New Advice Column: Ask A Partner To 'Review And Revert,' For A Change

All your Biglaw questions, answered by a Biglaw partner.

PrintDearest readers, Above the Law is excited to introduce a new “advice” column, entitled “Review and Revert.” Here’s your chance to ask a partner to “review and revert,” for a change, instead of the other way around.

D.W. Randolph, an Am Law 100 law firm partner and practice leader, and author of the acclaimed “tell-all” book and resource guide to all things Biglaw, entitled Big Law Confidential (affiliate link), will be answering your questions about any and all things Biglaw.

Wondering what it really takes to make partner? Want advice on how to handle a tricky situation with a colleague? Make a mistake and aren’t sure what to do next? Send your questions in to tips@abovethelaw.com (subject line: Review and Revert) and get answers!


D.W. Randolph is a pseudonym for an attorney who is or was a partner, “rainmaker,” and practice leader at an Am Law 100 firm, who has practiced law at multiple Am Law / Vault top law firms in New York City and another large U.S. city, over the span of many years, and the author of the acclaimed “tell-all” book and resource guide to all things Biglaw, entitled Big Law Confidential (affiliate link). D.W. has served in firmwide and office-level leadership positions within their Biglaw firms and led or been involved in nearly all aspects of Biglaw firm operations, from summer associate and attorney hiring, compensation, performance evaluation and promotion, to firm governance and initiatives focused on diversity and inclusion, and more.  D.W. graduated with honors from a law school that has historically been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 10 law schools in the U.S. and has taught at a law school that has historically been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 14 law schools in the U.S.

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