Sentences with phrase «associates on client matters»

According to the posts, some in - house counsel are restricting firms from using first - and second - year associates on client matters.

The firm will also reduce its rates for work by first year associates on client matters.

Not exact matches

From 2001 to 2005, Ms. Peluso was an Associate with Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York where her practice focused on representing private equity clients in M&A and securities and general corporate matters.

Deepti Kulkarni, Esq. is an associate in the Food, Drug and Medical Device Regulatory practice, who counsels clients on a wide range of matters involving FDA regulatory issues.

We like to refer to Rosenstein & Associates as being «The Temecula Law Firm» and that our clients can rely on us to help in the formation of a new business, help manage the legal needs of an existing business, including when necessary business & corporate litigation; ongoing transactional matters (more commonly referred to as contractual matters); assisting with the filing of copyrights and trademarks; assistance with real estate transactions, assistance with tax audits, tax litigation, and when necessary with business reorganization, including filing a Chapter 11 or a business Chapter 7 under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

«Our client has therefore instructed us to petition you (IGP) to, as a matter of urgency, apprehend and interrogate Ogenyi to throw more light on the details of this grave assassination plot before he and his associates carry out the dastardly plot.

In addition, for eight years he practiced law as a partner at Hogan & Hartson and an associate at Covington & Burling, advising clients on regulatory and policy matters.

Summer program components: Our summer associates experience first - hand the Firm's strong commitment to excellence, diversity, pro bono work, and professional development, working side - by - side with our attorneys on actual client matters.

By eliminating such quotas, you entrust your associates with working smartly and efficiently by having them focus on the work that matters for client results.

These are: (1) the role of the firm in serving the client's needs; (2) the specific assignment undertaken by the lawyer; and (3) who, or what level of a person at the legal organization, will work on the matter, including a proper division of skills (senior attorney, specialist, newly employed associate or paralegal).

Katie draws on her experience advising corporate clients on contentious matters in her previous role as a dispute resolution associate at a leading international law firm.

Summer program components: Akin Gump summer associates work on real matters for real clients.

Associates in Boston told us that the structure of the city's legal market means there's room to cut your teeth on smallish local matters while also gaining exposure to commercial clients of a national and international scale.

More and more now I'm the only associate staffed on a matter, running weekly calls, reviewing documents and answering client questions directly instead of running them through a senior or partner,» one third - year told us.

Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland (US), Heather was an associate at a law firm in Florida, where she counseled clients on real estate and local governmental matters.

Our work load and the importance of the matters we work on have taught us to work efficiently without hordes of associates doing mindless tasks, have allowed our youngest lawyers to gain experience far beyond their years in taking significant responsibility for our clients» matters, and have taught us to embrace technology that enhances our efficiency.

«Plainly, the imposition of budget discipline on law firm matters forces firms to a very different pricing model than the traditional approach of simply recording time and passing the associated «costs» through to the client on a billable - hour basis [italics supplied by me].»

Are there midlevel associates who are generating that much in portable business (after all, it seems as if partners have even more incentive to hang on to all client matters to retain their equity statuts)?

We wrote off a large portion of our time on this matter because we utilized a large staff of junior associates for one thorny due diligence area, rather than suggesting that the client engage a consulting firm that specializes in this area.

Summer associates receive the same type of work assignments as our junior associates, on actual client matters, and work with as many lawyers as possible over the course of the program, which runs during the first half of the summer.

Some products offer both: a full calendar client that lets you associate appointments with matters and contacts, plus sync with Outlook / Office 365 or Google Calendar so you can more easily take advantage of all the apps for your mobile devices that rely on those more popular calendar services.

As with email, this feature means a full calendar client, not just an integration with Outlook or Google Calendar, which don't allow you to associate appointments with matters and contacts on their own.

Ms. Nambooze is currently an associate with Katende Ssempebwa & Co. in Uganda where she advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and due diligence investigations.

clients no longer want first - year associates working on their 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 partners.

But now, tired of subsidizing law firm gravy trains, large corporate clients are forcing firms to offer alternative billing arrangements, such as flat fees, volume discounts and banning new associates from working on matters.

Thus far, law firms have, apparently, been willing to honor requests by corporate clients to preclude junior associates from working on certain matters.

The promotion comes after over six years as an associate and senior associate with the firm, representing and advising clients on disputes in company, labour and tax law, as well as energy and natural resources matters.

