Sentences with phrase «even partners in your law firm»

From this perspective, you should use your own contacts and approach clients past and present in addition to former classmates and co-workers who left private practice, current in - house lawyers, and even partners in your law firm regarding possible in - house openings.

This actually seems like a pretty high percentage considering that LPM is still a new concept to many in legal departments and even partners in law firms.

Not exact matches

The most important office law business in America such as the law business incidental to banking, insurance, trust - company operation, investment work, railroading, patents, admiralty, and large corporation matters in general is in the hands of non-Jewish firms many of which, even though they have numerous Jewish clients, have no Jewish partners.

Initially he was a front runner for Oldham East and Saddleworth following Phil Woolas's departure, but in a surprise move did not even make the short list, despite being a partner in a law firm in Oldham and having strong local backing.

Gillibrand was a hardworking lawyer (partner in David Boies» law firm); elected TWICE in a heavily Republican district; serves on the Armed Services Committee; ranks among the top ten fundraisers in the House; was hired by President Clinton to work at HUD; fought for the rights of abused women; is a genuine working Mom who gave birth to her second child just last March, making her only the sixth woman in the House to do so while serving in office; she has voted in every single election (unlike Kennedy who has missed even GENERAL elections); magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth... Need I say more?

He plays Billy McBride, a man whose alcoholism is even worse than his haircut and his goatee, and who founded one of the most powerful law firms in the world only to be ousted from it because of his bad behavior and a spectacular fallout with his partner, Donald Cooperman (William Hurt).

Even the world of law with which Brill is very familiar, it is quite unusual that someone out of law school becomes a partner in a law firm.

Even though there are more women entering the profession than men, they represent a small percentage of partners in leading law firms.

Even if they make partner, conditions can be difficult for women in traditional law firm partnerships: In its 2015 survey of 73 of the country's largest firms, the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) reports that, among other discriminatory practices, men outpace women in obtaining rainmaking credits, and there is a gender gap in revenues generated from client billings, even as women partners report higher working hoEven if they make partner, conditions can be difficult for women in traditional law firm partnerships: In its 2015 survey of 73 of the country's largest firms, the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) reports that, among other discriminatory practices, men outpace women in obtaining rainmaking credits, and there is a gender gap in revenues generated from client billings, even as women partners report higher working hourin traditional law firm partnerships: In its 2015 survey of 73 of the country's largest firms, the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) reports that, among other discriminatory practices, men outpace women in obtaining rainmaking credits, and there is a gender gap in revenues generated from client billings, even as women partners report higher working hourIn its 2015 survey of 73 of the country's largest firms, the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) reports that, among other discriminatory practices, men outpace women in obtaining rainmaking credits, and there is a gender gap in revenues generated from client billings, even as women partners report higher working hourin obtaining rainmaking credits, and there is a gender gap in revenues generated from client billings, even as women partners report higher working hourin revenues generated from client billings, even as women partners report higher working hoeven as women partners report higher working hours.

To compound the frustration and anxieties that prevail among partners in many law firms, cost conscious clients are less loyal to established law firms and have initiated «transactional relationships» with several firms, even in the same city.

No silver bullet (technology or otherwise) will save you in the long run if the only voices that matter in your law firm are attorney voices (or even more narrowly, partner voices).

Rarely do law firms send out releases highlighting appointments in the information part of the firm and even more rarely do they send out releases placing positions like Information Officers on the same pedestal as Partners.

Yet many law firms» marketing efforts have yet to emphasize a message of practice innovation - even while managing partners cite pressure from in - house counsel and technology innovation as the most important pressures reshaping law firms, by far.

Three bloggers have weighed in on the recent American Lawyer midlevel associate survey, with the kind of comprehensive responses that make a good business case for reading blogs, even for the busiest law firm partner.

Even opponents to using profit per equity partner (PEP) as a measure of law firm success would struggle to contend that a firm posting a 19 % year - on - year fall in profit was in anything other than a challenging position.

I never thought of becoming a partner or even of working in a law firm.

Even though Cravath pays equity partners $ 4 million a year, lawyers bringing in more than that want to see more and some other law firms are willing to provide that.

While it's hard to fathom that some law firms and partners, and even in - house counsel, still haven't fully grasped the permanence of the transformation in legal services, it's fruitless to waste any more time trying to convince them.

Even though technology has changed so much about how we eat, shop, move, and connect, my partner and I, running a small law firm together, noticed that this tidal wave of tech didn't seem to be as overwhelming in the legal space.

At our general counsel meetings — where we bring together 20 - 30 chief legal officers at a time along with some of the law firms» managing partners — we talk a lot about the specific innovations of the various law firms in the group, and even come up with ways the firms can further innovate to drive value for our GC group and the in - house community overall.

A 2008 study of University of Michigan Law School graduates found that women who practiced in a firm for five or more years were 13 percent less likely than men to make partner, even if their qualifications were equal and regardless of whether they had children.

That was 2007, before the recession, and before big law firms realized they had to cut their associate ranks significantly, so the statistics for making partner in the next decade will likely be even more dismal.

«Only a few years ago, e-discovery in the cloud wasn't even available,» said Gareth Evans, an Irvine, Calif. - based partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, adding that these days, even the smallest law firms have a wide variety of e-discovery firms they can source.

In an ideal world (and regardless of what some say, there is not a law firm CMO that truly has this authority, even if she or he says so), the lead marketer would create the plan, budget and execute, providing occasional updates to a managing partner or small management committee.

While the adversarial process is still a kill or be-killed process, in recent years, many law firms have moved away from the eat - what - you - kill model for associate, and even partner, pay.

Even though there are more women entering the pro- fession than men, they represent a small percentage of partners in leading law firms.

To the contrary, those about to embark upon that journey confront: (1) the daunting cost of law school; (2) an average of $ 120K debt for attending; (3) a job market where, nationally, close to half of all graduates do not have Bar - required employment nine months after graduation; (4) a widespread market perception that law school graduates — even those from elite schools — lack «practice ready» skills; (5) cut - backs in hiring newly minted lawyers — even among many stalwart law firms; (6) an erosion of mentorship due in part to pressure on senior lawyers to «produce» more (7) the unlikelihood of making (equity) partner; (8) instability of law firms; (9) global competition; (10) technology companies creating products that replace services; and (11) a blizzard of negative press trumpeting the glum prospects for the profession; and (12) alternative career choices — finance, accounting, technology, etc. — that portend greener pastures and do not require the same time and financial commitment to prepare for entry.

[In the United States, w] omen comprise only about 15 % of equity partners and 26 % of non-equity partners, even though 46 % of law firm associates are women.

While larger law firms may hire administrative personnel to assist in day - to - day business operations, solo attorneys are often chief cooks and bottle washers; and, even at small firms, managing partners are forced to both practice and manage the practice.

As a result, more law firms are joining the current trend in shrinking personal workspaces, even for partners, according to Heidi Learner, chief economist at Savills Studley.

The list of unconventional users includes tattoo parlors, massage therapy locations, schools, gun ranges, churches and even funeral homes that have taken space in retail centers, says Tandy Patrick, a partner in the real estate practice at Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, a regional law firm located in Louisville, Ky..