http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/paul-weiss-catches-lamb/ A self-deprecating look at life in and after BigLaw Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/paul-weiss-catches-lamb/#comment-1033 lawshucks Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:36:31 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2658#comment-1033 That's what we get for relying on wikipedia. Thanks for the info. That’s what we get for relying on wikipedia. Thanks for the info.

]]> http://lawshucks.com/2009/07/paul-weiss-catches-lamb/#comment-1027 A. History Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:22:55 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=2658#comment-1027 There is some family debate about Paul, Weiss's birthdate, but 1945 is not among the years in contention. In 1975, the partners held a 100th anniversary party on the claim that the firm traced its roots to one founded by Louis Weiss's father in 1875, some of whose clients (or descendants) the firm still represents today. In 1996, the partners held a 50th anniversary party -- surely the only firm to hold a 50th years after holding a 100th -- on the pretense that the modern firm began when Randolph Paul and Lloyd Garrison joined 1946. Yet its letterhead today and for many years suggests that 1927 is proper date, which is the year that Louis Weiss and John Wharton merged their two-person firm with Cohen, Cole & Weiss, the firm that Louis's father had founded. In 1945, the firm's name was Cohen, Cole, Weiss & Wharton. There is some family debate about Paul, Weiss's birthdate, but 1945 is not among the years in contention. In 1975, the partners held a 100th anniversary party on the claim that the firm traced its roots to one founded by Louis Weiss's father in 1875, some of whose clients (or descendants) the firm still represents today. In 1996, the partners held a 50th anniversary party — surely the only firm to hold a 50th years after holding a 100th — on the pretense that the modern firm began when Randolph Paul and Lloyd Garrison joined 1946. Yet its letterhead today and for many years suggests that 1927 is proper date, which is the year that Louis Weiss and John Wharton merged their two-person firm with Cohen, Cole & Weiss, the firm that Louis's father had founded. In 1945, the firm's name was Cohen, Cole, Weiss & Wharton.

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