ran the Country

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  • Author：Jeremiah Lambert
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Summary

This is the story of how and why such powerhouse Wall Street law firms as Cravath， Swaine & Moore， Davis Polk & Wardwell， and Sullivan & Cromwell， grew from nineteenth-century entrepreneurial origins into icons of institutional law practice; how， as white-shoe bastions with the social standards of an exclusive gentlemen's club， they promoted the values of an east coast elite; and how they adapted to a radically changed legal world， surviving snobbish insularity and ferocious competition to remain at the pinnacle of a transformed profession。 It is no accident these firms are found in New York， the largest city in the world's largest economy and also the nation's largest port， principal banking center， and epicenter of industry。 At the dawn of the twentieth century， linked by canals， railroads， telegraph and telephone lines， transatlantic steamships and undersea cables， New York became the economic nerve center of the United States。 It also wielded formidable political power and supplied every President or Vice President of the United States between the Civil War and the Great War。

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William Derasmo ，

This book is an interesting read especially for anyone who has worked for a large law firm。 The book focuses on the "Gilded Age" through World War II and admirably presents the good， the bad and the ugly。 So many of these individuals presented massive contradictions。 Over the next few weeks， I will be thinking about how much of the old order remains in large law firm life。 While my instincts tell me that today's firm life is very different -- and it is in many ways -- there are other facts to co This book is an interesting read especially for anyone who has worked for a large law firm。 The book focuses on the "Gilded Age" through World War II and admirably presents the good， the bad and the ugly。 So many of these individuals presented massive contradictions。 Over the next few weeks， I will be thinking about how much of the old order remains in large law firm life。 While my instincts tell me that today's firm life is very different -- and it is in many ways -- there are other facts to consider that may say otherwise， such as large law firm client rosters。 On a personal level， so many of these individuals worked extraordinarily hard at great cost to their personal lives and relationships and then 。。。 died。 Was it worth it？ 。。。more

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