Sentences with phrase «ask about the law firms»

But we also ask about the law firms they use, which they score on a range of key performance indicators.

Not exact matches

Jurors will also be asked what they know and feel about Silver, who stands accused of using his powerful position in the New York legislature to dole out favors to Dr. Taub and a real estate company in return for $ 4 million in kickbacks that he received through two law firms he was affiliated with.

Senator Tom Libous, their deputy leader, is under indictment for lying to F.B.I. agents about an alleged scheme to boost his son's salary by having the Senator ask a lobbyist to steer business to the law firm that employed him.

Libous was convicted in July of lying to the FBI when agents showed up at his Albany office to ask questions about a job he helped arrange for his son, Matthew, that would be supported by business the lawmaker would steer to an Albany law firm.

When asked about the general outlook for hiring in patent law, all of the «associates» (junior lawyers in a firm) and «partners» (senior lawyers in a firm) interviewed by Next Wave for this feature gave upbeat answers.

This can be frustrating; debt collectors at law firms can be rude, unwilling to negotiate, and often ask probing questions about your finances — questions you do not have to answer.

Ask the representative to learn more about what the law firm can do for you.

The Canadian Law Firm Brand Index 2014 was compiled from the unprompted responses of 191 senior general counsel in Canadian organizations with revenues over $ 50M who, as part of Sharplegal 2013 research, were asked about their awareness of and favorability towards law firms; their consideration of firms for top - level litigation and major M&A; as well as their use of firms for high value and inbound woLaw Firm Brand Index 2014 was compiled from the unprompted responses of 191 senior general counsel in Canadian organizations with revenues over $ 50M who, as part of Sharplegal 2013 research, were asked about their awareness of and favorability towards law firms; their consideration of firms for top - level litigation and major M&A; as well as their use of firms for high value and inbound wolaw firms; their consideration of firms for top - level litigation and major M&A; as well as their use of firms for high value and inbound work.

(For those of you who need details on the methodology, Acritas disclose that the research was compiled from the unprompted responses of 191 senior general counsel in Canadian organizations with revenues over $ 50M who were asked about six factors — their awareness of and favorability towards law firms; their consideration of firms for top - level litigation and major M&A; and their use of firms for high value and inbound work.

In this episode of Asked and Answered, the ABA Journal's Stephanie Francis Ward speaks with Valerie Fontaine, founding partner of the legal search firm SeltzerFontaine, about which in - demand areas of law have open job positions — and how law grads can secure them.

Until then, download our latest white paper and start thinking about how your law firm is going to serve future clients who may quite literally be asking to speak to a lawyer.

And today, the Wall Street Journal reports that clients are starting to proactively ask law firms about using Indian lawyers, who bill at around $ 75 to $ 100 an hour, the same rate for U.S. - based paralegals and often less than U.S. barred contract lawyers.

«As a firm leader, I have to make sure that my best producers of business stay,» says another Am Law 100 chairman, who asked not to be identified so he could speak candidly about compensation.

Ask the law firm about the percentage of personal injury cases they take on to make sure you are in the best hands.

If you have questions about attractive nuisances, ask the attorneys at the McArthur Law Firm.

By Lisa Horowitz — I was recently asked to speak with a group of law firm attorneys about navigating office politics.

Call the law firm and ask to talk to a lawyer about your claim.

Indeed, the 2015 Altman Weil Chief Legal Officer Survey reveals a scary insight: Altman asked chief in - house legal officers, on a scale of 1 - 10, how serious did they believed law firms were about changing their service delivery model.

You only accept walk - ins which is... it's super interesting to me because I think that's completely opposite of every other law firm and nonprofit I'm aware of, and so I wanted to ask you more about that.

When is the last time that you interviewed for a position with a law firm and the hiring attorney grilled you on the finer points of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 or asked you to draft a short memo resolving a hypothetical legal problem or even required you to explain how you might go about researching a particular issue?

For law firms wringing their hands about how to manage the millennial generation — or asking why they should adapt to this crop of young lawyers in the first place — here's the bad news: If you're still clinging to traditional models for training associates and running the partnership, you've already fallen behind.

