The latest Legal Week Big Question survey found that 56 % of respondents think the quality of financial monitoring and governance
frameworks at major law firms is «good» or «excellent».
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lawyer at a major law firm accidentally copied a Wall Street Journal reporter on an email transmitting privileged client information.
Lexpert covers issues of concern to partners and
associates at major law firms in Canada and in - house counsel including C - level executives at Canada's top corporations.
A former corporate lawyer, Barbara graduated from Stanford Law School and practiced securities litigation
at a major law firm in New York City.
Together with Gary Karl, a former corporate partner and head of
training at a major law firm, he is the coauthor of Deal Struck: The World's Best Drafting Tips.
Business
confidence at major law firms continues to prove resilient despite sustained fears regarding the eurozone and the global economy in 2012, according to new research.
«Almost everyone I talked to did fantasy football and was really interested in talking about their inner - firm leagues,» said one law student interviewing for a summer
position at major law firms in 2007 who ultimately landed a job at Latham & Watkins.
«Above the Law Blog Tracks Paternity and Maternity Leave
Policies at Major Law Firms Main Eversheds Report Discusses Work - life Balance and Other Trends Affecting Law Firms in the 21st Century»
Security expert Matt Kesner, who is in charge of information
security at a major law firm, reports that his firm has been breached twice — and that he is aware that other law firms have suffered security breaches — and failed to report them to clients.
He spent eight years in private
practice at major law firms and over a decade in - house with a large multinational technology company, most recently as a Vice-President and Regional General Counsel.
Susan Hackett, general counsel for the Association of Corporate Counsel, said that she is «very angry» about the recent hikes of first year associate
salaries at major law firms across the country.
2) Question: I'm a contract lawyer, and I was working on a godawful document
review at a major law firm in New York the day before New Year's Eve.
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career at a major law firm can sometimes mean long hours, missed family vacations, and burnout, to the point where many attorneys quit (or wish they could quit) their jobs as a result.
He had been a
litigator at a major law firm who had actually hired A2L for a case where we went on to win more than $ 500 million in a jury verdict.
She also interned at the offices of a major international law firm in Düsseldorf, Germany, and was a foreign legal
trainee at a major law firm in Tokyo, Japan.
The U.S. is presently the only country with enough lawyers, as well as journalists and sociologists who specialize in studying them, to have widely available data on salary
structures at major law firms.
According to the National Association for Law Placement, a trade group that provides career counselling to lawyers and law students, only about 17 percent of the partners
at major law firms nationwide [US] were women in 2005, a figure that has risen only slightly since 1995, when about 13 percent of partners were women.
Summary: The billable hour has long been a staple of law firms, but it also appears to be hindering gender
equality at major law firms.
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recruiters at major law firms read through hundreds, if not thousands, of applications from aspiring trainee solicitors each year and will only spend a minute or so reading your covering letter.
Ron has more than nine years of experience conducting executive searches for top legal talent; he previously had a successful 21 - plus — year career as an
attorney at a major law firm and corporation.
Top M&A partners charge between $ 1,200 and $ 1,400 an hour, and the average hourly rate for a senior
partner at a major law firm is $ 1,000, according to consulting firm Valeo Partners.
Wife, a former successful international banking and finance
lawyer at a major law firm, claimed that during the marriage, husband, also a successful lawyer, hid marital assets worth millions of dollars.
A double - dip recession in the UK has put only a minor dent in business
confidence at major law firms, with four out of five partners predicting income growth over the next 12 months.
According to Todd C. Peppers, a «Supreme Court clerkship expert» and a professor at Roanoke College in Virginia, «a lucrative
position at a major law firm is a «siren song that's hard to ignore,»» despite other career options such as academia or public service.
You also notice that Jim is now a partner
at a major law firm.
Everyone bills 40 - 60 % less on an hourly basis than they would
at a major law firm, which doesn't even account for their ability to optimize pricing, process, technology, and staffing for their practice area.