Sentences with phrase «junior partner in a law firm»

Here, a better model might be medicine or law, where entering professionals begin their career with a trial period (serving as a hospital resident or as a junior partner in a law firm, for instance) during which their full panoply of skills is developed and monitored.

A newlywed settling into a quaint coastal town, her husband establishing himself as a junior partner in a law firm — what more could she want?

Not exact matches

When asked about the general outlook for hiring in patent law, all of the «associates» (junior lawyers in a firm) and «partners» (senior lawyers in a firm) interviewed by Next Wave for this feature gave upbeat answers.

By the same token, at the largest and most prestigious law firms in the country, junior associates generally research and write briefs and law journal articles for senior partners.

(See my post «How the Legal Industry's Pursuit of Leverage Pits the Client's Interests Against Those of the Law Firm» — where I recount my chief financial officer friend's receipt of a bill from an AmLaw 100 highest revenue firm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate grouLaw Firm» — where I recount my chief financial officer friend's receipt of a bill from an AmLaw 100 highest revenue firm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate groFirm» — where I recount my chief financial officer friend's receipt of a bill from an AmLaw 100 highest revenue firm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate grofirm for tax law advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate groulaw advice from two of its junior lawyers whose the AmLaw 100 employer considered them sufficiently incomplete in their qualifications that it charged my CFO friend for their «supervision» by — of all specialties — a partner in the real estate group!)

And an ex-BigLaw partner has left his firm to form a bankruptcy boutique that uses artificial intelligence - powered legal research from ROSS Intelligence to replace junior lawyers who use law libraries for such support in traditional firms (like the one he left).

During informal discussions with managing partners of several mid-size (35 to 75 attorneys) firms about the compression in associate - junior partner compensation resulting from the higher starting salaries offered to recent law school graduates, most of these partners acknowledged that their firms have little choice but to raise their firms» starting salaries to some extent, to attract and retain higher quality associates.

Sponsorship in law firms occurs naturally but selectively, as partners find junior lawyers they respect, trust and rely on, or want to help succeed for specific personal or client - related reasons.

«I think it's critical for lawyers to get involved in professional organizations to help them build skills, because every lawyer — from the most junior associate to the most seasoned senior partner — can improve and learn new things,» says Diamond, who, along with Feldman, are the newest partners at boutique law firm Bales Beall LLP.

was written in the early summer of 2009, shortly after the completion of FutureFirm 1.0 — a «collaborative competition» in which teams of law firm partners, in - house lawyers, and junior associates competed with one another to create a law firm that would survive and thrive over the next 20 years.

Is there a perception among partners that law firm juniors only look in electronic sources and are therefore missing vital information when performing analysis?

Generation X legal professionals may hold junior partner, senior associate, mid-level paralegal and mid-level support staff positions in law firms.

In past years, the only BD training program offered by most law firms consisted of mentoring tips often presented ad - hoc by senior partners to more junior colleagues.

One of our librarians who was eligible to take a few weeks of research leave interviewed a sizeable number of law firm librarians, judges, junior associates, senior partners, etc. to compile a list of research skills that are lacking in recent graduates.

Bloomberg Law released an interesting video with Lee Pacchia interviewing Steve Sunshine, partner at Bryan Cave on the program he initiated for junior lawyers in his firm on business development.

In - house legal jobs at India's leading duty - free operator - Flemingo International - for junior level positions, leading animal rights NGO PETA, the CCI, ICICI Lombard, Rhymer Corp, Janaagraha (IPaidABribe) and well - established law firms such as Anup S Shah Law Firm, Kochhar & Co, Axon Partners LLP, etlaw firms such as Anup S Shah Law Firm, Kochhar & Co, Axon Partners LLP, etLaw Firm, Kochhar & Co, Axon Partners LLP, etc..

The data — some $ 18 billion in legal invoices — suggests the largest law firms have modified staffing models and reassigned IP litigation work to more junior partners in an effort at cost control.