Sentences with phrase «from lawyers in private practice»

Come along and hear from lawyers in private practice and in - house about what it's really like to work in the field.

Not exact matches

Terry, 61, a private practice lawyer from Roslyn Heights, earned more than $ 217,000 last year from six government positions controlled by Democratic Party officials or in party enclaves.

Nothing that requires us to work in public service forever — if you're a lawyer you can take a break from private practice, do public service and go back to your firm.

http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa437.pdf The settlement of the tobacco litigation, in November 1998, was a legal and public policy debacle of truly historic proportions.5 The tobacco companies agreed to abide by a new set of regulatory constraints and to make multibillion - dollar payments annually to the states (and the trial lawyers from private practice who were hired to represent most of them) in perpetuity.

We built the membership last September to include fair representation from the judiciary, lawyers in private and public sector practice, the Courts Administration Service, a few other areas and a journalist to represent the interests of the Canadian public.

The largest salary divide between men and women in - house in Canada exists in the most senior roles for equivalent work and diversity remains a challenge, but as more young lawyers make the switch from private practice sooner in their career that gap should close, according to a recent survey.

In total, this site features over 17,000 of the world's leading private practice lawyers from over 100 national jurisdictions.

Fact: When lawyers leave private practice (e.g., to retire, go in - house, move to another jurisdiction or take a temporary leave to focus on family) they usually qualify for exemption from payment of the program premiums.

Since graduating from Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago - Kent College of Law in 1987, Gene has worked in every kind of public and private legal practice, serving as a trial lawyer and supervising other trial attorneys.

Jointly hosted by Legal Week and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Middle East Chapter, and supported by Legal Week's sister title, The American Lawyer, the awards took place at the Ritz - Carlton in Dubai on 11 May and were attended by nearly 400 lawyers from private practice and in - house legal departments.

With an array of legal experience and varied sector backgrounds, from being an M&A lawyer in private practice, to a senior officer at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), our guest talks to Lawyer Monthly about the personal and professional rewards of being an Investment Funds lawyer and teaching this subject at Harvard Law School.

Two months later twenty - three of the lawyers and support staff from their private practice have formed their own firm, Maurice Turnor Gardner, specializing in «private wealth, philanthropy, and partnerships and LLPs.»

For the majority of lawyers in private practice, income generated comes from the generalized hourly billing model.

Now, 15 years later, the Law Society of Upper Canada has released its report on retaining women in the profession and many of the same issues raised by Wilson are still present: a high proportion of women enter the legal profession at the initial entry level (more than 50 per cent of lawyers called to the bar are female), and that there is a higher attrition rate for women than men from private practice.

The majority of respondents identified themselves as lawyers in private practice, but we also received responses from civil government and public interest lawyers, prosecutors and public defenders, and corporate in - house lawyers.

Many of the benefits from insuring lawyers individually under the primary Law Society program are only possible because LAWPRO provides the insurance for all lawyers called and in private practice in Ontario.

The Hot 100 gathers together the best lawyers in the UK — the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers from in - house, private practice and the Bar.

LAWPRO understands that there may be circumstances in which a lawyer may have to take some time away from the private practice of law due to illness, family issues or other circumstances.

Racialized and diverse lawyers from private practice who are interested in pitching for work from big companies such as Home Depot, Bruce Power, BMO Financial, Nissan Canada and more are invited to sign up for the Diversity Pitch Event March 7 in Toronto.

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.

That in itself is a big change from being a private practice lawyer where you often tend to focus on one specific area.

The awards, which took place at the Ritz - Carlton in Dubai on Thursday (11 May), were attended by nearly 400 lawyers from private practice and in - house legal departments, and saw an array of international and regional law firms recognised for their legal work alongside leading legal departments, including Pepsi - Cola International, which was named Legal Department of the Year (Large Team).

The leading legal publication today unveiled its Hot 100 list for 2017, which recognises the profession's brightest stars and «the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers from in - house, private practice and the Bar».

As a former Judge's Associate, former lawyer in private practice, through working in lawtech and legal publishing, Sherika has experienced and understands the challenges of the profession from many different angles.

The Law Society's In - House Division annual conference brings together in - house lawyers from the public, private and charity sectors and provides expert advice on best practice strategies and policieIn - House Division annual conference brings together in - house lawyers from the public, private and charity sectors and provides expert advice on best practice strategies and policiein - house lawyers from the public, private and charity sectors and provides expert advice on best practice strategies and policies.

The Inn is an association of federal and state judges, lawyers in private practice, corporate counsel, government lawyers, and law professors drawn from all segments of Middle Tennessee's legal community.

But neither is Quebec, where we learn from the Barreau du Quebec that at the end of 2014, only 39.8 % of lawyers are in private practice.

