Sentences with phrase «managing outside law firms»

In June of 2015, John fielded an inquiry from a corporate GC who had, over the course of eight years and two different companies, developed a feedback system for managing his outside law firms.

In fact many advertisements for in - house counsel now stipulate that experience managing outside law firms is a vital quality for employment.

Not exact matches

To begin, the buyer and seller in a food and drink M&A transaction with international aspects will want to select a law firm that has significant experience in cross-border transactions and which can effectively assemble and manage a highly capable and responsive team of local counsel outside the United States.

Outside the formal education arena he has worked in administration at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, provided support in a law firm, and managed a Pizza Hut in Idaho!

«Blogging Forces Change in Law Firm Layoff Policies Main In - House GCs Can't Afford to Manage Outside Counsel»

But corporate legal departments are so understaffed these days they can't even hire reinforcements or outsource the work because they don't have the time to manage outside firms, reports The National Law Journal.

With dozens of outside firms to manage, billing discipline is often inconsistent across and even within law firms.

FileTrail offers a highly configurable suite of tools to help law firms manage the complete information life cycle, comply with retention policies, and meet outside counsel guidelines (OCG).

I think the issue is how much is being done in - house and how much is being done outside,» says Don McCarty, the managing partner of Lavery de Billy LLP, the top vote - getter in this year's Canadian Lawyer top Quebec regional law firms survey.

I recommend the folks on this list read Joy London's KM in Large Law Firms, Bill Heinze's Managing Outside Counsel Survey and Rees Morrison's Largest law departments serve governmental agenciLaw Firms, Bill Heinze's Managing Outside Counsel Survey and Rees Morrison's Largest law departments serve governmental agencilaw departments serve governmental agencies.

The greater the outside legal spend and number of law firms, the greater the need for a legal vendor manager who develops programs, policies, and procedures for procuring and managing outside legal services.

Paddy Oliver, Managing Director and Founder, Lexcel Consulting: Oliver argues that outside investment and greater public scrutiny will result in better managed law firms that act ethically from both a legal and business perspective.

With corporate counsel, law firms and outside service providers mobilizing to deal with the data security threat confronting our industry, more legal professionals are debating the idea of moving to a «hosted» model for managing litigation software and data.

How do I better manage my workflows for the next piece of litigation so that I don't have an enormous sticker shock when I get my invoice to me from my law firm or from my outside vendor?

With corporate counsel, law firms and outside service providers mobilizing to deal with the data security threat confronting our industry, more legal professionals are debating the idea of moving to a «hosted» model for managing litigation... Read More»

Records management software vendor FileTrail, who I met with yesterday, is announcing the the introduction of FileTrail GPS (Governance Policy Suite), which is designed to help law firms implement a comprehensive information governance solution that manages outside counsel guidelines along with firm policies.

Corporate clients, under intense internal pressure to reduce the overall costs of legal services, insisted on taking control of their matters and managing the work of their outside law firms to a degree never before seen.

In January the company introduced FileTrail GPS ™, Governance Policy Suite, a new platform designed to help law firms improve their client retention by providing a comprehensive information governance solution that manages outside counsel guidelines along with firm policies.

FileTrail GPS revolutionizes how law firms implement IG policies and meet their outside counsel guidelines by managing retention policies across all repositories within the firm ecosystems and automating their review cycles to achieve auditable, defensible disposition.

Competition From In - house Attorneys: Corporate and business clients will continue to employ in - house attorneys to perform day to day legal work and manage legal work referred to outside law firms.

«But as we developed a strategy to help us maximize the value of services we purchased from the various outside law firms with whom we worked, our CEO tasked us with finding and acquiring the right technology to help the claims team better manage the litigation portfolio.»

After a charge from the CEO to put in place a state - of - the - art system for managing the company's litigation portfolio, the claims team spearheaded an effort to identify a matter management software system that would automate the way the company interacted with its outside law firms.

Join us for a panel moderated by Infinite Spada Executive Vice President Zach Olsen with panelists including Jennifer Rothstein, a Director at Kroll; Scott Christie, a partner at McCarter & English; Peggy Reetz, a partner at Mendes; and Nicole Hong, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, who will discuss how to prepare for and manage the biggest outside threat to a law firm's existence.

In the Amtrak case, «the attitude of the law department was that they shouldn't manage the [outside] law firms, because they were their buddies,» says Mr. Toothman.

We are also independent of the law firms we manage, while an outside general counsel (employed by a law firm) usually is not.

Additionally, JeanMarie's in - house experience, as COO of Legal & Compliance at a global Asset Management firm, provided her with the opportunity to work side by side with the General Counsel, helping to select outside counsel and manage the law firm budget.

Instead of challenging many of the fees and expenses billed by the outside legal firms, Toothman wrote: «Amtrak's Law Department acts as though its job is to defend outside counsel, not manage them.

While the natural place to start may be compliance with jurisdictional rules and practice directions, other reasons could include; mastering eDiscovery will position our law firm as an industry leader; pro-actively addressing eDiscovery considerations will reduce risks for our clients; understanding how to manage electronically stored information (ESI) will provide additional value to our clients and provide a competitive advantage over other law firms; eDiscovery will enable us to have greater access to information and empower us to collaborate more effectively with our internal legal team, with outside experts and with the client.

Additional practices include: outsourcing document review, using contract lawyers, implementing practices for managing outside counsel performance, implementing a commitment to diversity that extends to external law firms, and sending work to legal process outsourcers.

Furthermore, the lack of youthful talent in the profession means that a growing cultural disconnect between law firm clients and their outside counsel could make relationships more challenging to manage.

Professional Experience CMG Worldwide Inc. (City, ST) 5/2008 — Present Finance Manager • Oversaw finances of intellectual property law firm generating $ 6 - $ 12 million in annual revenue • Hired, trained, supervised, and reviewed junior accounting associates and support staff • Authored and implemented corporate and departmental budgets • Analyzed expenses and recommended strategies to cut costs while increasing efficiency • Tracked and managed expenditures of approximately $ 100,000 per week • Verified accuracy of all expenses and revenues ensuring precise financial records • Prepared income statements, balance sheets, and monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reports • Assisted senior leadership and outside personnel with the annual corporate audit • Operated and maintained the computerized accounting system and all hard files • Monitored and documented employee expense accounts, credit cards, and purchase orders • Managed general ledger and various credit, checking, stock, and other corporate accounts • Created monthly clientele reports detailing expenses and revenues from each account • Proficient in Microsoft Money, Quicken, QuickBooks, Tax Cut, Turbo Tax, and other smanaged expenditures of approximately $ 100,000 per week • Verified accuracy of all expenses and revenues ensuring precise financial records • Prepared income statements, balance sheets, and monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reports • Assisted senior leadership and outside personnel with the annual corporate audit • Operated and maintained the computerized accounting system and all hard files • Monitored and documented employee expense accounts, credit cards, and purchase orders • Managed general ledger and various credit, checking, stock, and other corporate accounts • Created monthly clientele reports detailing expenses and revenues from each account • Proficient in Microsoft Money, Quicken, QuickBooks, Tax Cut, Turbo Tax, and other sManaged general ledger and various credit, checking, stock, and other corporate accounts • Created monthly clientele reports detailing expenses and revenues from each account • Proficient in Microsoft Money, Quicken, QuickBooks, Tax Cut, Turbo Tax, and other software