Sentences with phrase «lawyer national firm»

A 10 or 15 lawyer retail firm covering a handful of personal service practice areas reconstituting as part of a 300 + lawyer national firm would have meant throwing out the old owner's manual and starting from scratch, moving from what was essentially a small - business management system to a much more corporate model.

Behold the legal bombshell: 500 - lawyer national firm Heenan Blaikie may be folding, or at the very least re-structuring as early as next week, according to The National Post and The Globe and Mail.

Not exact matches

National law firm Mills Oakley has substantially expanded its Perth practice with the recruitment of partners Julian Atkinson and David McKenna, whose previous firm Jarman McKenna has entered merger discussions with Sparke Helmore Lawyers.

On March 28, after a seven - year investigation, the RCMP's commercial crime section filed criminal charges against three of the firm's principals: former CEO Daniel Potter, who built the software developer into a TSE - listed firm with a market value of $ 100 million at the height of the dot - com bubble; Halifax securities lawyer Blois Colpitts, 48, a former director and the firm's legal adviser; and Bruce Elliott Clarke, a 65 - year - old former broker with National Bank Financial.

Before starting her own employment law practice, Ms. Kow practiced employment law and litigation at leading California and national law firms, and served as the sole employment lawyer and Senior Counsel at a Silicon Valley based company with 75 locations worldwide.

Steele was paid by the firm Fusion GPS, which was paid by a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

Deborah Epstein Henry, a former big - firm litigator, is now the president of Flex - Time Lawyers, a national consulting firm focused partly on strategies for the retention of female attorneys.

In his statement, Tu, a lawyer with the Los Angeles law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, said that Dauman and Abrams had also been removed as directors of National Amusements Inc., the holding company that owns the controlling shares of cable giant Viacom and CBS.

Akerman's Alcohol Beverage Industry Group is fully - integrated across a national platform, working seamlessly with the firm's lawyers and government affairs professionals to serve clients.

One of the panelists at the SNA's policy session was Craig Burkhardt, a lawyer with the group's new lobbying firm, Barnes and Thornburg (whose clients include the National Rifle Association).

Lawyers for controversial PR firm, Smarttys, are threatening legal action against media houses, who they claim, are «mischievously» associating their client with «a supposed $ 92m contract under the national electrification project».

London About Blog Property Matters is a property law blog from real estate lawyers at national law firm Mills & Reeve.

According to Osler, nearly half of privacy class actions initiated in Canada have been commenced in Ontario — which is not surprising given that most national class actions are initiated in this province purely for logistical reasons, says lawyer Jeff Orenstein of the class action law firm Consumer Law Group.

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She has been working with lawyers for 27 years, initially in - house with national and regional law firms and now as a consultant.

There is also a disincentive for clients in HST provinces using B.C. lawyers to perform commercial work that relates to B.C. (even if B.C. lawyers are within the same national firm, working from the Vancouver office), if there is no ITC available on seven per cent of the bill.

National rarely if ever published articles written by law firm lawyers on a new development in an area of law, and any marketing professional who'd even skimmed the last few issues would know that.

Sean Weir is the national managing partner of the firm, which employs close to 2,000 people across the country, including 700 lawyers, of which 400 are partners.

PR agencies would constantly propose lawyers as interview subjects, and large national firms would ask for PDFs of an article featuring their lawyers to post on their websites.

A recent survey by the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) found that the income gap between male and female lawyers at firms continues to grow, as reported in this post at the ABA JLawyers (NAWL) found that the income gap between male and female lawyers at firms continues to grow, as reported in this post at the ABA Jlawyers at firms continues to grow, as reported in this post at the ABA Journal.

The National Law Journal begins this week's profile of the 50 most influential minority lawyers in the United States with this sobering reminder: Minority lawyers make up just 5.4 percent of partners at U.S. law firms.

Ashurst has overhauled its pro bono scheme so hours count as utilised time, as a host of firms step up their effort to increase lawyer involvement in charitable activities ahead of next week's National Pro Bono Week.

According to a survey of 137 of the 200 large corporate defense firms by the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), about 48 % of first and second - year associates are women.

Nonetheless, law firms (like other corporate entities) still strive for just a mention of the firm or its lawyers in a «major newspaper» or «national magazine.»

And also they will be submitting a tool kit that will contain things like retainer letters and checklists and those kinds of things that are very practical that lawyers from small - town Manitoba all the way up to a lawyer in the largest national firm in the country can go through and know what to do and how to handle certain conflict situations.

Women, The National Law Journal reports, still make up only a quarter of the lawyers at NLJ 250 firms and fewer than a fifth of all partners.

Just a few months into his new job as managing partner of Holland & Knight, Steven Sonberg had already started putting his stamp on the 1,100 - lawyer firm, the National Law Journal reported last month.

As a national practice, this client service group utilizes lawyers from all of the firm's U.S. offices.

Even if they make partner, conditions can be difficult for women in traditional law firm partnerships: In its 2015 survey of 73 of the country's largest firms, the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) reports that, among other discriminatory practices, men outpace women in obtaining rainmaking credits, and there is a gender gap in revenues generated from client billings, even as women partners report higher working hours.

I was often tempted to ask the law firm marketing professionals seeking an appearance in National: «You do know that only other lawyers read this magazine, right?»

