Sentences with phrase «only top law firms»

This site is for ONLY top law firms and in order to evaluate them properly we deal only DIRECTLY with the Lawyer who owns the firm.

Not exact matches

In the U.S., we generally believe that publicly - held firms are to be managed for «shareholder value» (technically, the Securities Exchange Commission's Code of Ethics for CEOs only requires the firm to provide full, fair, accurate and timely financial reporting, and to flag any known conflicts of interest or violations of securities law, but state laws often impose stricter fiduciary duties on the firm's top managers).

Gillibrand was a hardworking lawyer (partner in David Boies» law firm); elected TWICE in a heavily Republican district; serves on the Armed Services Committee; ranks among the top ten fundraisers in the House; was hired by President Clinton to work at HUD; fought for the rights of abused women; is a genuine working Mom who gave birth to her second child just last March, making her only the sixth woman in the House to do so while serving in office; she has voted in every single election (unlike Kennedy who has missed even GENERAL elections); magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth... Need I say more?

The proportion of women drops significantly from 45 % of associate positions at law firms being held by female associates, to women only comprising approximately 20 % of partners, 18 % of equity partners, and a mere 4 % of managing partners at the top 200 largest law firms in the United States.

Our specialists are not only local experts, they also have in - depth knowledge of internet marketing in general and how to effectively utilize FindLaw's top integrated lawyer marketing solutions to help area law firms grow and prosper.

Indiana, which contains 2 % of the US population, already has four ABA - accredited law schools, including two «top 30» institutions, both of which feature legal unemployment rates for their grads of around 40 %, and which are currently placing only 20 % to 25 % of their graduates in firms of more than ten attorneys.

Celebrating its best rankings in this year's prestigious «Legal 500» listing of the major law firms in England and Wales, Harrison Clark Rickerbys has not only received more top - level accolades than ever before but also firmly established its position at the legal top table in the area.

Gibbons is one of only 20 law firms nationwide to be named to the National Law Journal's inaugural «Midsize Hot List», which recognized firms with fewer than 300 lawyers that have found innovative ways to position themselves and demonstrated creativity and success in recruiting and retaining top talent, developing practice areas, managing operations and generally navigating the economic downturn more effectively than did many larger firlaw firms nationwide to be named to the National Law Journal's inaugural «Midsize Hot List», which recognized firms with fewer than 300 lawyers that have found innovative ways to position themselves and demonstrated creativity and success in recruiting and retaining top talent, developing practice areas, managing operations and generally navigating the economic downturn more effectively than did many larger firLaw Journal's inaugural «Midsize Hot List», which recognized firms with fewer than 300 lawyers that have found innovative ways to position themselves and demonstrated creativity and success in recruiting and retaining top talent, developing practice areas, managing operations and generally navigating the economic downturn more effectively than did many larger firms.

Since becoming one of only a handful of female senior partners in the UK top 20 law firms, I have been keen to overcome the «straitjacket» of the traditional working culture that still characterises much of City life.

Thompson Hine announces new leadership, becoming one of only a handful of major law firms with a woman at the top; Curtis, Mallet - Prevost grabs a ten - person international trade group in D.C.; and Norton Rose loses a bankruptcy heavyweight in Canada.

Irwin Mitchell was recently named as the only national top tier private client firm in the country by ePrivateclient and is ranked as the number one Personal Injury firm by both Chambers and Legal 500 independent guides to law.

The irony here is that law firms place so much clout on credentials like college and law school ranking, law review and class rank, vying to hire the best and the brightest of the top - tier law grads, only to have them report to a boss who went to the state university.

According to this Daily Journal article (via How Appealing), former clerks are not only still being hired by major law firms, but are commanding signing bonuses of up to $ 250,000 (on top of starting salaries of as much as $ 160,000 in big firms).

A new study examining the security practices of law firms has found that only one organisation out of the top 100 UK firms, Walker Morris, has sufficient measures in place to fully protect against email fraud.

Last week Community Law Partnership, a top firm of housing lawyers in Birmingham, tweeted a typical case of a family turned away from housing assistance and only housed after a threat of judicial review.

Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide places Carey Olsen in the top five law firms by the number of London Stock Exchange and AIM clients it advises; the only offshore law firm to be ranked alongside UK law firms in the top five.

Amid the noise and the hand wringing, the key change this year among the order of the law firms is that Latham & Watkins is now listed as number one — that is, Latham is now the largest firm in the United States by gross revenue — a remarkable rise to the top for a firm that only 20 years ago was seen primarily as a Los Angeles firm.

