Sentences with phrase «firm rainmakers»

The Minority Corporate Counsel Association named her one of the Leading Law Firm Rainmakers.

They're doing what a talented law firm rainmaker or relationship partner is supposed to be doing, if only they had the time.»

They're doing what a talented law firm rainmaker or relationship partner is supposed to be doing,

Not exact matches

John Morgan, who leads the firm, is a long - time Democratic rainmaker but he's also given generously to Republicans, notes the Tampa Bay Times.

Most people in the firm refer to Don as the principle rainmaker.

Hopu is one of the longest - established private equity firms in China, founded in 2007 by Chinese rainmaker Fang Fenglei, who is also the non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs» investment banking China joint venture, and Richard Ong, now head of RRJ Capital.

Weitz & Luxenberg, as you'll recall, for many years employed Silver on an «of counsel» basis — a situation that basically consisted of him acting like a rainmaker for the firm, directing clients there and never actually practicing any law on their behalf.

Malito said he hopes to be a rainmaker for the firm, bringing in business and assisting with lobbying when he can, though he probably won't be spending very much time in Albany.

The «direct» description is an interesting one because some of these lawmakers, like the speaker, for example, serve largely as rainmakers for firms and don't do much actual representing of clients.

There would also be a «rainmaker» provision requiring a lawyer to disclose clients of his firm with state interests if he were more than reasonably expected to know about them, sources said.

Cuomo was asked how this would apply to legislators who are of counsel, or work in a more ethereal «rainmaker» role at a firm.

Despite his comments about representing «little people,» Silver was hired as of counsel at the firm Weitz & Luxenberg to bring «prestige» — as one of the name partners put it in testimony during the trial — and he acted primarily as a so - called rainmaker, bringing in lucrative referrals for mesothelioma cases, which paid him a portion of the proceeds from any judgment or settlement.

He co-founded Rainmaker, a PR firm for budding telecom and Internet companies based in Washington, D.C., but also worked for Russians on this side of the Atlantic.

Marty and «The Rainmaker» work together to put the kibosh on their firm's acquisition by MetroCapital but a back - stabbing turn of events leaves Marty and «The Rainmaker» mortal enemies instead of valued allies; in the aftermath of the news about April, Marty must deal with attitude from Roscoe.

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Six of his novels have been turned into films (The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, and The Chamber), as was an original screenplay, The Gingerbread Man.

It is why in law firms the «rainmakers» are considered more valuable than any other attorney in the firm; it is the rainmakers who bring in the business by selling themselves and the firm.

This week, the news broke that law firm Seikaly & Stewart is suing legal marketing outfit the Rainmaker Institute over implementation of a search engine optimization program that allegedly broke Google rules and damaged, rather than enhanced, the law firm's online results.

Some of the examples I heard were that many law firms suffer from an «old boys» club» culture where advancement for women is limited because they are not perceived as rainmakers.

Bad websites don't stop lawyers and law firms who are rainmakers for a minute.

For social media to really catch on within a firm, there has to be clear buy - in from the top — not just from the managing partner, but to the extent possible, from senior rainmakers and other influencers.

The old paradigm of law firm attorney roles was «finders, minders, and grinders» — in other words, rainmakers who find and develop clients, attorneys who manage those clients» cases and transactions, and attorneys who do most of the actual work on those matters.

Law firms, which have been beneficiaries of an avalanche of legal work from sexual misconduct, must now look within and confront the dilemma of powerful rainmakers who...

After all, but for the rainmaker's business, the other firm lawyers would be out of work.

Nixon was hardly the only rainmaker at the firm, but he quickly established himself as one of the most effective.

According to Dr. Larry Richard, who has examined thousands of lawyers with the Caliper test, «low sociability scores have broad implications for many aspect of law firm management — mentoring, teamwork,..., and rainmaking... rainmakers scored nearly three and a half times higher on Sociability than service partners!»

Firms must promise rainmakers huge sums if they want to attract them as laterals, while paying their own top producers equally well to prevent them from being poached.

Now, in my experience, the majority of law firm leaders — including practice leaders, department heads, client team leaders, and industry team leaders — are also the biggest rainmakers in the firm.

He said that it is helpful if the rainmakers at the top of the firm jump in and help push in this area.

If you have 20 lawyers in a firm, the odds are you're only dealing with two to three lawyers that are rainmakers anyway.

My most dramatic experience was helping a firm whose charismatic managing partner and chief rainmaker had suddenly become a quadriplegic as a result of a body surfing accident.

In firms in which hourly rates are much higher for such work as labor or corporate transactional work, the firm may have the luxury of highly compensating partners who are primarily rainmakers.

The presence of the firm itself does play a role in origination: While some clients and many attorneys, particularly heavy rainmakers, like to stress that clients hire attorneys and not law firms, the fact remains that a certain level and scale of work would not be able to be performed or serviced by a solo practitioner.

Last week, Eric Gregg (Founder and CEO of Inavero) and Adelaide Ness (Executive Vice President of The Rainmaker Companies) hosted a webinar titled: «From Service Management to Service Excellence: Unlocking your Firm's Growth Potential.»

She is the Founder and CEO of The Rainmakers Roundtable, a consulting firm that specializes in providing business consulting and mentoring services for small to mid-sized law firms worldwide.

This «flight of the rainmakers,» as Dan Binstock calls it, is a real threat to firms» viability: all it takes is a few key defections to trigger the kind of crisis of confidence that took down firms like Heller, Thelen and Thacher.

Relatively little time, attention, or firm resources may be allocated to things the rainmakers may do not do well, such as maintaining the quality of legal services, financing the practice, recruiting and training new lawyers, employee relations, automation, or any of the many other problems affecting law firms.

This blawg discusses all levels of law firm lawyer compensation, from associates to service partners, to rainmakers, to lawyer - managers, and senior lawyers who are phasing down in preparation for retirement.

Gide Loyrette Nouel has sealed the hire of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Paris M&A heavyweight Olivier Diaz, a move that marks a return to the firm for the rainmaker after 20 years away.

The Rainmaker Blog Law Firm Marketing: LinkedIn Upgrades Company Profiles September 28 By Stephen Fairley «LinkedIn, the most popular business social networking site used by attorneys, just announced that it has added new customization features to its Company Follow feature.

What if firms felt that investment in KM was just as important as paying the so - called «rainmakers» of the firm fat paycheques?

ROTHSTEIN: I would be considered, in my firm, a pretty good rainmaker for a woman, and that is fair.

So, law firms looking to motivate their lawyer sales force — including those practitioners who typically avoid rainmaking at all costs — should celebrate and acknowledge rainmaking failures as well as successes -LSB-...] You can motivate existing rainmakers and encourage others to become rainmakers by creating a culture where it is not a failure to come home empty - handed if you hunted well.»

Sara J. Shanahan, partner in the firm's Litigation Department, attended the Women Rainmakers Alumni Conference in Paradise Valley, Arizona on Thursday, February 1 and Friday, February 2, 2018.

It is very rewarding to help him grow both as the chief rainmaker and leader of the firm.

Henderson also adds that in the new large law firm model, the next generation of lawyers «are largely going to begin and end their careers as employees,» with the rainmakers continuing to carry the ball.

In the article, Beese tells the story of his encounter many years ago with a top rainmaker at his firm.

To meet a swelling demand for their services, firms had gone on spending sprees, bringing in so - called «rainmakers» (partners with a knack for luring clients), hiring new associates, investing in technology and expanding not only into larger offices but also into other cities.