In coordination with the firm's other national practices, our lawyers have represented business clients in most of the industries that are important drivers to growth to the regional and national economy.

We check with them to make sure that all of the Montana lawyers and the members of the Montana law firm are in good standing with the state and national bar associations and that none have a history of ethical violations or grievances filed against them.

London lawyers do not generally like playing second fiddle to an HQ in the regions, as most of the national firms have found out with varying degrees of pain.

[24] National Association of Women Lawyers, «Report of the Ninth Annual NAWL National Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms,» October 27, 2015, 3, http://www.nawl.org/p/cm/ld/fid=82#reports (hereinafter, NAWL Report»).

The 2014 edition of the U.S. News — Best Lawyers ® «Best Law Firms» list names WilmerHale as «Law Firm of the Year» in International Arbitration — this is the second consecutive year that the firm has won this honor — and honors WilmerHale as a first - tier law firm in 27 national and 60 metro - area rankiFirm of the Year» in International Arbitration — this is the second consecutive year that the firm has won this honor — and honors WilmerHale as a first - tier law firm in 27 national and 60 metro - area rankifirm has won this honor — and honors WilmerHale as a first - tier law firm in 27 national and 60 metro - area rankifirm in 27 national and 60 metro - area rankings.

Gibbons is one of only 20 law firms nationwide to be named to the National Law Journal's inaugural «Midsize Hot List», which recognized firms with fewer than 300 lawyers that have found innovative ways to position themselves and demonstrated creativity and success in recruiting and retaining top talent, developing practice areas, managing operations and generally navigating the economic downturn more effectively than did many larger firms.

We check with them to make sure that all of the Bahamas lawyers and the members of the Bahamas law firm are in good standing with the state and national bar associations and that none have a history of ethical violations or grievances filed against them.

Working Mother and Flex Time Lawyers said that, «Female representation is lower at partner levels than in less senior roles; however, Best Law Firms, on average, employ more female equity partners (20 %) than the national average (18 %).»

The Firm's Partners have been recognized as one of «The Best Lawyers in America» one of the Legal Elite by Florida Trend magazine and Board Certified by the National Board of Trial both Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Florida Bar.

Formed by the merger of Sallah & Cox, LLC and Beam & Astarita, LLC, our attorneys include James D. Sallah, a former Senior SEC Attorney and in - house lawyer for a national brokerage firm, Mark J. Astarita, a nationally recognized securities litigator and outside counsel to dozens of regional broker - dealers and investment advisers, and Jeffrey L. Cox, a former Senior SEC Attorney and federal prosecutor responsible for prosecuting economic crimes.

Mr. Scaffidi has been recognized as one of the top trial lawyers in New York and the country, as demonstrated by the firm's recognition in «The Best Lawyers in America», US News / Best Lawyers Best Law Firms, Super Lawyers, and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, as well as Mr. Scaffidi's membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates and his AV Pre-eminent rating in Martindale Hlawyers in New York and the country, as demonstrated by the firm's recognition in «The Best Lawyers in America», US News / Best Lawyers Best Law Firms, Super Lawyers, and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, as well as Mr. Scaffidi's membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates and his AV Pre-eminent rating in Martindale HLawyers in America», US News / Best Lawyers Best Law Firms, Super Lawyers, and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, as well as Mr. Scaffidi's membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates and his AV Pre-eminent rating in Martindale HLawyers Best Law Firms, Super Lawyers, and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, as well as Mr. Scaffidi's membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates and his AV Pre-eminent rating in Martindale HLawyers, and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, as well as Mr. Scaffidi's membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates and his AV Pre-eminent rating in Martindale HLawyers Top 100, as well as Mr. Scaffidi's membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates and his AV Pre-eminent rating in Martindale Hubbell.

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Eric Fingerhut and Jennifer Fraser, each from the firm's Washington, D.C., office, were named 2018 Super Lawyers in the Washington, D.C., edition of Super Lawyers Magazine.

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 15 attorneys from multiple offices and practice areas received individual rankings and nine practice areas have been recognized in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide...

One of national law firm Moore Blatch's most widely - commended injury lawyers has been shortlisted for the Law Society's «Solicitor of the Year» Award.

Joe Calloway is a performance expert who has worked with organizations ranging from American Express and Coca Cola to the national law firm Faegre Baker Daniels and the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.

Protect clients from being treated differently on the basis of their race, gender, national origin, religion, disability, or sexual orientation; Best Lawyers 2018 «Lawyer of the Year» for Civil Rights Law; selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Civil Rights; ranked Tier 1 Baltimore in the area of Civil Rights Law in the Best Law Firms list.

Ranked by U.S. News — Best Lawyers as a national tier one law firm for Environmental Law, Akerman's Environment and Natural Resources team advises businesses on nearly every kind of environmental regulatory challenge they might face.

The National Law Journal named the firm to its 50 Elite Trial Lawyers in the country.

The Cochran Firm Orlando office has combined a powerful national legal network and resources from the nation's most recognized law firm with some of the top lawyers in Orlando, FlorFirm Orlando office has combined a powerful national legal network and resources from the nation's most recognized law firm with some of the top lawyers in Orlando, Florfirm with some of the top lawyers in Orlando, Florida.

Garlick & Markison Intellectual Property Lawyers is pleased to announce they have been ranked within the top - ten national firms with the highest allowance rates in the Technology Center 2100.