Sentences with phrase «firm leaders get»

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GREG Evans has got off to a flying start in his new role as KPMG's global leader of mining M&A, with one of the firm's major clients announcing its first takeover bid last week.

The CAQ leader also said he would seek to get back money «stolen» from Quebeckers by firms who used corrupt or illegal means to win government contracts.

It's increasingly impossible to be the leader of a major corporation or to get a job at a major law firm.

Massachusetts» entirely Democratic Senate delegation of Ted Kennedy and John Kerry went along with the assessment to the point of preventing his confirmation — only to hear a howl, when the senators got back home, from the hospitals and medical firms around Boston, whose leaders thought Astrue was as good as they were likely to get from the Republican administration in Washington.

Manchester City, who are firm favourites at Unibet for the Cup make a trip to League One leaders Wigan, while Tottenham if they get past Newport in their replay would have a trip to Millwall or Rochdale.

It should be noted that Silver reportedly is ready to get all the way on board with the governor's ethics reform proposal — even the part that would require him to fully disclose his client list at Weitz & Luxenberg, which is something that Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who is also of counsel (at the Long Island firm of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek), doesn't seem all that interested in doing.

The deputy Senate majority leader is accused of lying to the FBI during a 2010 investigation, and using his influence to get his son a job at a downstate law firm.

- Ex-Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R - Rensselaer) got hundreds of thousands of dollars through consulting companies he controlled from firms doing business with the state.

Skelos, 68, and Adam, 33, both of Rockville Centre, are scheduled to be sentenced April 13 in Manhattan federal court for conspiring to use Dean's power as Republican majority leader to help Adam get work from a real estate developer, a malpractice insurer and an environmental firm.

Mr Cameron will give in to one of Lib Dem leader and Deputy PM Nick Clegg's main demands by watering down moves to get more firms battling to provide services.

Joe Manausa Real Estate is a leader in internet marketing and utilizes search engine optimization, email marketing, social media and data analytics to get their clients» home sold faster and for more money than any other Tallahassee brokerage firm.

It takes a strong, firm owner to show he is the pack leader and not let this breed of dog sway you into letting him get away with what he wants.

Get those statistics collected and out there for everyone to see that your law firm makes diversity a priority, is willing to show measurable progress, and be a leader in the bar.

Some leaders would undoubtedly feel the social media landscape is awash with blogs, tweets and posts and that any further contribution their firm makes will get lost in this — any comments?

For the survey, which has been conducted annually since 2009, Altman Weil polled leaders at 798 U.S. law firms and got responses from 48 percent of them.

Of course, out of context, this sounds absurd, but Jack goes on to write that «getting the new norm to be «we fill out our data forms after every matter» requires firm leaders to proselytize their practice group heads, requires those heads to lobby the partners and senior associates in their groups, and requires those lawyers to set the expectation with the junior lawyers that those forms must be completed.»

Decisions about every aspect of partner compensation from how to award points to who gets to see the final breakdown have an impact on another, more nebulous concept that law firm leaders love to talk about: culture.

Some firm «leaders» don't even get that — they get themselves into leaderships roles through the power of money.

We talked to senior figures in the market to get their personal perspective on the year, including law firm leaders at Linklaters, DLA Piper, Herbert Smith Freehills and Allen & Overy.

Each of our practice group leaders «sells» their group to the summers, and it gives them a chance to ask questions and get to know the firm in a more granular way.

Yet despite their good intentions and a clear client mandate to get with the program, law firm leaders are unable to separate their firms from the old ways of doing things...

During this three - day gathering, summer associates get to know one another and hear from firm leaders about the vision and values of the firm.

Chinese firm leaders understand they are not going to have this kind of growth, but they are certainly trying to get their version.

These pessimistic comments led Gerry Riskin to restate his challenge to Law Firm leaders: Punchline: You are getting fair warning — are you acting on it?

... To assure that your law firm's thought leadership, news and information gets seen in the days ahead, you'll need to get your lawyers and law firm leaders using social media.

