Sentences with phrase «at big law firms»

I am currently working at a big law firm and am just now dipping my toes into investing.

Typically, attorneys spend 5 or 10 years practicing at a big law firm before making that move.

If you think trial - loving partners at big law firms are unlucky, think of their associates, and ask yourself, how is anyone getting any trial experience any more?

Friends of friends from law school had connections at big law firms with large document review departments.

You earn more if you work in a big city at a big law firm.

Frankly, my role at big law firms is often handled by a receptionist.

The summer associate gig provides an opportunity to forge meaningful relationships that may last the rest of your life — perhaps even longer than your stay at the big law firm itself.

As I posted here previously, when women demand equality in the profession, they're usually referring to equality at big law firms.

So, it's needed at big law firms, they have resources, they have the knowledge, and I hope that they can start to get involved and reach out to us.

These well - informed sources, as well as courthouse data, tell me that case filings are down and that litigation at big law firms is down.

Traffic attorneys may be hired by phone or in person at a big law firm.

I am currently working at a big law firm and am just now dipping my toes into investing.

One recent study by the NALP Foundation (which studies law firm hiring trends and practices) found that a whopping 37 percent of associates at big law firms (defined by the study as those employing more than 500 lawyers), quit their firms by the end of their third years of practice.

Sykes, who studied law at Harvard University, the University of Toronto, and Dalhousie University, spent more than six years at the big law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP before moving to the academic world.

After working at a big law firm for several years, she transitioned to a smaller reputable intellectual property boutique law firm and did the same kind of work.

She is a litigator at a big law firm who does not charge hourly for most of her work, which is nearly unheard of among litigators in Big Law.

Former Chadbourne litigator Kerrie Campbell on her gender discrimination dispute with Norton Rose Fulbright and the «cloak and dagger secrecy» about pay at big law firms

Now, after a short career as an international business and sustainability counsel at a big law firm, He has a new gig as President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund in Canada.

It will challenge legal management not just at big law firms but mid-sized and regional firms that currently covet a cozy relationship with their local Big Four office.

Lawyers at big law firms like to boast about «bet the company» matters, but smaller and mid-sized matters can be just as complex, even more so — it's just that the numbers on paper are smaller.

Three eminent law bloggers join us to discuss Blawgging at Big Law Firms on this week's legal - affairs podcast Coast to Coast.

My first «project,» as these assignments are called, was at a big law firm near the White House.

In the aftermath of the Great Recession and the bloodbath at the big law firms, there are many alternatives to the big - firm model popping up.

But that is what ultimately caused him to go on his own, was looking back at that big law firm and saying they're not agile, they're completely drowning, I can't make decisions for myself, and it was just such an interesting thing to watch him go through that it's really interesting to hear you say those very same things during a non crisis time.

She had practised at big law firms for 14 years, previously at US firm Drinker Biddle & Reath, and spent several years as a counsel.

How can there be such a dearth of female leadership at big law firms if nearly as many women as men are admitted to law schools today?

I would have thought that people look for credentials, track record, or those lawyers working at Big Law firms when getting their legal needs addressed.

Or perhaps you're a student laser - focused on potential career prospects at a big law firm with a high first year associate pay — or you may be more interested in knowing which schools turn out the most federal clerkships.

The New York Times reports on the surprising prevalence of age - based mandatory retirement at big law firms:

This is exactly what I was told by a well - respected lawyer in Atlanta when I told him I was starting my own solo practice after leaving a great paying associate position at a big law firm.

What the survey actually did ascertain was which skills might best well serve young lawyers once they land a job at a big law firm that mostly deals with corporate clients.

As former federal prosecutor Matthew Axelrod puts it, there's a «well - trod» path between the U.S. Department of Justice and white - collar defense practices at big law firms.

Gareth Ward, Partner at Edward Drummond says, «The more rapid lifecycle of partners at the biggest law firms can give smaller, mid-tier firms a chance to snap up high profile partners with an impressive track record — but taking on a new partner is a big investment for these firms, so it's a decision that needs to be taken carefully.»

That is, with so few trials occurring, the normal go - to litigators at big law firms are just not going to trial like they used to, and thus are not getting the practice that they used to get.

Corvette Z06: Ten years ago, when I was working as a lawyer at a big law firm, I splurged and bought my first new car, a 2001 Corvette Z06.

Associates at big law firms are effectively hired approximately one year before beginning work, after their summer associateship after their second year in law school.

Yes, there is a certain cachet to be able to tell others you work at Big Law Firm, P.A..

The poll included responses from more than 150 lawyers at big law firms and corporations in Canada.

Set up in the UAE last year, The Bench is able to offer cheaper rates to clients because it is free from high overheads such as offices, meaning clients pay roughly half the price for senior lawyers than they would at a big law firm.

One reason more Ivy League alumni aren't CEOs may be that many have traditionally chosen careers in investment banks and at big law firms, where they could earn big sums quickly and wouldn't have to start in entry - level management jobs.

And law students may find that the path to a job at a big law firm isn't as straightforward as it once was, but there will be unique opportunities with legal tech companies looking for their knowledge.

She hated both jobs, noting: «at a big law firm you are doing so much -LSB-...]

In 2010, after years of successful practice at big law firms, Dr. Adli decided to act on his vision of offering clients the «choice combination» of high - quality work product, typical of bigger U.S. law firms, and the ready access and more affordable fees typical of specialized boutique firms.