Sentences with phrase «lawyers by larger law firms»

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After a month in the trenches of the legal world — a contract lawyer assignment (document review) at a large law firm in Los Angles — I'm pleased to report that it exceeded my expectations by a long shot.

Dentons is now comfortably the world's largest law firm by headcount, with almost 7,500 lawyers in 55 countries around the world — a figure that is unlikely to stop rising any time soon, as the firm continues to secure merger deals around the world.

Many of today's lawyers matriculating to prosecutors» and defenders» offices are motivated by the likelihood of gaining real trial experience, which is rarely available at large law firms.

Following its 2015 tie - up with Dacheng, more than 50 % of Dentons» lawyers are based in China, where the second largest law firm by headcound is also based — Yingke.

The survey commissioned by Robert Half Legal and conducted by an independent research firm, surveyed 150 lawyers among the largest law firms and corporations in Canada.

It is being adopted by lawyers in a range of practices, from a local prosecutor's office to one of the world's largest law firms, Clifford Chance, which is buying the Surface Pro 4 for all its lawyers.

I get approached on a regular basis with this question by small law firms that want to have the advantages of the larger firms, by lawyers or librarians who want to become part of an existing KM team in a larger firm, or by individuals hired into firms to lead KM initiatives.

Lawyers in small law firms sometimes like to poke fun at their large - firm competitors by calling them «dinosaurs.»

A law firm is highly labor - intensive (personnel and related expenses being by far the largest cost) and lawyer hiring decisions tend to be made at least once a year, in advance.

Over the last year at the nation's largest 250 law firms, the number of female lawyers decreased by 2 percent, compared to an overall headcount loss of 4 percent.

The more financially and professionally successful mid-sized law firms are proficient in performing virtually all of the usual legal services in most of the substantive practice areas required by their key clients, however, they do not have the lawyer complement required to be expert in all practice areas, nor will the sophisticated buyers of legal services believe that mid-sized law firms are able to provide the same breadth and depth of high quality legal expertise as large general practice firms several times their size.

Where small firm lawyers who are overwhelmed by administrative tasks would not need to do them: They could join a franchise, which, benefitting from external investment, would have the resources to develop and offer to a large number of small firms streamlined IT infrastructure, billing, marketing and file management, advertising, and a branded name and logo, freeing the lawyers to practice law.

A large portion of his work is referred by other lawyers and law firms seeking assistance with substantial and complex personal injury matters.

A sound revenue estimate is probably the most important step in budgeting - a law firm is highly labor intensive (personnel and related expenses being by far the largest cost) and lawyer hiring decisions tend to be made at least once a year in advance.

Last year's ceremony, which was attended by nearly 400 lawyers, saw DLA Piper named International Law Firm of the Year, while Al Tamimi & Company and Al Jallaf Advocates & Legal Consultants won the Regional Law Firm of the Year large firm and small firm categories respectivFirm of the Year, while Al Tamimi & Company and Al Jallaf Advocates & Legal Consultants won the Regional Law Firm of the Year large firm and small firm categories respectivFirm of the Year large firm and small firm categories respectivfirm and small firm categories respectivfirm categories respectively.

But, of course, law firm attrition numbers aren't just explained by job trends in other fields but by the fact that few lawyers find the career satisfaction they crave working 60 - hour weeks on small bites of large cases.

The survey was developed by Robert Half Legal, conducted by an independent research firm and is based on 200 telephone interviews with lawyers among the largest law firms and companies in the United States.

LawGeex was founded in 2014 by Noory Bechor, a former business lawyer at the largest law firm in Israel, and Ilan Admon, an expert in AI.

They recruit senior lawyers with an established corporate client base, cut their large law firm hourly rates by 25 - 50 % and permit the lawyers to keep most of what they bill.

The story, We're Outta Here: Why Women Are Leaving Big Firms, by Malaika Costello - Dougherty, describes a generation gap among women lawyers in larger law fFirms, by Malaika Costello - Dougherty, describes a generation gap among women lawyers in larger law firmsfirms.

A new study of diversity in U.S. law firms, released this week by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, says that women now make up 40 percent of lawyers in medium - and large - sized firms, compared to 14 percent in 1975.

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In recent months, Akerman's litigation and appellate lawyers introduced new legal products, including Akerman Bench, a mock oral argument product featuring one of the largest teams of former appellate judges assembled in - house by an Am Law 100 law fiLaw 100 law filaw firm.

Taken to its logical extreme, these challenges present a huge threat to the whole of the leverage model employed by the larger law firms because fewer staff lawyers are needed and the opportunity to make profit via people leverage becomes more limited.

Since Beck Reed Riden LLP was founded by lawyers who left large law firms to start a boutique firm, our services combine the best of both worlds.

James Williams, a commentator on the article «Meet ROSS, the bankruptcy robo - lawyer employed by some of the world's largest law firms», laments the lack of reference to supporting research, or consultation with the «40 year old research community that has long focused on the use of technology in a legal setting» in Toronto.

Last year's ceremony, which was attended by nearly 400 lawyers, saw CC recognised as International Law Firm of the Year, Hadef scoop Middle East Law Firm of the Year (Large Practice) and PepsiCo's regional GC Dean Sheehan named General Counsel of the Year.

