>the Tokyo office of a White Shoe NY law firm I didn't know this is idiom. My first intuition was white shoe law firm meant you wear white sneakers instead of

>the Tokyo office of a White Shoe NY law firm I didn't know this is idiom. My first intuition was white shoe law firm meant you wear white sneakers instead of black leather shoes. I.e. it was more of a shady, cheap law firm. Interesting that it means the opposite.