Sentences with phrase «lawyers than our firms»

If we fast forward to the year 2015, that number has mushroomed and there are now more law firms in Tampa that are out of state firms of 50 more lawyers than our firms of that size that are based in Tampa.

Not exact matches

The outside firm can often cost less than the salary and benefits of a full - time employee and, at the same time, you may be getting a higher level of advice from a CPA or a tax accountant, the latter of whom usually is a licensed CPA and a lawyer specializing in tax law.

Lawyers and law firms have so far donated a total of $ 24.3 million to all presidential candidates in the 2011 - 2012 election cycle, and more than half of that — $ 15.4 million — has gone to President Obama.

The firm they're suing: Morrison & Foerster, which was ranked # 31 in the annual list of the world's most successful law firms by American Lawyer, with nearly a billion dollars in annual revenue and more than 1,000 lawyers around the world.

In its statement, Heenan Blaikie thanked clients who put their trust in the firm over the years, and all the lawyers, professionals and employees who served it for more than four decades.

In a quicksilver marketplace like this one, entrepreneurs more often than not need the assistance of a well - plugged - in investment banker, a corporate finance lawyer, or an accounting firm to help them track down one of the new breed of specialty investors who are definitely not listed in the yellow pages.

Graber may know a lot more about data breaches than the average lawyer — he is a key lawyer for plaintiffs in the massive data breach at Anthem Inc. that «compromised the personal identification and health information of more than 80 million customers of the health care company,» according to the law firm.

Dentons is the largest global law firm with about 7,000 lawyers worldwide serving more than 125 offices across 50 - plus countries (www.dentons.com).

Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, Mary Ann Mason reports that while women in so - called «fast - track professions» have fewer children than does the average American woman, female faculty are almost half as likely as female physicians and slightly less likely than female lawyers to have a child at all, even though academia offers far more flexible hours than the average law firm or hospital.

Acea M. Mosey, who raised more than $ 900,000 to become Erie County's Surrogate's Court judge, will run unopposed after loaning her own campaign half that money and the other half coming from lawyers and law firms that would likely appear before her.

IBT also reported that Vance received more than $ 42,000 from lawyers at a criminal defense firm whose clients received plea deals from Vance's office that let them avoid prison, including another high profile sexual assault case.

There would also be a «rainmaker» provision requiring a lawyer to disclose clients of his firm with state interests if he were more than reasonably expected to know about them, sources said.

Rep. Chris Collins, who is facing an ethics investigation stemming from his involvement in a struggling Australian biotech firm, spent more money on lawyers in the past three months than he raised for his re-election campaign.

The Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York plans to release a report today detailing more than $ 6.3 million in lobbying and $ 14.6 million in campaign contributions by New York's major trial lawyer groups and individual attorneys and firms.

Paldino wants the lawyer appointed for the board president to be from some other law firm than Hodgson Russ.

By the time I graduated from law school in 1975, I had three preschool - age kids and a husband, at a time when female lawyers comprised less than 3 percent of all lawyers and were generally unwelcome in law firms and the halls of justice.

Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Nov. 22): Dan Gilroy directs Denzel Washington as Israel, an idealistic lawyer who takes over a less - than - ethical firm.

The lawyers of the firm have more collective experience dealing with the legal issues confronting school districts than any other firm in the State and presently provide legal advice to more than two - thirds of the State's public school districts.

Our experience with competent lawyers and popular real estate firms help us negotiate private deals such faster than the banks.

Everiss's attacks have attracted attention from more than just gamers fascinated by Evony's ads and alleged practices; Warren McKeon Dickson Lawyers, an Australian law firm representing UMGE, sent notice that it would sue the marketer for damages and defamation unless he removed the articles from his site, published a form apology, and offered to «pay compensation for loss suffered by Evony.»

What I suspect is what I've written before: that many of the lawyers being sent out didn't have a stake in the firm or the clients, but were nothing more than highly paid employees.

Most practitioners in the province though are sole practitioners or in firms with less than 5 lawyers.

The great majority of law firm websites provide designated pages for each and every lawyer, but nothing more than a passing mention (if that)... more»

Carolyn Elefant points out that solo and small - firm lawyers «already do more than nearly any other sector to make legal services available to ordinary folks.»

Maybe lawyers need more than just skills training to succeed in a law firm job.

Flaherty admits that comparing the gain from earning one corporation's legal business to the high cost of extensive computer training at a law firm with hundreds of lawyers makes his test little more than academic.

