Sentences with phrase «big commercial law firms»

When I was a partner in a big commercial law firm and I first learned about the changes to the laws in England and Wales to permit ABSs, I was not in all together in favor of them.

High Court judge Mr Justice Knowles says lawyers can do more to «get behind» public legal education and improve understanding of the rule of law, while Mishcon de Reya's James Libson argues that London's biggest commercial law firms could offer more support to other parts of the profession, such as the legal aid practices defending the public on the front lines of society.

Not exact matches

Its buildings and those of its commercial tributaries — Lexington and Madison Avenues — housed prestigious law firms, big advertising agencies, headquarters of national and international corporations and branch offices of downtown banks and brokerage houses.

By way of introduction, I am an attorney, and practiced law both in the SEC's Division of Enforcement and later with a big law firm as a securities and commercial litigation partner.

We're not trying to become a bigger law firm, but we want to be a medium sized boutique that does primarily litigation, commercial transactions, business counseling and internet and privacy sort of work.

-LSB-...] The biggest users of space in the office towers in downtown Wilmington are law firms, commercial real estate agents said.

But far less predictable has been the use of big corporate law firms in this space: Clifford Chance and Ashurst, together with transatlantic firms like Eversheds Sutherland and Norton Rose Fulbright, US firms such as Winston & Strawn and WilmerHale and commercial dispute resolution specialists like Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

A survey released by one of the big players claims that 70 per cent of litigation partners at the country's leading law firms reckon that clients are showing an increasing interest in turning to commercial funders.

Big Law firms continued to strike deals with former Heenan Blaikie LLP lawyers this week in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal as the much - admired labour and employment group continued to be split up as well as some of the commercial litigators.

We're sure you have seen commercials on television for big, national personal injury law firms claiming they can help you get a quick, easy settlement.

Commercial law firms see the downturn in corporate work rather than a reduction in fees as the biggest threat to profitability.

In recent years there has been a noticeable rise in the number of big city law firms recruiting criminal practitioners to sit in or alongside their commercial teams.

The California - based commercial litigation attorney and his own practice have racked up over $ 1 billion in verdicts in cases against some of the biggest companies and law firms out there.

They both have many years of city centre family legal experience in large commercial firms and wanted to offer an alternative: solicitors who listen and guide, who are not hide bound by big firm procedures, who are approachable and accessible and who are specialist enough to know the law and their stuff but aren't divorce divas.

«Commercial Law League of America to Sponsor May 1 CLE Event in Chicago That Will Address the Billable Hour, Transitioning Between Firms, and Ethical Issues for Attorneys Main Ex - «Big Law» Attorneys From Wilson Elser and Other Firms Overcome Obstacles and Start Their Own Practices»

All mentors have law degrees, but their practices and businesses range broadly from commercial litigation in a big law firm to nonprofit work.

This is, of course, the sort of stuff that one hopes law societies and the big law firms are investigating, so that useful standards and software can emerge for all members of the profession, and so that law firms aren't wholly captives of commercial operations and their proprietary software.

Nicole Broley is an experienced commercial litigator with a big professional services firm but lately she has been getting her feet wet in the area of family law.

Deneys Reitz itself was Chambers» African Law Firm of the Year in 2006 and maintains a strong commercial law presence in the continent's biggest econoLaw Firm of the Year in 2006 and maintains a strong commercial law presence in the continent's biggest econolaw presence in the continent's biggest economy.

While solicitors» firms welcome job applications from students across all universities, there are advantages to going to one of the bigger, prestigious law schools listed in the above rankings when it comes to job - hunting, as Jackie explains: «If you go to the bigger Russell Group universities, it is easier to meet representatives from global law firms at campus events — a commercial law firm might sponsor your Law Society Annual Ball or have a stand at a careers evelaw schools listed in the above rankings when it comes to job - hunting, as Jackie explains: «If you go to the bigger Russell Group universities, it is easier to meet representatives from global law firms at campus events — a commercial law firm might sponsor your Law Society Annual Ball or have a stand at a careers evelaw firms at campus events — a commercial law firm might sponsor your Law Society Annual Ball or have a stand at a careers evelaw firm might sponsor your Law Society Annual Ball or have a stand at a careers eveLaw Society Annual Ball or have a stand at a careers event.