I take issue with so many aspects of the decision, from the cowardly way that it addresses a particular referral group, BNI, but doesn't mention it by name to the decision's failure to trust lawyers enough to exercise good judgment in making referrals to its willingness to ignore the same type of lawyer / non-lawyer networking activity that takes place every day at large law firms...»

Clifford Chance LLP is the largest law firm in the world, both by number of lawyers and revenue, and part of the UK's «Magic Circle» of leading law firms.

It remains to be seen whether contract lawyering will become a viable proposition for a larger number of law firms and contract lawyers alike going forward, given that — by its very nature — the demand for contract legal services is unpredictable.

Primerus business law firms have collaborated to provide bankruptcy legal services that could otherwise only be offered by the largest of law firms, while providing «hands on» representation by seasoned lawyers — without the large law firm price tag.

The awards, which took place at the Ritz - Carlton in Dubai on Thursday (11 May), were attended by nearly 400 lawyers from private practice and in - house legal departments, and saw an array of international and regional law firms recognised for their legal work alongside leading legal departments, including Pepsi - Cola International, which was named Legal Department of the Year (Large Team).

• Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa (CLASA) Achievement Award, sponsored by ENSafrica — The Honourable Judge Dikgang Moseneke • International Law Firm of the Year — Baker & McKenzie • African Law Firm of the Year — Large Practice, sponsored by AfricaLegalJobs.com — Anjarwalla & Khanna • African Law Firm of the Year — Small Practice — AB & David • General Counsel of the Year, sponsored by Eversheds — Pieter Badenhorst — AFGRI • Legal Department of the Year — Large Team, sponsored by Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group — South African Reserve Bank • Legal Department of the Year — Small Team — Life Healthcare Group • Legal Counsel of the Year — Jonathan Maphosa — South African Reserve Bank • Assistant / Associate Solicitor of the Year — Ghassan Sader, Hogan Lovells • Innovation Award — Barefoot Law • CSR Award, sponsored by AfricaLegalJobs.com - AFGRI; Baker & McKenzie • Diversity, Transformation and Economic Empowerment Award — AB & David • M&A Team of the Year — Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer • Banking, Finance and Restructuring Team of the Year — Baker & McKenzie • Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year — Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group • Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year — Webber Wentzel • Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Team of the Year — Chadbourne & Parke • TMT Team of the Year — DLA Piper • Employment Law Team of the Year — ENSafrica • IP Team of the Year — Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group • Transportation and Infrastructure Team of the Year — Hogan Lovells • Property and Construction Team of the Year — Hogan Lovells

The law firm was created by Mr. Gerben to help small and large businesses alike have access to lawyers who are affordable and responsive to their needs.

Of greater interest is the arguably questionable decision by the law society to pursue the charges as long as it did and the question of whether the case indicates the problems law societies have in relation to the direct regulation of lawyers at large law firms.

Kenya - based law firm Anjarwalla & Khanna (A&K) has grown from humble beginnings into one of the largest law firms in Africa, employing more than 90 lawyers (from just five at the turn of the century) and with ambitions to expand that number to 400 by 2027.

I'll bet the partners at all of Canada's large law firms could reduce their hourly rates by 50 % and still make far, far more than the lawyers in the average small firm.

This at a time when LinkedIn, the leading professional social networking site, lists 118,000 profiles from those describing themselves in the practice of law and is profiling each of the largest law firms based on social networking at LinkedIn by their lawyers.

When more than two dozen banks represented by over a dozen top law firms from throughout the country faced a critical hearing involving billions of dollars in the Court of Federal Claims, they chose three lawyers for oral argument: a partner from a large national law firm, Harvard Professor Lawrence Tribe, and Dan Goldstein of Brown, Goldstein & Levy.

After only one year in business, the lawyers at Venn decided they could better serve their clients through the platform provided by a large, integrated law firm rather than a small boutique.

No sooner had some of the UK's largest law firms narrowed the UK / US pay gap for junior lawyers by upping combined pay and bonus for NQs to around # 85,000, than New York ushered in its first associate pay rises in nearly 10 years.

Our 2017 ILTACON survey revealed that for 80 % of respondents — who mainly work at mid-sized to large U.S. law firms — purchasing decisions are made by IT staff rather than lawyers.

The downtown Pittsburgh family lawyers of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC are included in the Pittsburgh Business Times 2017 largest law firms list, as ranked by number of lawyers in the Pittsburgh region.

Legal Project Management In One Hour for Lawyers is by Pamela Woldow, a partner at a global legal consulting firm, and Doug Richardson, a former large firm litigator who now writes and coaches on law firm leadership.

Catalyst was founded by John Tredennick, a trial lawyer and litigation partner from a large U.S. law firm.

Although the nature of Joe's practice consists mostly of fighting insurance company lawyers from mostly large law firms, he is not intimidated by anyone or anything.

By co-counseling on cases with other lawyers in different practice areas, solo attorneys can retain a larger portion of the leads that they may otherwise lose to a full - service law firm.

For example, research by NALP (National Association of Law Professionals) has found that small law firms embrace older lawyers more readily that large firLaw Professionals) has found that small law firms embrace older lawyers more readily that large firlaw firms embrace older lawyers more readily that large firms.

He sees every legal battle as a challenge and every large law firm as just «the opposition,» because, he knows that all lawyers went to the same law schools, they all know the same things, and they are bound by the same laws.

Chambers and Partners rank lawyers and law firms on several factors and considerations, all of which are investigated by their large team of more than 140 researchers.