Not exact matches
«There's no way to assess any of this properly,» says Mark Mansour, a
partner who specializes federal FDA
matters with
law firm Mayer Brown.
The most important office
law business in America such as the
law business incidental to banking, insurance, trust - company operation, investment work, railroading, patents, admiralty, and large corporation
matters in general is in the hands of non-Jewish
firms many of which, even though they have numerous Jewish clients, have no Jewish
partners.
Lowell Ness is a
partner in the
firm's Corporate practice with considerable experience in securities
law and corporate governance
matters and also serves as the managing
partner of the Palo Alto office.
So much so that I grew up to become a divorce attorney; a founding
partner in a
firm focusing on all family
law related
matters.
As a former
partner of Doan
Law Firm, LLP, I have years of extensive bankruptcy and consumer protection law experience, which enables me to provide you with sound and practical advice as to both your debt and real estate matte
Law Firm, LLP, I have years of extensive bankruptcy and consumer protection
law experience, which enables me to provide you with sound and practical advice as to both your debt and real estate matte
law experience, which enables me to provide you with sound and practical advice as to both your debt and real estate
matters.
Olivia E. Garcia is a
partner at AVjustice
Law Firm in downtown Los Angeles where she focuses on employment and family law matte
Law Firm in downtown Los Angeles where she focuses on employment and family
law matte
law matters.
Kim Kimbell Charles D. (Kim) Kimbell is a founding
partner of the Santa Barbara
law firm of Allen & Kimbell, LLP, a medium - size
firm specializing in real estate
matters, estate planning, general business, and litigation relating to those fields.
A raft of
firms including Allen & Overy (A&O), Linklaters and DLA Piper are facing legal action from Dewey & LeBoeuf's estate over client
matters they allegedly took on when recruiting former
partners of the collapsed US
law firm.
For
law firm partners still confused about the moral of this story, ATL's David Lat provides a helpful mantra: «I will not discuss confidential
matters, using my cell phone and speaking in a loud voice, on the D.C. to New York Acela train.»
We've been working with a range of clients, including regulators,
law firm partners and corporate legal teams to help them understand: first, the predictive coding process as a whole from start to finish, and what that looks like for their particular
matter; and second, some basic elements such as precision and recall, so they don't get bogged down in the nuts and bolts of the data science.
Prior to joining Culhane Meadows, he was a
partner in the technology section of FisherBroyles, and before that he spent nine years as Counsel at the
law firm of Alston & Bird where his practice centered on high technology commercial transactions, including software licensing agreements, complex technology integration agreements, software development and distribution agreements, wireless telecommunications agreements and related corporate legal
matters.
No silver bullet (technology or otherwise) will save you in the long run if the only voices that
matter in your
law firm are attorney voices (or even more narrowly,
partner voices).
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Law firms are ultimately better suited to handle the salacious
matters of their
partners and associates than the
Law Society, who ought to be more concerned with policing conflicts of interest generally.
No
matter which way salaries swing, however, both legal departments and
law firms seeking to recruit top talent need to remain competitive and ensure that what they're offering both associates and
partners remains enticing.
In spite of technological advances like e-mail, remote computer access and low cost Web conferencing, it's back to the twentieth century for associates at large
firms — that is, if you accept Hunton & Williams
partner Dionne Carney Rainey's conclusion that face time still
matters for
law firm associates.
Lead counsel for lawyers and
law firms in professional liability,
partner withdrawals, and fiduciary duty
matters.
(10) «
Partnering» will be fostered between
firms and their «better clients» concerning creating a working relationship that results in a mutual value to both the
law firm and the client and risk - sharing in the outcomes; fees, costs and expenses; and investment in the
matter with the client, etc..
In an environment where
firms continually show no loyalty to associates — or
partners for that
matter — it's no wonder that organic growth and long - term tenure at
law firms is a relic of the past; making an already unstable business entity more fragile.
In the white paper the ACC recommends that
law departments
partner with their
law firms on a
matter that involves developing a process improvement for the
law firm that benefits the client and the
firm and is, at least partially, paid for by the client.
Spring Hill injury attorney Jason M. Melton is
partner of the full service Florida
law firm Whittel & Melton, LLC in the area of Personal Injury and Criminal Law, with a focused emphasis on all legal matters surrounding Driving Under the Influence or D
law firm Whittel & Melton, LLC in the area of Personal Injury and Criminal
Law, with a focused emphasis on all legal matters surrounding Driving Under the Influence or D
Law, with a focused emphasis on all legal
matters surrounding Driving Under the Influence or DUI.
Prior to joining Lewis Johs, Brian was a
partner in a prominent New York City
law firm where he was responsible for overseeing and handling
matters for major insurance companies and self - insurers in all phases of personal injury, property and casualty insurance defense litigation.
