Sentences with phrase «like rainmaker»

Being able to read a financial statement and converse with the C - Suite as well as network to build strong relationships are critical skills in order to Think and Act Like a Rainmaker.

11:50 a.m. Updated This was the view at the south tip of Manhattan this morning, as Irene, now a tropical storm, headed north mainly as a Floyd - like rainmaker on its way toward Canada.

Weitz & Luxenberg, as you'll recall, for many years employed Silver on an «of counsel» basis — a situation that basically consisted of him acting like a rainmaker for the firm, directing clients there and never actually practicing any law on their behalf.

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And each one is set up like a joint venture between OSTA and that office's rainmakers — the entrepreneurial spirits that OSTA has lured away from larger competitors with the promise of greater control, bigger upside, and fewer hoops.

The «direct» description is an interesting one because some of these lawmakers, like the speaker, for example, serve largely as rainmakers for firms and don't do much actual representing of clients.

So Nelson is getting general election pressure, even as Democrats ranging from rainmakers like John Morgan to strategists like Steve Vancore and county chairs and activists fret that the Senators isn't energizing the base.

It plays like one of those films based on a true story, but it's really a fiction film that draws from some personal experiences of actor (and former pro soccer player) Andrew Shue (The Rainmaker, «Melrose Place») growing up and attending Columbia High School, the South Orange, New Jersey school depicted in the movie.

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It detailed many already confirmed game modes like Turf War, Salmon Run, League Battles, Splat Zones, Tower Control, and Rainmaker.

And for any whose heads are not yet spinning, writer - director Johnson throws in another loop or two: In the future, Old Joe's wife was killed by a mysterious, Keyser - Soze - like crime lord called the Rainmaker; now that he's back in the past, Old Joe is determined to find this villain as a boy, and snuff him out before he can grow into deadly manhood.

In the end, The Gingerbread Man may not be a slick crowdpleaser like A Time to Kill or The Rainmaker, but it's the closest a Grisham film has come to approaching art.

With an aggressive marketing strategy and the financial cushion provided by rainmakers like Tripathi's Shiva trilogy, it managed to get on board bestselling author Anuja Chauhan last year, who parted ways with HarperCollins India after eight years and three books.

Enjoy classic Turf Wars, returning Ranked Battle modes like Splat Zones and Rainmaker, or work together as a team of four players to overcome hordes of invading Salmonid in the co-operative new mode Salmon Run!

Fixed an issue where players who disconnected just prior to starting a round of play would appear to be holding a Rainmaker - like weapon.

Lem me Splat: Jump into one of the several game modes like 4v4 turf war, tower control, rainmaker, zone control, co-op survival, and even a single player campaign where you can learn the game at your own pace.

So I like the idea that we're not only getting an animated feature film by Rainmaker Entertainment (formerly Mainframe of ReBoot and Transformers: Beast Wars fame) that (as I understand it) is based on the original game, but a remake of said original game, too.

It detailed many already confirmed game modes like Turf War, Salmon Run, League Battles, Splat Zones, Tower Control, and Rainmaker.

Each team makes a dash for the Rainmaker, a powerful weapon that acts like an Inkzooka for it's wielder.

The Rainmaker shoots large blaster - like exploding shots instead of a large ink tornado.

The presence of the firm itself does play a role in origination: While some clients and many attorneys, particularly heavy rainmakers, like to stress that clients hire attorneys and not law firms, the fact remains that a certain level and scale of work would not be able to be performed or serviced by a solo practitioner.

This «flight of the rainmakers,» as Dan Binstock calls it, is a real threat to firms» viability: all it takes is a few key defections to trigger the kind of crisis of confidence that took down firms like Heller, Thelen and Thacher.

In 2004, when asked what she would like her legacy to be, Marty answered, «That women lawyers associated with Women Rainmakers pass on that learning to others.»

Respected Mr.Gavin Birer, Thanks a lot for a critical analysis of the capabilities, quality of Law professionals of Indian LPO Industry.Further, your efforts in highlighting the capacity building initiative of Rainmaker Co. and IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University of India) by way of PGDLPO Course is something like Lighthoue to the US and UK attorneys for their future decisions, for outsourcing litigation support work to India.

Just like in The Rainmaker, we see an ethically questionable move here by a lawyer tacitly endorsed by a judge, but at least it's acted deftly.

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.