Sentences with phrase «law firm partner meetings»

He is an active writer and speaker, including participation in law firm partner meetings, about the emerging models of improved delivery of legal service.

Not exact matches

Through LinkedIn, I've met approximately 20 business professionals in person, including business owners, managing partners of large law firms, and executives of well - known companies.

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Three corporate partners are sitting in a meeting room at a US law firm in London.

SJ Berwin's merger with King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has been met with guarded optimism by law firm partners, who are more cynical about other recent high - profile tie - ups.

In law firms large and small, I often hear managing partners and marketing directors lament the difficulties involved in extracting a blog post from colleagues who always find a reason why they can't meet their promised deadline.

After all, this is a video where a senior partner at the world's second largest law firm is introducing a meeting for startups in Silicon Valley - the hub of high tech innovation.

Since the financial crisis, law firms have been increasingly wary of giving anyone leeway for a bad financial year, a measure met with quiet horror by many partners not pulling their weight.

Gala attendee Janet Fuhrer, a partner with law firm Ridout & Maybee LLP in Ottawa, met McLachlin during Fuhrer's tenure as president of the Canadian Bar Association in 2015 - 2016.

According to Tsutomu Miyano, a partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, the Japan bar enacted the registration requirement as a reaction to perceived abuses by foreign law firms whose unregistered associates sometimes attend meetings alone, sign documents or otherwise act independently.

Because the internal approval process within law firms is usually so daunting, the larger mission of attracting clients with a compelling ad often gets lost in favour of meeting the immediate challenge of getting SOMETHING past the phalanx of independence - minded partners with veto power.

This did not sit well with various gay and lesbian groups at Harvard Law School, who met with Ropes» managing partner to express dissatisfaction (according to the article, some students also suggested that Ropes» work for the charity conflicted with other pro bono work the firm had done for gay and lesbian interest groups).

The government's mooted tax on City law firms is just one of several options for improving the UK court system under consideration by government, senior partners in the City were told at a series of meetings with justice secretary Michael Gove earlier this week.

To meet Hong Kong Law Society requirements to practice local law, half of a firm's partners must be Hong Kong - qualifiLaw Society requirements to practice local law, half of a firm's partners must be Hong Kong - qualifilaw, half of a firm's partners must be Hong Kong - qualified.

Case in point is a panel I sat in on recently called Foolproof RFPs to Get the Legal Services You Want, held at the Association of Corporate Counsel annual meeting in Washington D.C. featuring two Canadian in - house counsel, a law firm partner from Gowlings (Canada) WLG and a California - based associate general counsel.

At a partners» meeting, Law Firm A debated the image issue at great length, accompanied by rhetoric that would make a seasoned juror weep.

A highly sought after speaker at numerous conferences worldwide, Vernā sponsors the highly successful annual Opus Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Large Law Firms, and frequently is the keynote speaker at bar and legal association meetings, law firm partner and leadership retreats, women's conferences, and affinity group foruLaw Firms, and frequently is the keynote speaker at bar and legal association meetings, law firm partner and leadership retreats, women's conferences, and affinity group forulaw firm partner and leadership retreats, women's conferences, and affinity group forums.

Law firms should consider turning to partners who understand what's at stake and have the resources to ensure all regulations are being met.

Clients have higher expectations of their law firm partners and leaders can see the value automation can provide in meeting those expectations and reducing the risk of failing to meet an SLA.

I have been talking to a lot of managing partners and going into law firms, meeting with senior folks.

Here's one solution for late starts: a friend worked at a law firm that started fining partners $ 100 if they were late to a meeting, which turned out to be very effective.

At our general counsel meetings — where we bring together 20 - 30 chief legal officers at a time along with some of the law firms» managing partners — we talk a lot about the specific innovations of the various law firms in the group, and even come up with ways the firms can further innovate to drive value for our GC group and the in - house community overall.

kCura helps corporations, law firms, and government agencies meet e-discovery challenges by installing Relativity and Method on - premises and providing hosted, on - demand solutions through a global network of partners.

Members of the LLD have met with leaders and managing partners of law firms including the largest national law firms to discuss diversity initiatives within law firms and to stress the importance of actions to create a more inclusive legal profession.

As discussed below under the subject of Staffing, watch out, for example, for the law firm that baits the client in the selection process with a well - known rainmaker (like a former politician or judge who is now a law firm partner) then switches, once the client signs up, to lawyers the client has never met.

So they are the same kinds of people that I meet when I go in pitch at law firms, they are just far removed from it, they may have gone and started their own legal innovation company and then sold it or partners at law firms who have been involved in innovation initiative, so it's the kinds of people that I worked as a lawyer.

But law firms that access, store or transmit protected health information — or have clients or business partners that do — must meet the special requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

While that last sentence is written with (hopeful) tongue in cheek, I do seriously note that firms like Valorem (my firm) and Summit Law Group and others comprised of ex-BigLaw partners who have seen the future and realize it should not include the billable hour or at least not BigLaw rates, provide a real option to help you meet your litigation needs.

Paralegal partners in such firms may purchase their insurance from LAWPRO or other insurers meeting the paralegal insurance requirements under the Law Society by - laws, while lawyers continue to buy their insurance from LAWPRO under the Law Society program, inaccordance with Endorsement No. 12.

This doesn't mean that senior partners in law firms are meeting in closed rooms wearing KKK hoods, or that there is a massive conspiracy among lawyers to keep out racialized lawyers.

Your law firm's future Chief Digital Officer is likely to be a Frankenstein - ish inter-disciplinary strategist who patrols the murky border zone between the marketing, IT and accounting departments with aplomb and can hold their own weight in the partners» meeting.

Legal Secretary — Goldberg, Godles, Wiener & Wright, Washington, D.C. 2000 to 2006 Managed all travel and meeting arrangements for busy D.C. law firm, administrative duties supporting 2 partners and all associates.