The unidentified lawyer had it all, graduating from law school near the top of his class, clerkships with a federal circuit court and then the Supreme Court, a private practice in energy law with the D.C. office of a large Wall Street firm, average annual income of $ 700,000, a large house in Maryland and private schools for the kids.

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Setting aside the matter of relative public access to private practice lawyers over different time periods (and the related question of whether that degree is enough, too much or just right to meet public need), the inescapable conclusion from Malcolm's introduction to the conversation of the growth in the number of exempt lawyers in Ontario is that we should reexamine our notion of what a «typical» legal career looks like.

Nearly 400 leading African lawyers from private practice and in - house teams gathered in Johannesburg this September to celebrate the 2017 African Legal Awards.

While there is likely some decrease in the number of private practice lawyers serving government and business from private practice since 2008, I doubt that is material to the broader picture.

We have the experience in providing Expert Opinions for courts in other jurisdictions, consulates in China, overseas organizations in the international civil cases, our lawyers were interviewed by Reuters, China Radio International (CRI), Outlook Weekly, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Evening Post and other world famous media on hot legal topics, were invited by European Union Member States (EUMS) to make special report on Chinese law for consular officers from nearly 20 European countries, make presentation at international conferences and provided legal training for newly practicing lawyers and made many professional speeches at legal conferences, such as International Private Law Conference, Civil Procedural Conference, Lawasia conference.

We have the experience inproviding Expert Opinions for courts in other jurisdictions, consulates in China, overseas orgnizations in the international civil cases, our lawyers were interviewed by Reuters, China Radio International (CRI), Outlook Weekly, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Evening Post and other world famous media on hot legal topics, were invited by European Union Member States (EUMS) to make special reporton Chinese law for consular officers from nearly 20 European countries, make presentation at international conferences and provided legal training for newly practicing lawyers and made many professional speeches at legal conferences, such as International Private Law Conference, Civil Procedural Conference, Lawasia conference.

A multidisciplinary team of lawyers from our Real Estate, Projects, Energy and Litigation practices have a depth of experience representing clients in public and private construction projects in the real estate, infrastructure and energy sectors.

The Coalition seeks to bring together resources from all parts of the legal community (law school faculty, students, and practicing lawyers), as well as non-lawyers, to facilitate the fair distribution of federal, state, and private disaster relief to New Orleanians (wherever they may be) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Resource people have included judges, justices of the peace, counsel from the Crown Law Office — Criminal and the Crown Law Office — Civil as well as other lawyers in the Ministry of the Attorney General, lawyers in private practice, and representatives of various Aboriginal organizations.

Faculty for these workshops have included judges, justices of the peace, counsel from the Crown Law Office — Criminal and the Crown Law Office — Civil as well as other lawyers in the Ministry of the Attorney General, lawyers in private practice, and representatives of various Aboriginal organizations.

Held at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Happy Valley clubhouse and sponsored by Axiom and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the event was attended by in - house counsel and private practice lawyers from across the region.

In addition, our lawyers from an array of global practices are very active in the UK, including international private clients, insurance, international arbitration, fund formation, private equity, international tax, project finance and intellectual propertIn addition, our lawyers from an array of global practices are very active in the UK, including international private clients, insurance, international arbitration, fund formation, private equity, international tax, project finance and intellectual propertin the UK, including international private clients, insurance, international arbitration, fund formation, private equity, international tax, project finance and intellectual property.

Eligibility: Provided at no charge to all lawyer members of the Law Society who are not in active private practice who qualify for exemption ¹ from payment of insurance premiums and levies.

Its members come from a variety of backgrounds, including lawyers in private practice, in - house counsel, trade association counsel, nonprofit lawyers, and government lawyers.

To compile the list, Who's Who Legal conducts a comprehensive independent survey using recommendations from both general counsel and lawyers in private practice globally.

Launched in 1996, Who's Who Legal is a peer review - led lawyer directory that features 17,000 leading private practice lawyers from 100 countries.

The majority of instructions received by our barristers comes by way of Professional Client Access, whether from a solicitor in private practice, an in - house lawyer, or other legal professionals.

Nevertheless, the number of in - house lawyers continued to grow more rapidly than private practice and a decline from the earlier very rapid growth of in - house lawyers was likely inevitable.

It's no secret that clients are concerned about law firms» abilities to address their needs over the longer term and this is something we are hearing more and more about from both private practice and in - house lawyers.

We will get to you in five hours (at which time you will (a) probably catch the flu from someone else waiting, and (b) get a lousy will from a harried, distracted lawyer who would see you as an intrusion into her day rather than as the life - blood of her private practice).

During the first 10 year period from 1989 to 1998 [xv], the number of private practice lawyers increased by a total of only 14.9 % while the number of practising lawyers in other categories increased by 79.7 %.

By 2014, the number of private practice lawyers in Ontario had increased over 15 years by approximately 400 lawyers annually (i.e. 2.1 %) from 17,032 to 23,057.