Sentences with phrase «areas at larger firms»

For most transactional practice areas at larger firms, standard forms are generally not appropriate.

Not exact matches

For starters, suggests Joel Evans, co-author of Retail Management: A Strategic Approachand the RMI Distinguished Professor of Business at Hofstra University's Zarb School of Business in Hempstead, New York, entrepreneurs should track their sales and customer retention, and then look at the pricing activities of similarly sized companies in their geographical area - while being mildly alert to what larger firms are doing.

He previously worked at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, in that firm's merger and acquisition and private equity investor services areas, with clients that included large and small blue chip private equity and venture capital firms.

The field for large and expensive law firms» brands is pretty much filled at this point, so the obvious next areas in which these clubs would develop are smaller, more regional and more practice - specific.

And finally, how much should we care that women haven't cracked the glass ceiling at Biglaw when female lawyers are finding success in virtually every other area (e.g., politics, solo practice, judgeships, in - house and government) outside of large firms?

I bring a personable approach to these areas of law that is difficult to obtain from lawyers at larger firms.

He headed the litigation practice at two Chicago - area litigation boutiques, and in 2004 went to the Chicago office of Bryan Cave — one of the 35 largest law firms in the world — as a commercial litigation partner.

Before founding his own firm, Ricky began his career at Rodman, Rodman & Sandman, PC, where he served as an associate for 10 years working on various practice areas including their large asbestos practice.

You and I sit in the middle of the largest community of small firm lawyers in the world where, in theory, we are in touch everyday with thousands of lawyers around the country and yet, maybe at our business model failing, I don't have a good system for knowing a person in every practice area and every jurisdiction, so I'm regularly stumped when people ask me for referrals.

She has a busy practice in a speciality area of law at a large regional law firm.

Legal Week's annual UK top 50 ranking found that, of the 35 firms providing a breakdown of turnover by practice area, litigation brought in the largest share of total revenue in 2014 - 15, at 27.9 %.

We have identified certain areas where we are focusing our efforts, and where we can provide services that are as good, or better, than at larger firms, but offer them at a better price point.

Lawyers at Blaney McMurtry LLP, one of Ontario's largest firms, talk about their own career development and the hottest topics in their practice areas

Many of the firm's lawyers previously worked at large, powerhouse law firms, and they bring to the practice years of experience in the firm's primary areas of focus: Personal & Catastrophic Injury, Workers Compensation, Labor & Employment and Social Security Disability.

In part, both practice areas at the top of the rate range occupy those spaces because companies often use larger firms for these kinds of matters.

As the youngest female equity partner at OC's largest firm, Maria represents employers in all areas of labor and employment, including: wage and hour class actions; discrimination / harassment litigation; agency proceedings; labor law / collective - bargaining; preventative counseling; and management training.

While Chapters 5 and 6 are aimed at medium to large firms the majority of the content is applicable to all areas of practice and size of firm.

«Steve, Ron, and I are thrilled to join a firm having both a large full - service intellectual property group and diverse practice areas and offices all deeply focused on serving clients at the highest levels of quality and efficiency.»

Prior to joining de VRIES LITIGATION LLP, he worked at one of the world's largest law firms in the areas of estate and commercial litigation.

In part, all three of these practice areas at the top of the rate range occupy those spaces because companies often use larger firms for these kinds of matters.

Stephen Terrell, a solo practitioner for seven years who graduated «a long friggin'time ago» (actually 1980) from Indiana University School of Law, spent 13 years apiece at a large firm where he handled civil litigation and a seven - person firm where his practice areas expanded to contracts, regulations, real estate, and personal injury.

At the same time, lawyers want to be able to benefit from the resources of a large firm — IT systems, secretarial assistance, professional indemnity insurance, colleagues in complementary practice areas, legal research tools, access to interns, continuing legal education, collegial events.

Most recently, the 2016 ethnographic study conducted by Ann Sinsheimer and David Herring followed associates at large and medium - size Pittsburgh area law firms, a solo practice, and a nonprofit agency.

Instead of working in the law firm for the entire summer, our students have the opportunity to be paid by us, at a salary competitive with other large firms in HRM, but the student will actually work for a non-profit organization in the area.

Attorney Career Question: Are there any resources out there that will give reliable (not completely spun by a firm marketing person) information about what it is actually like to work at mid-sized to larger firms in the SF Bay area?

While some of the larger venture firms began hiring in - house counsel at the start of the decade, as funds grow in size and geographic area, more firms are hiring in - house attorneys.

However, the concept only seems practical for lawyers who have built up expertise in particular practice areas after a couple of years in government or at a large firm.

Looking at a lawyer's website will also give you a good idea of what type of law firm they practice in (e.g., is it a small or large firm, does the firm only specialize in one area of the law or do they have different attorneys working on different topics).

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In part, both of those practice areas are at the top because companies often use larger firms for these kinds of matters.

At larger firms, support staff members are often hired based on their professional background, such as technology or human resources, to handle those specific administrative areas, Burton said.

«Employment law is a specialized area and there are a lot of experts who have developed fantastic skills in the area but have chosen to leave large firms and set up shop on their own and provide good service at reasonable rates.»

With large firms able to deliver standard work such as conveyancing and probate at relatively low - cost, mid-sized firms are discovering that high profits can be made by working in areas of law where they have deep expertise and focusing on complex cases in their specialised fields.

The best attrition rates amongst large national firms in Australia hover at around the 15 % mark but when you start getting to rates of between 20 - 40 % it has a huge impact across all the areas previously mentioned.

In 2007, Jeanne quit her marketing executive position at a large New York City area publisher, moved to Virginia, opened her own freelance writing and content marketing firm, and began growing a life instead of just making a living.

Failing to proofread and correct all errors on the resume is a common mistake engineers make, according to Daniel Mullin, VP at Carroll Engineering, one of the largest consulting engineering firms in the greater Philadelphia area.