What if, every 12 months, a firm commissioned each partner in a practice or industry group to write one really insightful, incisive article pertaining to the practical application of the law to clients in that industry — and then instead of posting those articles online, the firm packaged them into a handsome, high - quality print - only handbook and made just 10 copies, to be provided, free, solely to the firm's 10 top clients (current or desired), for a period of 30 days?

The Editor's Award for Law Firm Leader of the Year went to one of only a handful of women at the helm of a top 50 UK law firm — CMS senior partner Penelope WarLaw Firm Leader of the Year went to one of only a handful of women at the helm of a top 50 UK law firm — CMS senior partner Penelope WaFirm Leader of the Year went to one of only a handful of women at the helm of a top 50 UK law firm — CMS senior partner Penelope Warlaw firm — CMS senior partner Penelope Wafirm — CMS senior partner Penelope Warne.

«This gives us an entirely new and important platform for serving clients on many levels, not only with excellent legal work but also with the very best government relations, advocacy and strategic communications professionals,» Adams said, referring to McGuireWoods Consulting, the firm's public affairs arm, which is ranked in the Top 15 of the National Law Journal's «The Influence 50,» an annual report of the top public affairs firms in WashingtTop 15 of the National Law Journal's «The Influence 50,» an annual report of the top public affairs firms in Washingttop public affairs firms in Washington.

KWIKA is one of only 20 U.S. firms selected for the top tier (Tier 1) in the Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television specialty.

Generally, top grades are distributed relatively evenly between men and women in law school yet women comprise only 17 percentage of partners at major firms.

3) Operational efficiency is a top challenge facing law firms — second only to legal pricing in the aforementioned survey.

Although there were only six attorneys, the firm recruited nationally at top law schools such as Harvard, Northwestern, Michigan, Chicago, Columbia and Georgetown.

Six or more senior lawyers describe doing something (tilted runways for law firm beauty pageants) and we have the DECADE DEFINING practice, which is topped only by seven instances (cleats on brogans to gain traction and thus productivity in the office) and the practice is HACKNEYED.

Our firm combines the skills, experience, and judgment that can only be derived through years at top law firms with the flexibility and value that can only be provided in a small firm environment.

KWIKA is one of only 24 U.S. firms selected for the top tier in the Entertainment Law — Motion Pictures & Television specialty.

In only two years since its establishment, the Romanian law firm Maravela Asociaţii has built a solid track record, its founding partners having succeeded to develop both a vast portfolio of top local and international clients and a strong team of professionals, as well as to gather an impressive list of awards and distinctions.

Maravela Asociaţii, in only a bit under three years since its establishment, is listed for the aforementioned award alongside other six top tier Romanian law firms, with many years of experience and impressive portfolios of both clients and achievements.

Partners at UK law firms tend to be younger, on average, the bigger the firm they work for — 72 % of partners at the UK's Top 10 law firms are aged 50 or under — whilst this is only the case for 60 % at UK law firms overall.

I think power in the average law firm resides with its top salespeople only because everyone else in the firm believes that it does.

But after all these years, women who rise to the top of law firms remain the exception rather than the rule, and the number of women partners and leaders remains woefully small: nationwide, women still represent only 16 % of equity partners, 6 % of top leadership positions, and less than 1 % of the most highly compensated partners.

Our clients have named us one of only 22 firms in the United States as «best at alternative fee arrangements» and a «leading recommended firm» in the Manufacturing industry, in the top 5 % of law firms in that sector.

He believed that the Firm should pay all associates a salary and only hire top graduates from the best law schools.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is proud to announce that for a second consecutive year, it is the only law firm in Canada to have three female practitioners listed in Canada among Managing Intellectual Property magazine's Top 250 Women in IP.

We have been thinking about AI from a pricing perspective for some time so earlier this week we picked up that theme for the latest bi-monthly Validatum Pricing Forum ® (kindly hosted by CMS Cameron McKenna), an invitation - only event for anyone in UK top 100 law firms that has an interest or involvement in the firm's pricing function.

A new study examining the security practices of law firms has found that only one organisation out of the top 100...

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Top South African law firm Bowmans earned the Property Team of the Year award for its work on OId Mutual Property's $ 64m Kenyan investment in the largest shopping mall anywhere in east, central and southern Africa (outside of South Africa), and one of only two malls in Kenya to attract international brands (Carrefour is the anchor tenant).

He decided to do some research and found that in the top 200 largest law firms in the U.S., the odds of an Asian American becoming a partner at a top firm was 6 - 1 — of every six Asians, only one became partner.

But many of them are at the nation's top law firms, feature only the most nominal levels of the above humiliations and, in some cases, even lead to training contracts.

«I believe the top law firms in Ireland are excellent, the only very small thing I can think of is that sometimes they tend to retain documentation after a major transaction and need a reminder to send all paperwork back to us after the main event!»