Biglaw Firm Tells Associates They Have to Take Vacation Time to Attend Firm Event
Above the Law reports it was tipped off by insiders at Biglaw firm Quinn Emanuel about a policy at the firm that has left some associates hoodwinked over losing some of their vacation time.
“According to our tipsters, in previous years the firm has allowed associates that attend the [firm’s annual hike] to bill the time to a non-billable client number,” explains Above the Law senior editor Kathryn Rubino. “When associates attempted to repeat the practice this year however, they were told that time should, instead, be charged to their vacation time.”
She adds that the firm defended the policy because it subsidizes the travel costs associated with the trip, which took place in Interlaken, Switzerland this year.
Read the Above the Law article.
