Partner Opportunities

We empower partners to take home more revenue in a dynamic, collaborative environment of like-minded, ambitious professionals with top tier associate support and white glove professional support.

We want partners to come to a place where they feel connected, feel supported and can grow their business.

High-profile

clients

45 %

YoY growth

70

high caliber lawyers
and legal assistants

Complex

deals and litigation

1.3 X

more take home revenue

Strong

associates

Best in class lawyers

Meet some of our partners and discover why they joined Sterlington

Simple and Transparent
Commercial Culture
We are commercial in how we advise clients, how we structure fees, and how the firm is managed

  • Take home more of your revenue
  • Transparent financial formula
  • No capital contribution
  • No debt
  • Creative fee structures
  • Flexible billing rates
  • Close collaboration

Strong Support
High performing partners at other firms often feel they are not paid enough for what they commit to the firm, don't get the associate support they need, and don't get the business development support they deserve. Sterlington solves these issues.

  • Top Tier Associates
  • Business Development Support – Practice and Individual Level
  • White Glove Professional Service Team
  • Modern Tech Stack

Leading
Lawyers

Sterlington’s high-caliber lawyers come from…

Top law firms...

Wachtell Lipton · ​Cravath · Sullivan & Cromwell · Simpson Thacher ​· Quinn Emanuel · Skadden ·
  • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz ​
  • Cravath, Swaine & Moore ​
  • Sullivan & Cromwell ​
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett ​
  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan ​
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom ​
  • Milbank ​
  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton ​
  • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher ​
  • Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft​
  • Schulte Roth & Zabel ​
  • Slaughter and May​

… and law schools.

Yale · ​Harvard​ · ​NYU​ ·​ U. Chicago​ · ​U. Penn​ · ​Duke​ · ​Georgetown​ · ​UCLA · ​Northwestern​ · ​McGill · ​Boston University · ​Cornell · ​Columbia · ​George Washington University · ​​
  • Yale​
  • Harvard​
  • NYU​
  • U. Chicago​
  • U. Penn​
  • Duke​
  • Georgetown​
  • UCLA​
  • Northwestern​
  • McGill​
  • Boston University ​
  • Cornell ​
  • Columbia ​
  • George Washington University ​
"Sterlington is truly a powerhouse boutique with lawyers coming from the world’s top schools and law firms.”
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Todd McClelland

Partner

"I was driven by the belief that legal excellence and top tier client service thrives in an environment where flexibility, autonomy and innovation are fundamental building blocks of a firm's culture, as they are at Sterlington."
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Ken Lee

Partner

"We want partners to come to a place where they feel connected, feel supported and can grow their business."
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Jo Brophy

Head of Firm Management

“I found Sterlington to be a great combination of working with people who are incredibly smart and have an incredible vision for the future but are also extremely human.”
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Mari Bonthuis

Partner

“Sterlington was intriguing; it just seemed like a unicorn – a law firm, with fee structure flexibility, working with high-level clients. And when I spoke to people here, they were fantastic.”
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Erika Burk

Partner

“There is little or no politics in Sterlington. As much as Big Law firms try to avoid politics – it’s inevitable for them.”
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Robert Kantowitz

Partner