What's remarkable to me is that many law firms and their leaders haven't yet gotten past the «figuring out» stage.

Personally, I wanted law firm leaders to get a feel of the depth, breadth, and value of the conference to their firm's marketing and business development professionals.

Though the function has come a long way, outside a handful of notable exceptions, most law firm leaders still have some semblance of the «I don't get it» mindset «when it comes to the professional management of marketing and business development.

If I were a law firm leader, I might think I better get my hands around the AI opportunity before my client does it for me.

When I ask law firm leaders about their talent strategy, I often get the response, «You mean our recruiting?»

If you want better law firm leaders, than get more of your legal team polishing their delegation skills.

Most law firms these days have both types of leaders — Mavericks, who are open to change and focused on performance, and Formalists, who are averse to change and focused on just getting the job done.

Last month I shared some thoughts about why law firm leaders can get disillusioned with the promises made by tech providers serving the legal industry.

If a primary hesitancy for law firm leaders to get help with their billing effectiveness relates to a fear of giving up control, making sure they retain control is paramount.

But Dodd chiefly recognises that success across all wellbeing endeavours means getting the firm's leaders to walk the walk.

Learn how to make this year your most profitable ever by getting consistent leads from SEO and positioning your firm as thought leaders.

Farar & Lewis LLP — is a trustworthy, and well known car accident law firm, that has established itself as a leader in helping victims of car accidents get the compensation they need to take control of their life.

She is also a highly sought - after TV commentator, radio personality, public speaker, writer and leader of the band at Jonna Spilbor Law, who's practice is dedicated to helping her Firm's clients navigate their way through the most difficult legal processes and getting the best possible results from the worst situations.

One last thought on leadership. When truly disruptive innovation collides with any market, historically the big boys don't survive. They are lacking the bold leadership required to make major course corrections. The top ten most profitable law firms - 9 of which have no blogging presence to speak of — will lose their position if they don't join the party. As Kevin O'keefe noted this week, anonymity online is a losing proposition, while others disagree. We aren't just talking about blogging though, it's the whole social media system - Legal Onramp, JDSupra, and even LinkedIN, Twitter, and Facebook. These are powerful tools, and real leaders will understand, like their younger counterparts, it is much more significant to harness the power of fire, than to simply try and stamp it out for fear of getting burned.

It is essential that the leaders of law firms get out of their bunker and communicate at all levels in their firm.

This raises a very real question for partners — «is it worth trying to get my firm to innovate, or should I take my clients to a market leader firm?»

Firm leaders need to get of out their offices and look around.

While this was probably the most graphic description, the in - house counsel at the two - day event brought up the importance of getting to know their businesses endlessly, and, of course, the question that always followed to the law firm leaders in the audience was «why aren't we doing it already?»

And right now, legal hackers seem to be getting their projects mainly from municipalities and a few «thought leaders» within the academe — people who generally don't have the kind of deep knowledge about legal problems facing solo and small - firm lawyers and their clients that would be necessary to come up with a list of problems to solve.

Showing that you've been able to succeed and work with established industry leaders in your previous career shouldn't be saved for the interview; instead, weave it into your resume to get a hiring manager's attention, says Theresa Szczurek, chief executive Radish Systems, a Boulder - based software firm.

To find out how the changes will affect the job search process for executives in Mexico, we spoke to executive recruiters from AESC member firms working there to get the pulse on the what types of leaders organizations in Mexico are looking for and how candidates can make themselves more visible to executive recruiters.

To solve this, he compiled the bios of senior leaders in major career development firms, and through persistent networking, he got an audience with the decision - makers of these companies.

Recognized as a key employee, contributed in the firm getting awarded by BCI Asia as one of the «Top Ten 2005 Market Leaders in Architecture».

GM CEO Mary Barra last year took her top leaders to visit tech companies and venture capital firms to get their thoughts on fostering innovation.