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Five make director in Dickie Dees reshuffle

During the 1990s Dickinson Dees had plenty of talented young lawyers. However around 2000 people like Jamie Pass made the decision to rush into far too many lateral hires. The result is that Dickinson Dees has been left with too many underperforming partners. The effect of this is that partners do the work that partners in better firms like Addleshaws, DLA and Eversheds don't do. Apart from greater write offs on work, it also means that if you're an associate you end up doing work up to 3 years below your calling. Assistants do a range of work but much of it is what a paralegal or administrative staff do in big firms. As someone with a family connection to Dickinson Dees it is desperately sad. The director level is an obvious sham - if you become director at Dickinson Dees it is a declaration of two things: (1) You knew you wouldn't make partner in the Geordie Gentlemen's Club because you weren't good enough at your job and (2) all the partners at Dickinson Dees know you are not good enough at your job to be a partner at Dickinson Dees.

23-May-2010

4:10 pm