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The American Lawyer • September 2007
79 Paycheck Report
A firm-by-firm accounting of associate
salaries from around the country.
84 Silverstein’s Army
In the biggest project in the firm’s history,
Wachtell, Lipton helped clear the road-
blocks to reconstruction at Ground Zero.
—By Ben Hallman
ASSOCIATE SALARIES,
P. 79
92 Blowup
How an effort to expose hedge fund
short-sellers for Biovail, a Canadian drug
company, turned into a litigation mess for
Howrey and Kasowitz, Benson.
—By Andrew Longstreth
101 Lifetime
Achievers
Our fourth annual awards honor
lawyers whose distinctive careers and
public service have set them apart.
• James Baker III
• Thomas Gottschalk
• Shirley Hufstedler
• Nathaniel Jones
• Ira Millstein
• E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.
• Jerold Solovy
• Thomas Sullivan
BIOVAIL’S MELTDOWN,
P. 92
A GREAT RUN,
P. 101
BUILDING BRIGADE,
P. 84
Cover Photo by Michael J.N. Bowles
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