Sentences with phrase «at a big firm»

Many of my friends who work at big firms do tons of pro bono work on the side, many times in an area of law that they do not normally practice.

I'm a lawyer at a big firm and I make as much as my wife's mother who is a nurse.

If you thought work as an associate or partner at a big firm was stressful, you'll find solo practice even more difficult.

But after a while I got lucky and found someone with lots of experience as a legal secretary at a big firm who wanted to work from home until her kids started school.

Many attorneys at big firms have the luxury of having a secretary, a paralegal, and other support staff to them through their day.

If you think that every law student with good grades gets a job at a big firm, you are dead wrong.

For me, I was also still working at a big firm at the time, so the idea of a large upside versus another paycheck was quite alluring.

My plan was to get a few years at a big firm and then go in house.

But it is fairly clear that there isn't a lot of internal growth at the big firms over the past few years.

Most of these type of people end up becoming consultants at big firms because they pay well.

Others have come out of law school intent on setting up their own practice and never having to deal with life at a big firm.

Lawyers, particularly at big firms, are notorious for being risk - averse.

It feels like you are a fly on the wall as summer at the big firm unfolds.

I agree with others that not every firm is exactly the same, but many of the issues you describe will be present at every big firm.

Or work with a big adviser at a big firm, including the bank - owned brokerages.

There will always be opportunities for innovators — whether at big firms or as solo practitioners.

Major layoffs at big firms have become regular news items.

According to a recent article, more attorneys are choosing public interest work over a gig at a big firm.

Others have ten years of legal experience at a big firm but need a change.

Looking at their bio will not explain why they chose to work as public defender but then switched to doing business litigation at a big firm.

The trend has particularly negative implications for young lawyers looking to land at a big firm and eventually get on a partnership track.

During my tenure at a big firm, it became easy to concentrate on billing time rather than paying attention to the people and businesses I was representing.

Admittedly, I do not work at a big firm.

A few days a week doing taxes for senior citizens, a couple contract jobs for friends at big firms.

I know plenty of solo attorneys that just as much, and more, than partners at big firms.

Employment law attorneys at a big firm will have a different perspective than solo or small firm attorneys.

Two, even if you can get a job at a big firm, is it the right fit for you?

At some point in time, hourly billing and billable hour requirements for associates at big firms overshadowed the noble goal.

During my time as an articling student in Montreal, technology at the big firms consisted of a Blackberry, a billing system, and a boomerang - shaped...

During my time as an articling student in Montreal, technology at the big firms consisted of a Blackberry, a billing system, and a boomerang - shaped co...

Exclusing Heenan Blaikie again, we see a small decrease in total number of lawyers at the big firms in Toronto and Ottawa (53 fewer lawyers in total).

So, if you're thinking about starting your own legal practice — solo or with a few others — don't replicate what you learned at a big firm, or worse, what you learned in law school.

At the same time, I'm also certain that many of Mr. Levy's colleagues at the big firms where he worked throughout his career wouldn't have shared the same curiosity about my career.

Dig a little deeper, however, and you'll discover that many people at big firms and awesome clerkships have outright respect (and perhaps some level of jealously) for attorneys who run their own firms.

It can be particularly hard for younger litigators at bigger firms to get courtroom experience or feel they are playing a significant role.

I used to work at a big firm where I perceived that 3 % of the lawyers were happy.

Kid was a program trader at a big firm on The Street during the credit boom and has forgotten more about i - bank trading activities than most people will ever know.

Successful solo attorneys choose to go solo, work hard, and can make just as much as someone at a big firm.

ROSS, for example, helps small law firms pour through documents, much like the armies of lawyers do at big firms.

Generally speaking, the culture at boutiques works more in favour of clients than the big firms, but there are some terrific funds at the big firms — ultimately you need to study each fund in turn and decide on their individual merits.

The hero is Michael MacCauley (Liam Neeson), a former cop who, ten years ago, moved on to sell life insurance policies at a big firm in New York City.

As the remuneration at some big firms has jumped significantly during the past year, fuelled by a surge in the salaries offered by several leading Wall Street firms, the increasing divide between what the elite international players can offer and the rest has not gone unnoticed by survey respondents.

The startup I worked for referred me to another startup, which I turned down because I was no longer at a big firm and therefore not in a position to work that many hours without cash compensation.

There's downsizing at big firms, a rapidly expanding group of new solos, and pressure to cut costs across the board.

Because one possible reason for an incubator to exist is to replace the existing associate system at big firms, the clients of which are no longer particularly enthusiastic about paying for new - lawyer training at six - figure salaries.