Winston & Strawn LLP

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One foggy morning, as a delivery driver approached Winston & Strawn LLP, he swore he heard faint laughter coming from inside the empty building. Curious, he peered through the window and saw nothing but dusty desks and old files. Yet every few minutes, the sound of someone whispering ‘Not guilty!’ echoed eerily in the hallway. Finally, after hours of waiting, the delivery driver decided to enter. As he opened the door, everyone around him burst into laughter—turns out, it was just his colleague, a neighbor, playing a prank with an old cassette recorder left behind by a client.

2. In the quiet hallway of Winston & Strawn LLP, a junior associate whispered one night, ‘I thought I saw someone in that empty office.’ The next day, no one else noticed anything amiss. Later that week, an old janitor nodded knowingly. "Oh, that's just Mr. Grimley," he said with a twinkle in his eye. "He likes to sit there and plan our lawsuits, keeps us on our toes." Everyone laughed, realizing it was just another quirky Winston & Strawn tradition.

3. At night, when Winston & Strawn LLP’s lights glowed late into the evening, a mysterious voice would occasionally announce over the intercom: ‘Remember to take your briefcases home tonight.’ One night, a delivery driver heard the message and decided to stay for the fun. As he waited in the empty lobby, the elevator doors opened, revealing only an old briefcase with a single file inside—marked ‘Top Secret’. Curious, he took it, but upon opening his truck door next morning, he found himself surrounded by hundreds of identical briefcases, each labeled differently. The partners never noticed anything was amiss.

4. Late one Friday afternoon, an intern frantically scurried through Winston & Strawn LLP's corridors, clutching a stack of documents so high it obscured her face. Finally, she stumbled into the elevator, knocking over a vase and sending water splashing everywhere. The doors closed with a startled ‘beep,’ leaving her documents floating in midair—only to be caught by none other than a friendly security guard who chuckled, ‘Another busy day, I see?’