Sentences with phrase «lawyers in private practice worked»

One - third of the lawyers in private practice work in sole practices and one - third work in firms with just 2 - 10 lawyers.

Not exact matches

Nothing that requires us to work in public service forever — if you're a lawyer you can take a break from private practice, do public service and go back to your firm.

Practicing in a private law firm if he was a lawyer or doing some nice things that get his name associated with good works first.

Tom: When we moved back [Tom worked in Hawaii state government post-college, then left the state for law school, an eight - year stint as an in - house lawyer for the National School Boards Association, and a few years in private practice in Seattle before moving back to Hawaii over three years ago], six months after I got there [Hawaii], the Commission was looking for its first executive director.

My first four years in practice I worked as a corporate lawyer and paid my private loans off and made regular payments to my Fedloan.

For now, it remains open only to lawyers who are in private practice or who work as corporate counsel.

The largest salary divide between men and women in - house in Canada exists in the most senior roles for equivalent work and diversity remains a challenge, but as more young lawyers make the switch from private practice sooner in their career that gap should close, according to a recent survey.

To ensure the cost - effective delivery of legal services, a lawyer in private practice needs to: (1) operate in a skilled and efficient manner; (2) keep accurate records of time and costs; (3) maintain communication with the client as the matter progresses; (4) inform the client is there is a need for change in the arrangements concerning the scope of the work or fees and expenses; (5) bill clients monthly or quarterly, or as arranged, but promptly in accordance with the arrangement; and (6) maintain an internal rate schedule justifiable to the consumer, and review it at least annually.

Since moving to Abu Dhabi he has worked as a legal consultant in both private practice and as an in - house lawyer.

Being an in - house lawyer means that you are allowed to get more engaged with the commercial activities, rather than working for private practices (such as the «Magic Circle firms» mentioned before) which are generally much more high - pressured jobs.

Since graduating from Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago - Kent College of Law in 1987, Gene has worked in every kind of public and private legal practice, serving as a trial lawyer and supervising other trial attorneys.

Clients can easily spot shallow initiatives, hollow offers and marketing speak (after all, they started out as lawyers in private practice and know exactly how law firms work).

Fortunately we know many good Illinois lawyers with a lot of experience defending federal charges, including many attorneys that used to work for the Department of Justice and now are in private law practice in Illinois.

Corinne Katz has over 20 years of experience working as a lawyer both in house and in private practice across a number of exciting jurisdictions.

Racialized and diverse lawyers from private practice who are interested in pitching for work from big companies such as Home Depot, Bruce Power, BMO Financial, Nissan Canada and more are invited to sign up for the Diversity Pitch Event March 7 in Toronto.

An insurance defence lawyer for Torkin Manes LLP, Harrington is a 30 - year private practice lawyer who does work for companies that don't necessarily have in - house departments.

Nancy Jones has worked as a PSL for over 15 years in a number of private practice firms and for the last five years as sole in - house PSL at Sky UK Ltd supporting their team of over 110 in - house lawyers.

Ruth initially qualified as a banking lawyer in 1992 and worked in private practice before moving into the KM area in 2000.

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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).

Prosecutors allege that George O. Guldi, a lawyer in private practice in Westhampton Beach and former member of the Suffolk County Legislature, handled the legal work in dozens of fraudulent transactions that made him millions.

This might be possible to maintain if there is a real desire to do so, as it seems that lawyers as a community have the potential to decide to a great degree what kinds of practice they want to have, this is especially true of lawyers in private practice who can choose how their offices are run and who, in many cases, have an ownership stake in the organizations where they work.

Private practice is one of those great opportunities to work in a sophisticated environment with good lawyers dealing with interesting problems, both nationally and internationally.

The majority work in even smaller firms — almost half of all lawyers in private practice are solo practitioners.

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Of class - of - 2013 law graduates working in private practice about nine months after graduation, 20.6 % landed a job at a firm with more than 500 lawyers, according to the National Association for Law Placement.

Her previous experience includes work as a lawyer in private practice, as a policy analyst for the Ontario government, as a researcher for a large non-profit advocacy organization, and as an assistant to a United States Senator.

As a former Judge's Associate, former lawyer in private practice, through working in lawtech and legal publishing, Sherika has experienced and understands the challenges of the profession from many different angles.

At the launch of the Report, a panel of distinguished leading lawyers working both in house and in private practice recognised that increased diversity was in the interests of the law firms themselves, as well as the lawyers.