Mr. Gatto's practice is national and international, and it encompasses a full range of IP and technology issues, including: patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation; counseling and technology transactions; developing and implementing IP strategies to protect and to monetize IP assets; creating and implementing corporate IP programs; conducting IP audits; conducting complex patent prosecution, including patent appeals, interferences, Inter Partes Review (IPRs), reissues and protests; handling patent enforcement issues, including licensing and litigation; negotiating and drafting technology agreements; conducting IP due diligence in and negotiating IP aspects of mergers, acquisitions and financings; rendering opinions concerning the infringement, validity and enforceability of patents; handling trademark prosecution, domain name, copyright and trade secret matters; handling IP aspects of employment issues; advising clients on legal issues associated with open source software including open source patent issues, licensing, open source compatibility issues, indemnity issues and developing and implementing corporate policies on use of open source software; advising clients on the legality of cutting edge Internet business methods and technology; and advising clients on computer law issues such as computer fraud and abuse and SPAM - related issues.

A matter - based list is a quick inventory of everyone associated with a case: clients, witnesses, judges, spouses and so on.

Senior Associate Matthew Galeotti — accompanied by Partner Alan Schoenfeld and Counsel Jason Hirsch, a longtime advisory board member — then discussed a recent matter that he, Schoenfeld and Partner David Lesser led for a BDS client, and accepted the award on the firm's behalf.

Summer program components: Our goal is to provide summer associates with a realistic sense of what it is like to work at the firm by having them work on actual client matters and by giving them opportunities to get to know our attorneys through a variety of social events, activities and lunches.

Last summer, Howrey announced that all incoming first - year associates would enter into a two - year apprenticeship program designed to provide the newbie lawyers with extensive training before they move on to handling client matters at standard hourly rates.

This diverse mix of clients and practice allows ample opportunities for talented associates to take on significant responsibility on a wide variety of matters at an early stage, allowing client contact, court appearances and corporate drafting and negotiation experience.

Clients rely on the Law Offices of Adrian H. Altshuler & Associates to protect their interests throughout divorce and family law matters.

At Fine & Associates Professional Corporation, we take great pride in protecting our client's best interests so that they have peace of mind about the future and can more readily focus on the matters at hand.

In fact, many of the deals in which summer associates are staffed on are client - billed matters.

Three concerns relating to new business incentives raised by partners in those firms that have implemented these programs include the need to insure that (1) the firm has a well - conceived and implemented client conflict and matter intake procedure; (2) the firm has a good system for assigning substantive work to insure that the new matter is performed by the most appropriate individual, not necessarily the associate who brought the client through the door; and (3) the incentive compensation must be designed so as not to reward work on the associate's own matters to insure that the associate will work on firm matters, not primarily matters that he or she originates.

Summer associates work on real matters, so they'll be on the phone with clients, in office meetings, in depositions, becoming a part of the fabric of the firm, trying to learn as much about us as they can.

Plainly, the imposition of budget discipline on law firm matters forces firms to a very different pricing model than the traditional approach of simply recording time and passing the associated «costs» through to the client on a billable - hour basis.

Alaa is a senior associate in the Employment team and advises clients on contentious and non-contentious Employment matters.

In a recent article on law.com, Ford & Harrison's managing partner said the program aims to close the practical - skills gap of law school education and increase value to clients, and hopefully enable associates to handle meatier matters more quickly.

At Fine & Associates Professional Corporation, we narrow our practice to focus on family law and divorce matters in an effort to better serve our clients.

Ford & Harrison, a 190 - attorney labor and employment firm with 18 offices, has eliminated billable hour requirements for first - year associates under its new «Year One» program - a unique 15 - month regimen that emphasizes on - the - job training for first year associates through mentoring, hands - on work assignments and direct observation of client matters such as depositions, hearings and negotiations.

If new business results from their joint efforts, associates who participated in recruiting that business are given the opportunity to work on the new matter and cultivate their relationship with the client.

During the boom periods of the 1990's, clients were willing to pay for the thorough staffing of matters, and to a lesser extent for the training of those newer associates assigned to work on their files.

Once they return to their home offices, our summer associates begin receiving assignments on client matters.

Our lawyers work in close coordination with the Firm's perennially top - ranked M&A, Private Equity, Private Funds and Business Finance & Restructuring practices, and regularly advise global clients on the legal and financial risks associated with compensation and benefit arrangements that arise in these types of commercial matters — many of which require sensitive issues for senior management, transition planning and compensation.

While it's obvious that billing clients for time that was not well - spent on their matter is unfair, so too are associates blindly writing off our time spent moving a matter forward.

You will work with partners, associates and other students on a variety of matters and for a variety of clients, drawing on the knowledge, judgment and expertise of your colleagues in the firm.