Sentences with phrase «hiring new law firms»

The majority of legal departments (56 percent) are not hiring new law firms.

Yet, 31 percent of companies hired a new law firm for M&A work in 2015, which represents either a material addition to their panel, or a replacement of a law firm from the existing M&A panel.

Therefore, the fact that 31 percent of companies hired a new law firm for M&A work in 2015 represents a material decision related to their law firm panel.

Wynn Resorts hired a new law firm to run an investigation into the alleged sexual misconduct of ex-CEO Steve Wynn, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Not exact matches

Martin likens this to what's already happened within the legal profession, where computerization of routine research has slashed the number of new associates law firms need to hire.

I did well enough in law school to be hired by a big New York law firm, but it turned out to be a very strange place.

This year's event was co-sponsored by BevForce / FoodForce, the only hiring strategy agency specializing in staffing for the beverage industry, Giannuzzi Group LLP, a boutique New York City - based law firm with significant experience in consumer brands, and City Harvest, the world's first food rescue organization, which rescues food for the nearly two million New Yorkers facing hunger each year.

The Cuomo administration has hired a law firm to explore possible new sites that could be home to a new stadium.

The law firm's founders also said it stopped filing lawsuits against New York State and its agencies once Silver had been hired to avoid conflicts of interest with Silver's job as Assembly chief.

According to the documents obtained from city hall, many of the Central New York law firms hired in recent months to represent the city charge about $ 250 an hour.

A grand jury was investigating whether Libous told a partner at the law firm that it would be able to «build a new wing» in order accommodate the business that would flow in once his son was hired.

Prosecutors said Silver delivered tax - abatement and rent - control legislation that favored developers while some of New York's biggest developers hired a small law firm that secretly sent $ 700,000 in fees to the then - speaker.

«Among other things, the grand jury and the FBI and IRS were investiating whether Libous told a partner of Law Firm 1 that the firm would have to «build a new wing» to accomodate the business it would receive if it hired his son,» the indictment staFirm 1 that the firm would have to «build a new wing» to accomodate the business it would receive if it hired his son,» the indictment stafirm would have to «build a new wing» to accomodate the business it would receive if it hired his son,» the indictment stated.

In one scheme described in court papers, he asked a pair of real estate developers to hire a small law firm, Goldberg & Iryami, which seeks reductions in New York City property taxes on behalf of its clients.

Boutique firm GQ Employment Law has announced the hiring of two new lawyers, Natasha Adom and Mark Callaghan.

Now, the Associated Press reports that the Department of Labor is investigating another law firm, New York - based Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy for allegedly putting into practice the same types of strategies described by Cohen Grigsby so as to disqualify American job applicants and clear the way for hiring immigrants.

As she started signing new clients Cynthia was able to choose the cases she wanted then later hire more attorneys and grow into the law firm she'd been imagining.

And, Gordon has recruited attorneys from the nation's most successful law firms to serve on the law school's advisory board and to convice their firms and others to consider Detroit Mercy students for new hires.

I had just been hired to be a clerk for a mid-size law firm in New York.

«Big, powerful law firms like Nashville's King & Ballow really ought to hire someone with journalistic and new media experience to advise them on how to handle clients who complain about things published by bloggers,» says media relations consultant and blogger Bill Hobbs.

And now that the law firm isn't recruiting, interviewing and training new hires, it has more time to focus on practicing law.

Becoming equity partner has long been the main goal of most big law firm associates, but with only about 10 % of new hires making it at some firms, this is now changing for some.

Harrity & Harrity is hiring for its successful training program for new patent attorneys who are looking for an opportunity to get their foot in the door at a patent law firm and prove that they have what it takes to be a superstar patent associate.

I have illustrated that at a few conferences recently by using the tale of the first hires that a fictional (but definitely representative) new law firm would make.

The majority of content published on social media is also all about the firm (i.e. a new hire, an award, a quote in the law journal).

«A prominent Boston law firm has hired 11 minority attorneys to staff an employment law practice in Washington, D.C., and it is planning to add more to work in Boston, New York, and Washington in a push to diversify its ranks and boost business.

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You're looking to hire a lawyer, or maybe you're a law firm about to sign a new client.

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But that pales in comparison to reported compensation for some former Cravath partners hired away by competing law firms, the New York Times reports.

Lutecki says law firms are hiring to expand lucrative practice groups or establish new services while legal departments are recruiting professionals to support an increase in case work related to commercial litigation and transactions.

Despite scepticism about the role of recruiters and law firms» efforts to integrate new partners, a clear majority still put their faith in laterally - hired partners.

International law firm Stephenson Harwood has boosted its Paris office with the hire of a new partner, Yann Beckers, to the Banking & Finance department.

101 Incidents of ethical violations resulting in professional discipline and even criminal prosecution are on the rise.102 Faced with declining profit margins, firms have been accused of «overworking files» and overstaffing projects in an effort to increase billable hours.103 And they have bent the rules governing conflicts of interest.104 One survey indicated that one - third of the 30,000 clients interviewed felt dissatisfied with the representation they received from their attorneys, citing primarily a failure to communicate and inadequate attention given to their cases, suggesting that law firms are under pressure to increase their case loads without hiring new associates to staff them.105 The recent decline in professionalism is even further evidenced by a decline in pro bono commitment.106 Thus, new graduates face even heavier workloads, increased pressure to meet high billable requirements, and fewer pro bono opportunities.

Ashurst and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have become the latest law firms to sign up to use a new hiring initiative aimed at boosting social mobility.

Major law firms have access to waterfalls of money, while only a few small firms are willing to incentivise new hires before they become profitable.

Most importantly, though, is the future difficulty firms will have hiring quality new associates either from law schools or laterally if they were to start hiring during a recovery and immediately thereafter had additional layoffs.

The burden of inculcating any new staff member, including a law clerk, into your office culture and your firm's workflow can quickly outstrip the benefits any work they produce upon hire.

Many will point to «certified» project managers on their staff, but often such «legal project managers» are new to the legal industry or have never worked on a legal matter before being hired by the law firm or legal department.

The new legal services market requires law firms and legal departments to engage in strategic hiring.

The Mansfield Rule takes the same approach, but includes all of the positions in law firms where power is wielded: the chair position, executive committee membership, compensation committee membership, practice group leaders, and office managing partners, as well as new lateral partner hires.

We were using the convention as an opportunity to train some new Marketing Consultants that we've hired to keep up with all the law firms that are beginning to turn to us for web sites, web marketing, print campaigns, etc..

Require Full Disclosure — Require that your marketing firm tell you if they are working with a competitor — not just at the beginning when they are hired, but also if they start working with any new competing law firms after you retain them.

Insurance - focused UK law firm Kennedys has boosted its New York office with the hire of three partners from struggling US firm Sedgwick, including the firm's New York managing partner John Blancett.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

Directories and rankings were named as the sixth most influential factor by clients when asked to indicate the importance of different ways in helping to research outside lawyers and law firms for potential hire in a new survey of in - house counsel trends.

From the law firm perspective, the low level of new outside counsel hiring represents a challenge to firms hoping to acquire business from new clients.

Big Law firms are scrambling for business, merging with past competitors and hiring fewer new associates.

National law firm Weightmans has hired a new group finance director to help lead the firm through further growth, after a record half year revenue of # 44m, up 7.3 % on the 2106 half year.

Encoretech will work with law firms on strategically redesigning their legal technology training programs including new hire training and onboarding; online and distance learning; staff skill & proficiency development; learning management system (LMS) customizations; training content development; and utilization of new, innovative training delivery methods.