Given the low wages some young lawyers in private practice are working for, Legal Aid may actually be a more - lucrative job than the alternatives available to them.)

It means hiring someone who I — or one of my in - house colleagues — worked with closely when we were in private practice, and we know to be a great (and efficient)-LSB-...] lawyer.

When lawyers leave private practice and go in - house many may feel they are no longer easily able to pursue pro bono work, but the reality is corporate and public sector lawyers have skills that are in demand.

In 1998, after five years in private practice, I took a job in public legal education and was soon thereafter introduced to the problems many people have in accessing justice, whether in terms of working effectively with their lawyers, finding a lawyer, paying for a lawyer, or trying to address legal issues without the assistance of a lawyeIn 1998, after five years in private practice, I took a job in public legal education and was soon thereafter introduced to the problems many people have in accessing justice, whether in terms of working effectively with their lawyers, finding a lawyer, paying for a lawyer, or trying to address legal issues without the assistance of a lawyein private practice, I took a job in public legal education and was soon thereafter introduced to the problems many people have in accessing justice, whether in terms of working effectively with their lawyers, finding a lawyer, paying for a lawyer, or trying to address legal issues without the assistance of a lawyein public legal education and was soon thereafter introduced to the problems many people have in accessing justice, whether in terms of working effectively with their lawyers, finding a lawyer, paying for a lawyer, or trying to address legal issues without the assistance of a lawyein accessing justice, whether in terms of working effectively with their lawyers, finding a lawyer, paying for a lawyer, or trying to address legal issues without the assistance of a lawyein terms of working effectively with their lawyers, finding a lawyer, paying for a lawyer, or trying to address legal issues without the assistance of a lawyer.

The research was conducted among a sample of UK lawyers, 63 % working in - house and 37 % in private practice.

Of those active attorneys, approximately 16,500 are in private practice, either as sole practitioners or with a small, medium or large firm (the remaining active lawyers work either as in - house counsel or in government positions).

We look for lawyers that possess exemplary client service skills, experience working with clients in the private practice setting, strong written and oral advocacy skills and excellent academic credentials.

I had left private practice and gone to work for a company in - house BskyB, a media company and I was an in - house lawyer and that exposed me to the world of business in a much more immediate way and I could just see so many ways that law firms could be run efficiently if there were other people other than lawyers kind of, as part of the decision making process and you pool enough skills.

Lawyers with Winstead's Business Divorce Practice Group work closely with Texas family law attorneys in marital divorce cases that involve sizable marital estates, which include ownership interests in Texas private companies and private trusts.

Women are 70 % of law school graduates and constitute more than half the lawyers in private practice, but they are leaving law firms for more conducive work environments and better career opportunities in corporate and government positions.

There are outstanding lawyers who practice «criminal law», working in both public and private sectors in West Covina.

NJP staff lawyers are not engaged in the «private» practice of law, but work solely for NJP eligible clients.

Getting the Deal Through - Labour & Employment is aimed at all employment and labour law practitioners, including lawyers working in the public and private sectors and those working in - house and in private legal practice.

Our lawyers work in close coordination with the Firm's perennially top - ranked M&A, Private Equity, Private Funds and Business Finance & Restructuring practices, and regularly advise global clients on the legal and financial risks associated with compensation and benefit arrangements that arise in these types of commercial matters — many of which require sensitive issues for senior management, transition planning and compensation.

Some of the lawyers described by Prof. Mack struggled to keep up the volume of small - fee work in their private practices.

Come along and hear from lawyers in private practice and in - house about what it's really like to work in the field.

Claire is an experienced commercial contract and property lawyer, having worked in private practice, the public sector and as in - house counsel for science and technology organisations.

Charlotte is also an experienced and practising commercial and corporate lawyer, having previously worked in - house at the BBC and Cambridge Assessment, and in private practice at the law firms Allen & Overy (the Netherlands) and Chapman Tripp (New Zealand) where she specialised in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets and general commercial and contract law.

Samantha has 20 years» experience in residential property development having acted for housebuilders, including some years working as an in house lawyer to a national housebuilder before returning to private practice.

It's bound to increase the amount of billable work lawyers in private practice have.

For transactional lawyers, commercial expectations have risen and the in - house lawyer is now expected to have good project management skills and work collaboratively as part of a wider team (it might sound simple, but let's not forget private practice lawyers often work in a very competitive environment, particularly when chasing partnership, and we all have stories of disfunctional cross-departmental teams).