Sentences with phrase «handled by a large firm»

When your case is handled by a large firm, you can also rest assured that no matter how unique the issues in your case, there is an attorney at the firm who knows exactly how to handle them.

Not exact matches

So while this law student initiative might, in the long run help cure the problem of diversity at the Supreme Court (by ensuring a larger minority representation at large firms that handle Supreme Court cases), the growing consolidation of the Supreme Court bar still troubles me - as much or more than the lack of diversity.

And while accounting firms may not seek to take on the bespoke work that is typically handled by large law firms, alternative providers of legal services can certainly be very effective in other areas of legal work.

Examples of his recent case - load are: led by Ed Pepperall QC in a large - scale action arising from a defective share sale; defended solicitors from allegations arising from property transactions, including alleged breaches of the Etridge guidance; acting for a claimant against solicitors who negligently handled his litigation; defending an IFA from allegations of inappropriately risky investment advice; acting for solicitors claiming contributions from another firm in respect of their own liability for breach of trust; advising clients on a claim against surveyors for losses arising from negligent property valuations.

The company needed a solution that would find relevant documents quickly, and be scalable enough to handle one of the largest productions ever performed internally by a law firm using Ringtail.

On the corporate commercial side, 90 per cent of the transactions are done internally, but litigation matters such as human rights and passenger claims are handled by external counsel by firms across Canada with large national firms.

Some larger firms will take your case, but then your case is handled later by another lawyer or a paralegal.

Most tasks handled by large law firms, by small law firms, and by in - house legal departments are made - to - order.

We represent businesses and individuals in complex and high - stakes matters that often can not be handled efficiently by larger firms with higher fees and more rigid hourly billing rates.

53 % of the matters handled by «Large Enough» firms have between 20 % and 60 % of their hours billed by partners.

50 % of the IP Litigation matters handled by the «Largest 50» firms (those with 750 + lawyers) had virtually no time billed by partners.

I have found that Summation gives me the ability and confidence to stand my ground against opposing counsel demands because I know that my processing engine (FTK, under Summation's hood) is world - class, my database is sound, and Summation generates detailed audit logs I can use to demonstrate exactly how data was handled by users... This is crucial because it allows smaller law firms such as mine to compete vigorously with government and larger law firms that have deeper e-discovery support and resources.

Figure 6: Enterprise Legal Management Trends Report Macro Trend: 50 % of the IP Litigation matters handled by the «Largest 50» firms included virtually no partner time.

Last year's firm highlights included handling Groupon's November IPO, the year's second - largest public offering, and IP litigation chair James Hurst continuing an eight - trial winning streak by securing three courtroom wins for client Abbott Laboratories, including a March 31 jury verdict that staved off a potential multibillion antitrust class action claim.

For a variety of reasons covered here before — closer scrutiny by more sophisticated and motivated clients, new technology and processes capable of handling rote work cheaply, low - cost alternatives to associates in low - cost jurisdictions — large firms won't be able to employ armies of associates on work that a bright law student could do.

Many lawyers and judges appear to take the position that electronic technology in the litigation process is best suited for the large document cases which usually come before the court in large urban areas and are handled by lawyers from large legal firms with IT departments.