You're also more likely to receive a bonus working in - house than at a smaller law firm: 62 per cent paid bonuses to lawyers in 2011, with 53 per cent basing it on a percentage of salary.

While firms are far less male - orientated than they used to be, women might still be somewhat under represented at senior level, a fact that's unlikely to fill young female lawyers with confidence when it comes to speaking out about their discomfort.

It seems you can't go a day without reading about how law school enrollment is plummeting, big law firms are imploding, lawyers are flaming out faster than 4th of July -LSB-...]

It is also different from most law firms in that it employs only experienced lawyers, maintains little office space and charges significantly lower rates than most big law firms (about $ 200 an hour for highly experienced lawyers, according to a Daily Journal article written in early in 2010).

As new research reveals lawyers are finding their jobs more stressful than ever, Georgina Stanley asks whether law firms are doing enough to combat work - based anxiety and other mental health issues Statistics on mental illness speak for themselves.

«The idea is that if you can combine all this information about lawyers, law firms and clients in one place, then the whole will be better than the sum of its parts,» Eric Ryles, vice president, customer solutions, ALM Intelligence, told me during a recent conversation.

They can see much further into the future than most lawyers; they endure sleepless nights worrying about the storage and security of big data; and they are typically fascinated by the potential of artificial intelligence to disrupt the traditional law firm business model.

As to younger lawyers wanting a bigger piece of the pie, McEwen argues that today's firms are far better off than those of decades ago, which kept older lawyers on without any detriment to younger partners» earnings.

So why do large firm lawyers complain so much, when at least at the outset, they're doing far better than new doctors?

For senior lawyers with more than 10 years of experience, the 2015 Robert Half salary guide released last week predicts salaries at mid-sized law firms will go up by 4.8 per cent, putting them in a range of $ 159,000 to $ 222,750.

One of Brook's examples is an ACLU lawyer, but that case proves my point — under its Gen - X president Anthony Romero, the ACLU ramped up its starting pay for lawyers from $ 36,000 to $ 59,000, which is not competitive with firms but enough to make it possible to be an ACLU lawyer if you actually want to be an ACLU lawyer, rather than just pretending that you might want to do something socially useful but can't.

A recent analysis of invoices from more than 3,000 law firms demonstrated that no matter what tier firm women work at, female lawyers are billed at 10 % less than male lawyers per hour.

Allen & Overy's (A&O) flexible legal services business Peerpoint has increased the number of lawyers on its books by more than 50 % in the past year, with New York and Frankfurt top of the agenda as the firm looks to expand the service around the world.

I've had more than one lawyer share that they are paying for therapy out of pocket rather than go through the firm's insurance plan for fear that they may be found out.

MacEwen believes that the Jewish experience bodes well for women or other minorities at large firms, and as someone who doesn't have the «either or option» (being both Jewish and female), I'd have to agree: There have never been more options for female or minority lawyers than there are now.

The study also highlights that the legal industry is embracing technology as a way of improving its efficiency — more than 80 % of firms are using electronic communications more than they used to, and two - thirds of lawyers now use a personal digital assistant (PDA) device, such as a BlackBerry, at work.

I think part of the problem is that many lawyers rise to positions of power in law firms (e.g. becoming partner) because of their history of billing lots of money, rather than because of their leadership ability or management prowess.

Google is more invested than ever in providing accurate search results to users who are looking for a business in their area via geo - based search terms, such as «San Diego personal injury lawyer» or «Florida DUI attorney», and law firms who are able to manage a visible Google Places presence are able to stay a step ahead of their competition.

She writes that less than 15 years ago, law firm partners often handled human resources, recruiting, marketing and communications tasks, but as firms have grown, these day - to - day operations have become too onerous for lawyers:

Murphy will be responsible for more than 700 lawyers working for the firm across the country, in five offices located in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.

Around a year ago, when I still had some of my savings from BigLaw, I scoffed at the idea of working as a contract lawyer project for a number of reasons: (1) It didn't pay much, ranging from $ 29 - 40 an hour (which is exactly why it makes sense for firms to do more outsourcing than hiring; (2) it was a full 40 - hour workweek (which I never want to go back to); and (3) it is mind - numbingly boring.

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.

Growth in use of the cloud is greatest among solos and small firms and lawyers in these firms are more likely than their larger - firm counterparts to use cloud - based applications.

Eight percent of solos and 9 % of lawyers in firms of 2 - 9 attorneys use a domain name that is based on a practice area rather than on the firm name; only 1 % of larger firms use this type of domain name.