Firm Summary
Sidley Austin LLP
One of the top full-service firms in the world, Sidley Austin has seen massive global expansion since it was founded in Chicago in 1866. Today, the firm has over 2,000 attorneys in 20 commercial, financial, and regulatory hubs across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In the past century and a half, Sidley has become highly regarded player in most areas of legal practice, handling the most complex of litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters. With practice groups that serve all industries and sectors around the globe, the firm has focused in recent years on building up its corporate practices, particularly in the private equity arena, through strategic lateral hires in the private equity groups of some of its largest offices.
Firm Stats
- Firm Name
- Sidley Austin LLP
- U.S. Lawyer Headcount
- 1452
- Headcount Change Since 2016
Overall
-146
Partner
-15
- Salary Scale
- Market
- Bonus Category
- Full Match
- Hours Required
- 1,800 - 2,000
- Top Feeder Schools
- Harvard Law School, University of Chicago Law School, Northwestern University School of Law
- Average Lawyer Tenure at Firm (Years)
- 6.5
- Revenue Per Lawyer Change Over Five Years
- 22%
- Women Partners (as Percentage of U.S. Lawyer Headcount)
- 9%
- Women Partners (As a Percentage of U.S. Partnership)
- 27%
- Promotion Rate
- 3%
Firm Policies
Work/Life Balance
- 18 weeks primary caregiver leave
- Flex and/or reduced hours
- Tech stipend
- Subsidized backup care/emergency dependent care
Benefits and Perks
- Bar review course (PMBR)
- Bar exam fees
- $10 K bar stipend
- Up to $10K salary advance
- Moving reimbursement: $3.5K (Chicago), $5K (NY), $2.5K (DC); moving of car; house hunting services; prefered treatment from specific lenders; representation in house closing; one round-trip airfare for attorney and spouse for house hunting
- $10K stub bonus
Above the Law Coverage
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Biglaw Partner’s Death Due To Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
He’d recently secured a lead role in Mattress Firm’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Biglaw Widow Blames Firm For Husband’s Suicide
The widow is keenly aware of the role the stress of Biglaw — plus a work culture that makes it difficult to seek help — played in her husband’s suicide.
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Which Biglaw Firm Is Best For Pro Bono? (2017)
The pro bono all stars!
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Which Biglaw Firms Joined The Billion-Dollar Revenue Club In 2017?
Did your firm make the cut?
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Why Was Sidley Working With A Con Artist?
Sidley’s client is in jail, and they’re being sued for what he did.
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Sidley Settles Federal Probe Over Diversity Of Its Summer Associate Program
The Trump administration said they were going to look closely at Biglaw diversity.
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Sidley Announces Bonuses That Some Associates Describe As ‘Cheap’ And ‘Embarrassing’
Ouch. Please note the numerous updates.
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