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June 21, 1999 Issue
"The days of the firm as a family are over. As is the case with sports teams and Fortune 500 companies, lawyers are now free agents."
--Davis, Polk managing partner Francis Morrison, from "Brief Grief"GROUND RULES: Not everything in every issue appears on our website. If it is available online, the article title appears below as acolored, underlined "hot link," which you can click on to read the full text; ifthe article title below is black, the full text of the article is notavailable online. For more information on getting copies or reprints of articlesthat aren't on our web site, call New York Magazine's Information ServicesDepartment at 212-508-0755.
| FEATURES Brief Grief BY T.Z. PARSA The era of gentility and till-death-do-us-part loyalty at white-shoe law firms is over. Partner divorces, associate-poaching, and client-custody battles are now rampant, as more and more talented associates opt out for investment banking or more civilized in-house-counsel positions. Firms may be pulling in record-breaking revenues, but soaring dissatisfaction in the ranks is making it increasingly difficult to recruit the best and brightest and hold on to rainmakers. Can the bigger-than-ever law firm survive its own success? Gemini Rising At 50, Albert Innaurato thought he was finished as a playwright, a washed-up former wunderkind. But then Second Stage Theatre offered to revive Gemini, his hit Broadway farce from the seventies, and the Muse began to speak again. Giving All David and Penny McCall were a classic A-list power couple: They had an East Side penthouse, a serious art collection, and an estate in the Hamptons dubbed the Taj McCall. But they also shared a deep commitment to rolling up their sleeves and helping people in need, from Harlem to Kosovo; that commitment cost them their lives. Ordering In No need to leave your uninspired (or shabby not-so-chic) chair in order to replace it with something surpassingly stylish. Many of the city's marquee interior designers and best design boutiques are now hawking home furnishings in catalogues, both print and online. A guide to the new room service. | GOTHAM A studio loses its sound; girls who talk too much about sex GOTHAM STYLE Expectant maids, stellar nuptials DEPARTMENTS Reform Jews turn back the clock Media What does James Truman do? The Insatiable Critic Cibi-Cibi needs to turn down the volume, but Bolívar sings MARKETPLACE Cashmere tanks; a sleek sink Smart City Cinemas that won't be showing The Phantom Menace Sales & Bargains Cool off, without the mark-up
| THE ARTS Movies BY PETER RAINER Austin Powers does more flogging than snogging in a funny sequel Theater If Love Were All fails to transmit Coward’s wit Art The chill of Tracy Moffatt and Cindy Sherman's sexy new work Dance The SAB toasts the future Television Depardieu was born to swash the Count of Monte Christo's buckle Pop Music Forget Euro electronica -- local house music is setting the pace CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |