Sentences with phrase «from rainmakers»

The mistake is not only the moral one of putting the bulk of the legal system at arm's length from the rainmakers and their well - watered friends but also — and this is the gravamen of my post, I suppose — the analytical one of failing to see that, absent some black swan large scale social disruption, solutions will be forged to the problems facing the legal system, and that, however unpolished they may appear when seen from above, these solutions and their near cousins bid fair to eat their way up the quality / sophistication ladder in the way in which minimills» steel did until --

So Nelson is getting general election pressure, even as Democrats ranging from rainmakers like John Morgan to strategists like Steve Vancore and county chairs and activists fret that the Senators isn't energizing the base.

Changed the effect of Respawn Punisher so that when a player has it equipped, allies splatted by the explosion from the Rainmaker after its time limit runs out will not suffer its effects.

Fixed an issue in Rainmaker matches causing the explosion animation from the Rainmaker's shots to appear after the actual explosion when its shots hit a Splash Wall or expanded Brella.

The movie looks fantastic as well; awesome job from Rainmaker!

Simon Wadsworth, executive vice president and chief financial officer, says the Memphis, Tenn. - based company saw a revenue lift of 1.5 % to 2.5 %, translating into $ 6 million to $ 10 million, after installing software from Rainmaker.

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Ironically, five years later, the company that fired me has never rebounded from the massive decline that occurred as a result of sacking the rainmaker.

Rainmaker was recently demoted from the TSX big board to the Venture exchange and reported $ 1.2 million in losses for the first half of 2013.

Much of the money Rainmaker makes now comes from producing two Barbie movies a year for Mattel, a long fall from the days this same studio was inducted into the Smithsonian Institution, having been nominated by Bill Gates himself.

And each one is set up like a joint venture between OSTA and that office's rainmakers — the entrepreneurial spirits that OSTA has lured away from larger competitors with the promise of greater control, bigger upside, and fewer hoops.

Her track record has garnered the trust and respect from Wall Street rainmakers to Washington.

In addition to reinventing himself multiple times, from the long - forgotten battles with the FCC in the 90s to giving Charlie Rose a run for his money over the past decade as «greatest interviewer alive,» Howard's savviest role is behind the scenes as a platform rainmaker.

Then a Columbia University doctor who specialized in the rare form of cancer that stems from exposure to asbestos, said he understood Silver's message to mean that he wanted to be a «rainmaker» at Weitz & Luxenberg, which was getting rich suing on behalf of mesothelioma victims.

The former rainmaker was convicted last month on seven counts in a federal corruption case tied to the Taub referrals and kickbacks from a real estate developer.

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.

Rainmakers had to lead a large herbivore from its home in a water hole, take it to a high place and slaughter it; where its blood ran, rain would fall.

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.

Drawing a parade of colorful performances from a constantly surprising cast, the curiously titled «John Grisham's «The Rainmaker»» is Mr. Coppola's best and sharpest film in years.

His escape, however, isn't merely to ensure his own livelihood, but rather to ensure the demise of a mysterious crime lord from the future, the Rainmaker, who, when preparing to send older Joe back, killed Joe's wife (Qing Xu) and now has plans to erase the existence of all loopers.

In a plot thread straight from The Terminator, Old Joe is intent on killing a child in the 2040s who will grow up in the 2070s to become the Rainmaker, a mysterious über - criminal intent on prematurely closing all loops.

It plays like one of those films based on a true story, but it's really a fiction film that draws from some personal experiences of actor (and former pro soccer player) Andrew Shue (The Rainmaker, «Melrose Place») growing up and attending Columbia High School, the South Orange, New Jersey school depicted in the movie.

The future mob boss known as The Rainmaker hires «loopers» from 30 years past to handle the dirty work.

He is supposed to the young version of the future Rainmaker, and he possesses some unusual traits... with Blunt trying to supply sufficient motherly love to prevent him from spinning off track.

But because the deus ex machina here is not only evident from the start, and because the identity of the Rainmaker is glaringly obvious, then the conclusion to the film betrays everyone in the audience by only partially observing the rules of time travel set up in earlier scenes.

Related Reviews: Directed by Steven Spielberg: War Horse • The Adventures of Tintin Summer Blockbusters: Men in Black • Armageddon • Spider - Man 1970s Oscar Winners: Rocky • The Godfather & The Godfather Part II • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • Chinatown • Annie Hall More»70s Cinema: Taxi Driver • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory • The Island at the Top of the World • The Black Hole New: The Rookies: The Complete Second Season • Dr. Seuss» The Lorax • The Royal Tenenbaums • Spaceballs Richard Dreyfuss: The Lightkeepers • Oliver Twist Roy Scheider: Cohen & Tate • John Grisham's The Rainmaker Robert Shaw: From Russia with Love Murray Hamilton: The Graduate • The Hustler In the Water: The Reef • Piranha (2010) • Shark Night • The Water Horse • Sharktopus

Related Reviews: New: From Here to Eternity • I Married a Witch • Mad Men: Season 6 • The Big Parade • Cinerama Holiday • My Name Is Nobody Best Picture Winners on Blu - ray: Wings • On the Waterfront • The Apartment • Lawrence of Arabia • Titanic • Argo Adapted by Robert E. Sherwood: Rebecca Directed by William Wyler: Funny Girl Teresa Wright: The Rainmaker Classics on Blu - ray: It's a Wonderful Life • Sunset Blvd. • Beauty and the Beast (1946) • A Letter to Three Wives • House of Wax

Fixed an issue in Manta Maria during Rainmaker matches allowing players to make their way deep into enemy turf from above the goal.

Fixed an issue in Blackbelly Skatepark during Rainmaker matches allowing players to make their way deep into enemy turf from above the goal.

When spectating from a player's viewpoint in Rainmaker mode, the on - screen warnings «DO N'T RETREAT!»

Fixed an issue causing the area below where shots from a Sloshing Machine or Rainmaker hit a wall to not be inked.

Items that will be removed from PWT include the original Bullet Club x Tekken and Rainmaker x Tekken designs; the Kenny Omega x Bryan Fury shirt and bandana; and the new Devil Jin y Naito Los Ingobernables de Japon art.

It's certainly just as compelling as ever before, especially once you make your way into Ranked Matches, which rotate between Splat Zones (King of the Hill), Rainmaker (Capture the Flag) and Tower Control (Tug - of - War) game modes as you try and raise your grade from C - to S +.

We moved all of our courses from Wishlist Member to Rainmaker, and it's been truly impressive.

The starting poinf for No Song to Sing flies betwen two songs from popular culture: in one hand an eponymous song composed by the british musician Michael Chapman included in his first album (Rainmaker, 1969), on the other hand one of the most awarded hits by Stevie Wonder, I Just Called to Say I Love You (1984).

Each morning, we send you a sound idea on anything from getting clients — even if you are missing the rainmaker gene, to solving the «slammed with work but chronically short on cash» dilemma.

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.

Neither Collins nor Bodine offer any explanation; I can only surmise that the rainmakers who benefit from perpetual origination credit prefer to retain this system, and have sufficient economic leverage to to do so successfully.

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.

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...

Aderant's professional services experts will help Cordell migrate to Aderant Expert from its current Rainmaker Platinum system.

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.

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.»

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.

First I thanks to IGNOU and Rainmaker Co. to offer this chance of improving the skills of lawyers who were prefered to give the quality produce from the LPO industry.

Ryder, who joined Weil alongside fellow private equity rainmaker Harvey Eisenberg from O'Melveney & Myers in 2011, left Weil over the weekend.

So what did Beese learn from his conversation with this senior rainmaker?

Aside from serving with the ABA on its TECHSHOW Board, Bob is a Commissioner on the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Legal Profession, a member of the ABA Law Practice Division Council, Chair of the Division's Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and a member of the ABA Women Rainmakers Board.

With CMOplaybook ®, your lawyers gain exclusive access to the techniques used by master rainmakers to generate more work from prospective and existing clients.

My own guess is that «worker bee» partners who aren't really rainmakers benefit most from a move in - house: Not only are they freed from the task of bringing in business but, presumably, they earned less than their breadwinning colleagues at the law firm.

Phase 1: Laterally hire expensive, high - powered rainmakers from other law firms.