«There's no way our
partners will understand the
law firm economic model,» says the committee member who questioned
partners» ability to understand
matter profitability.
--------- Mark J. Astarita, Esq. is a
partner in the
law firm of Sallah Astarita & Cox, LLC, and represents investors and securities professionals in regulatory and litigation
matters.
Law firm leaders can perhaps convince their colleagues to care about profitability of clients,
matters, practice areas, etc. by pointing out that profits per
partner is merely the aggregation of all the profits on all the clients (or
matters, etc.), divided by the number of
partners.
And this morning, Peter Lattman of the Wall Street Journal
Law Blog had the scoop on a «hot off the presses» ruling by federal district court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who found that that prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a group of former KPMG
partners in pressuring the
firm not to advance them legal fees (I originally blogged about the
matter here in the context of how much we should expect corporations to stand up for customer or employee rights when government comes knocking on the corporate door).
For most of us, by the time that we get to our mid-30s, much of the desired general direction of our professional life has been set —
law firm lawyers are hoping for partnership in an area of
law in a
firm that they like, and in - house lawyers are settling into a preferred sector and deciding whether to aim to be a subject
matter expert lead or to aim for a general counsel role via the intermediate step of being a business
partner lawyer.
Managing
partner, Vidisha Joshi says: «We are delighted to welcome Jeetesh to the
firm — he has a wealth of experience advising on family
matters having specialised in family
law since qualifying in 2001.
Tashia M. Small, a
partner in the
firm's Jacksonville office, focuses her practice on liability
matters including insurance defense, automobile liability, professional liability, general liability, premises liability, trucking / transportation, employment
law, SIU / PIP and construction defects.
Before joining Hull & Chandler, Mr. Parrish was a
partner with a large, international
law firm where he represented parties in corporate finance transactions, corporate bankruptcy
matters, and commercial litigation.
Missing the day - to - day interaction with
law firms and lawyers, Mr. Rowe left the corporate world in 2003 to formPractice Management
Partners, Inc., a legal technology consulting company specializing in Time
Matters consulting and training.
Working with our associated leading Indonesian
law firm Christian Teo &
Partners (CTP), we can offer enhanced technical expertise on Indonesian legal
matters.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has sought assurances from
law firms linked to the leaked Panama Papers that they are looking into the
matter fully as it emerges that a former
partner at one of those
firms, Simmons & Simmons, is helping to lead the government investigation.
Founding Partner: Bambos Tsiattalou Other
partners: Maria Theodoulou, Amjid Jabbar, Brian Swan, Marianne Jean Baptiste, Muhammad Nazim Awan Other fee - earners: 7 The
firm: Stokoe Partnership Solicitors is a leading criminal litigation
law firm, specialising in representing corporations, public bodies and individuals in high - value, high - profile and complex criminal
matters.
The following statements were incorporated into the
Partners» Understanding of Compensation Arrangements: For the continuity and betterment of the firm: (1) Mid-level partners are encouraged to, on an ongoing basis, consult, work together with and train all junior partners and associates and involve the junior partners and associates on the work of the clients of the mid-level partners to the extent necessary to cause, assist and enable the junior partners and associates to be able to satisfy such clients, that junior partners and associates are competent and able to perform the work of such clients and to represent such clients on significant matters, and (2) Senior partners are encouraged, for the benefit of all members of the firm, to consult and work together with the mid-level partners and the junior partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
Partners» Understanding of Compensation Arrangements: For the continuity and betterment of the
firm: (1) Mid-level
partners are encouraged to, on an ongoing basis, consult, work together with and train all junior partners and associates and involve the junior partners and associates on the work of the clients of the mid-level partners to the extent necessary to cause, assist and enable the junior partners and associates to be able to satisfy such clients, that junior partners and associates are competent and able to perform the work of such clients and to represent such clients on significant matters, and (2) Senior partners are encouraged, for the benefit of all members of the firm, to consult and work together with the mid-level partners and the junior partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners are encouraged to, on an ongoing basis, consult, work together with and train all junior
partners and associates and involve the junior partners and associates on the work of the clients of the mid-level partners to the extent necessary to cause, assist and enable the junior partners and associates to be able to satisfy such clients, that junior partners and associates are competent and able to perform the work of such clients and to represent such clients on significant matters, and (2) Senior partners are encouraged, for the benefit of all members of the firm, to consult and work together with the mid-level partners and the junior partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners and associates and involve the junior
partners and associates on the work of the clients of the mid-level partners to the extent necessary to cause, assist and enable the junior partners and associates to be able to satisfy such clients, that junior partners and associates are competent and able to perform the work of such clients and to represent such clients on significant matters, and (2) Senior partners are encouraged, for the benefit of all members of the firm, to consult and work together with the mid-level partners and the junior partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners and associates on the work of the clients of the mid-level