Given that this consolidation will have a direct (likely negative) impact on my ability to gather information for my clients, and our law firm clients, I asked Frank Buckreus, Acting Executive Director, Service Delivery at Service Alberta about the consolidation plan in order to share this information with Slaw readers and he very kindly responded with the information below.

Every attorney I spoke to about opening a law firm asked me the same questions.

Over the past month, we've be asking lawyers and legal professionals about the kinds of technologies they are using in their firms in our annual Apple in Law Offices survey.

And law firms shouldn't be shy about asking clients to participate in the process.

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During my interviews, I talked to some of the speakers at the conference and asked for their advice about running solo and small firm law practices.

Attracting the best possible lateral associates is critical to a law firm's ability to maintain its competitive edge, financial leverage, internal succession and future success when candidates approach our firm about a lateral move, they all tend to ask a variation of the following questions: which firm is the best for me?

Likewise, law firms that don't ask hard questions and think critically about their futures may find themselves similarly situated.

At the recent Legal Futures conference, Law Society chief executive Des Hudson asked: «What about the other 9,870 firms?.»

Elliot Miller: Yeah it makes me want to ask you for more details about who that is, that [crosstalk]... Certainly in part, there are areas in which I am asking myself do I need a law firm here?

«Blawg Review Honors Memorial Day Main Everything You Wanted to Know About Owning a Law Firm, but Were Afraid to Ask»

But if what most of us care about is how the industry will look in five or ten years, then we ought to start worshiping at another altar, because when God wants a laugh, he asks law firms for their business plans.

The survey also asked respondents about the factors for selecting a law firm — and the «serious relationship mistakes» — here are the top five answers for each category:

In the survey, the IADC asked 689 attorneys, about evenly split between corporate counsel (386) and law firms (303), about shifts in legal spending, relationships, and motivations for hiring outside counsel, among others.

Every year since 2009, the survey has asked law departments to assess law firms» seriousness about changing their legal service delivery model.

Big, national firms are firmly implanted in Quebec's legal market, but if you ask regional law firms in that province about their fiercest competition, they will not point to the mega firms, but rather their biggest rivals are their own clients» internal legal departments.

I've written a number of times here about the findings of a Thomson Reuters survey, The State of the U.S. Small Law Firms Study, in which solo and small firm lawyers were asked about how they define success, the challenges they face and what firms are doing to achieve sucFirms Study, in which solo and small firm lawyers were asked about how they define success, the challenges they face and what firms are doing to achieve sucfirms are doing to achieve success.

In fact, your law firm marketing plan should include selling like a doctor who asks questions about «where it hurts» and listens attentively to the answer.

Some months and a bit of research later, writer Charlotte Santry proposed two different surveys: one for law firms to examine how they treated pro bono activity (see the smashing chart) and the other asking individual lawyers about their pro bono experiences.

Beyond that, he hopes to survey clients and to ask law firms to provide information about their innovation efforts and technology usage.

So when are law firms going to catch on and start developing and applying ease - of - use concepts, asks Dan Hull at What About Paris?

One hit right on the industry's 1,000 - pound gorilla — asked what most concerns her about her firm, this lawyer responded: «Law firm competition and potential future obsolescence in general.»

Immediately after the derecho, law firms started asking us about moving to the cloud.

When asked if they are asking law firms for a diverse roster of lawyers to staff their files, 76.6 per cent said no — about the same as last year.

But assessing whether those expectations have been met to the client's satisfaction also requires asking for client feedback, whether by telephone after the matter is concluded, by sending an online survey, or otherwise seeking regular input from clients about law firm performance.

Now a senior associate at one of the city's top firms, Vincent Clifford will talk politics, law, family, and sports — just don't ask him about his biggest client.

The firm rendered no legal services in connection with this trust money, nor did it ask any questions about the source of the funds, the purpose of the transaction, the identity of the people receiving the funds, or even why Valentine needed to use a law firm trust account, rather than a bank, for the purpose of receiving and paying out money.

When I ask law firm leaders about their talent strategy, I often get the response, «You mean our recruiting?»

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