Ropes & Gray LLP

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the quiet hours before dawn, a delivery driver pulled up outside Ropes & Gray LLP. As he stepped out of his truck, he noticed an odd message scrawled on the building’s door: ‘Coffee is Love.’ Curious, he opened the door—and found himself in a room filled with coffee beans instead of lawyers. The delivery driver scratched his head and reached for a bean, accidentally knocking over a small pile that started rolling towards him like a stampede. Panicking, he ducked just as they hit—a neighbor appeared from around the corner, yelling, 'Watch where you're tossin' those things!' Turns out it was just another day at Ropes & Gray—except now everyone thought the office was full of rolling coffee beans.

2. At closing time one Friday, an associate locked himself out of Ropes & Gray’s offices. Since then, some say he can still be seen, frantically searching for his keys in the shadows. Finally, a janitor spots him and asks, ‘What are you doing?’ The ghostly figure replies, ‘Looking for my keys.’ The janitor nods knowingly and says, ‘They’re right here in your hand!’ The associate looks down—his reflection in the glass door had been holding them all along.

3. At midnight, a neighbor passing by Ropes & Gray noticed an odd humming sound coming from inside. It grew louder with each passing minute, like something mechanical was struggling to start. Curious, they peered through the window and saw only dim lights and empty desks. Suddenly, a printer down the hall coughed out a single sheet of paper—‘Memo to Self: Turn Off Hummer at Midnight.’ The neighbor laughed and walked away, shaking their head, never realizing that it had been just another late-night work-from-home session gone wrong.

4. At lunchtime, a junior associate rushed into Ropes & Gray's kitchen, frantically searching for something in his bag. Suddenly, he froze, staring at a strange reflection on the stainless steel counter. The reflection was of an old colleague waving from behind a box of donuts. Turns out, it was just another prank from ‘the donut guy’ down the hall. Junior associate sighed and muttered, ‘Next time I’ll believe my own eyes.’