partners to the extent necessary to cause, assist and enable the junior partners and associates to be able to satisfy such clients, that junior partners and associates are competent and able to perform the work of such clients and to represent such clients on significant matters, and (2) Senior partners are encouraged, for the benefit of all members of the firm, to consult and work together with the mid-level partners and the junior partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners to the extent necessary to cause, assist and enable the junior
partners and associates to be able to satisfy such clients, that junior partners and associates are competent and able to perform the work of such clients and to represent such clients on significant matters, and (2) Senior partners are encouraged, for the benefit of all members of the firm, to consult and work together with the mid-level partners and the junior partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners and associates to be able to satisfy such clients, that junior
partners and associates are competent and able to perform the work of such clients and to represent such clients on significant matters, and (2) Senior partners are encouraged, for the benefit of all members of the firm, to consult and work together with the mid-level partners and the junior partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners and associates are competent and able to perform the work of such clients and to represent such clients on significant
matters, and (2) Senior
partners are encouraged, for the benefit of all members of the firm, to consult and work together with the mid-level partners and the junior partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners are encouraged, for the benefit of all members of the
firm, to consult and work together with the mid-level
partners and the junior partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners and the junior
partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners to agree upon and take steps reasonably deemed necessary by all such parties to retain clients of the senior
partners as clients of the firm upon the cessation of the practice of law by the senior p
partners as clients of the
firm upon the cessation of the practice of
law by the senior
partnerspartners.
The EPO has said that the average cost reduction would be around 70 % via the unitary patent scheme, but in an interview with The Guardian, Andrew Bowler, a
partner at London based
law firm Bristows and an expert on IP
matters, states that this would only apply to larger multinationals, whilst smaller businesses would only benefit in terms of the business they are looking to protect throughout Europe.
«Since the way
law firms make money is based on leverage, which is the difference between the number of
partner hours and the number of associate hours on a
matter, if you're going to raise associate rates so fast that there's not that much of a gap between associates and
partners, I'd rather have a hundred percent of the
partner's time, and none of the associate's time.»
The most convenient way of setting out the background to this
matter is to recite most of the terms of paragraph 9 of the first Witness Statement of Cyrus Benson, a
partner in the
law firm of Gibson Dunn and Crutcher which acted for the Claimants in these enforcement proceedings (but did not act in the arbitration)(«Benson 1»).
It provides provides up to the minute analysis of legal transactions by
matter type,
partner practice areas, client industry, supporting practice areas, the office location of the
law firm and the value of the activity where available.
A
partner in the
firm's Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group, Bork focuses his practice on takeovers, control contests and activist shareholder
matters; public company board and special committee
matters; securities
law; and public company reporting.
This chart shows the average rate for a
law firm partner in the U.S., excluding work on insurance
matters.
«Outstanding
law firm and valued business
partner» Dentons has a «a depth in energy
matters that you can rely on».
In addition to receiving referral work, Carolyn Soakell's
law firms team advises other legal practices on an array of
matters, including structuring
partner benefits, partnership exits and age discrimination cases.
As the founding
partner of CDF's Sacramento office — Spring has more than 25 years of legal experience in labor and employment
matters and helped solidify the
firm's reputation of being a preeminent labor and employment boutique
law firm in the Sacramento community.
Part 1 of the CEE Legal
Matters 2014 report on women in
law firm partnership across CEE appeared in the April 2014 issue of CEE Legal
Matters, and provided the number and percentages of female
partners at leading
law firms across CEE.
Steve Freeman, is a managing
partner in the
law firm of Freeman & Freeman, LLP, has an impressive record representing his clients in all types of personal injury
matters.
Among the top UAE
law firms for finance - related
matters», Hadef &
Partners «scores highly in terms of quality, promptness of response and market knowledge».
We use this information to help us make smarter decisions about how we assign
matters to outside counsel and we also share it with our
law firm partners in order to help them find ways of doing things more efficiently.»
Tracy Tormey was trained and became an equity
partner at Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, an AmLaw 200
law firm specializing in M&A and other corporate and securities
matters.
CHARLES CHULACK is a
partner with the
law firm of Horty, Springer & Mattern, P.C. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where his work is devoted exclusively to advising hospitals and physician leaders on a wide range of topics, including medical staff issues, medical staff bylaws and associated documents, compliance with federal and state
law and regulations and accreditation standards, and employment
matters.
As a
partner at San Francisco
law firm Hersh & Hersh since 2004, he manages, prepares, and handles a diverse group of personal injury
matters, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, motor vehicle collisions, and medical malpractice.