The takeover phenomenon and the savings and loan affair were only the most notorious in a series of developments that have drawn
elite law firms out of the trader mode and away from «gentlemen's» ethics.
First - time novelist Cristina Alger, who brings to her task stints at Goldman Sachs and
an elite law firm, avoids most of those pitfalls to create a credible, fast - paced story out of the collapse of a...
WilmerHale is one of 20
elite law firms named to The National Law Journal's inaugural Intellectual Property Hot List, which honors firms that demonstrated creative strategies for litigation, patent prosecution, licensing or other transactional work in the previous year.
Raines Feldman LLP is a team of highly experienced transactional and litigation attorneys from some of the nation's biggest and most
elite law firms.
In her Washington Post piece yesterday, No Justice In These Pay Scales, Dahlia Lithwick questions the signing bonuses of at least $ 200,000 that
elite law firms will pay this year to recruit Supreme Court law clerks.
But when it comes to the Guantanamo defendants now filing for habeas corpus in United States courts, the tables are turned, with Department of Justice lawyers struggling against an army of
elite law firms and law professors who represent the detainees, according to the Wall Street Journal's editorial page:
MCC's founder, Al Driver, former General Counsel of one of the world's leading retailers, was committed to partnering with the world's leading corporate law department leaders and outside counsel from
elite law firms to deliver the essential information needed to be a successful general counsel.
Cravath Swaine & Moore has joined the growing ranks of
elite law firms turning to artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve efficiency and cut costs, signing a deal with UK software company Luminance.
This is certainly not law firm lawyer work, not
elite law firm lawyer work.
He wrote a well known book on the nation's
elite law firms called The Partners before writing his New York Times best - seller Den of Thieves on Wall Street arbitrager Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken.
While he uses
elite law firms for critical transactions, he helps keep the company's legal bills in check by sending other work to smaller law firms in St. Louis and other low - cost locations.
This month CNBC Journalist Eric Rosenbaum interviewed me for an article entitled «Can
elite law firms survive the rise of artificial intelligence?
For the first time, Dentons has been included among the «Fearsome Foursome,» an honor bestowed upon four
elite law firms for their intense approach and fierce tactics in today's competitive legal market.
If all of
these elite law firms believe this and continue to work as they have in the past, then they may well be right.
Moreover, in the vast hinterlands of legal practice in America (outside the realm of
elite law firms)-- where most lawyers toil and most clients are served — there are a lot of older lawyers who have failed to keep abreast of changes in the law, even in areas where they regularly practice.
Not exact matches
The conceit that
law is not a business, or only incidentally so, seems connected with the efforts of
elite lawyers in the early years of this century to distance themselves from the buccaneer - founders of their own
firms and from «hustling» immigrant lawyers, as well as to assert their independence from their own clients.
«Donors range from deep - pocketed members of
elite New York City
law firms to a client whose white - collar criminal conviction Schreibman convinced a judge to throw out.
First was the legislative effort, then a ballot question, and the third alternative was a lawsuit using an
elite Boston
law firm to «file a class - action suit to lift the charter cap» because «it unconstitutionally denies children access to an adequate education.»
In making ArtReview's
elite list, AGG joins just three other
law firms throughout the world and stands alone in representing the southeastern United States.
Her extensive knowledge regarding California's complicated Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act («EADACPA») and vast experience in handling EADACPA cases sets her apart from other attorneys, and makes Holm
Law Group, PC one of the few elite Southern California firms that can actually claim such an intimate understanding of this area of l
Law Group, PC one of the few
elite Southern California
firms that can actually claim such an intimate understanding of this area of
lawlaw.
Lightfoot's superior skills and legal insight into these DuPont matters distinguished the
firm as one of the best among an already
elite group of DuPont Primary
Law Firms and Service Providers.
Historically,
elite New York
law firms led the pack in associate salary...
Wartime GIs in Britain, often caricatured as «overpaid, oversexed and over here», have a contemporary equivalent: the London managing partners of US
law firms, who entice
elite City lawyers with seven - figure packages.
While many of the largest
law firms have spent the past decade jostling for position in a flag - planting exercise of expansion, the
elite legal networks have evolved into a viable alternative for multi-national clients — offering the consistency in service and expertise that clients are seeking in each of their geographical markets.
Meanwhile, it took seven years of legal study experience at Peking University and several years of in - house experience, working in the central enterprise especially assigned to the US
law firm, for the
elite lawyers» ways of working, professionalism and social influence to have made me comprehend it, recognize it and more importantly, long for it.
Goldfarb Seligman & Co., one of Israel's largest
law firms, is probably the
elite group of Israeli
firms that deliver top - tier legal providers at international expectations.
This
elite group of London
law firms specialises in corporate and finance work and this enables them to be involved in multi-billion pound deals and to boast massive profits each year.
Law firms Tomasik Kotin Kasserman in Chicago and Taylor & Ring in Los Angeles recently filed suit against the
elite, private Montessori School of Lake Forest (Illinois) and its former teacher Celina Montoya for the sexual abuse of a young male student.
At our
law firm, we see your need for
elite legal aid and we want you to know that we'll do all in our power to always provide you with what you deserve.
Because our
law firm specializes in providing
elite legal aid to those suffering from an injury as a result of a Lansing MI car accident, we know that we must be readily available to help you.
For example, global
law firm Clifford Chance, which Chambers ranks as an «
elite»
firm in the UK for commercial disputes, does not make it into the Premonition top 10 based on public win rate data for the Commercial Court.
At our
law firm, our every car accident attorney Warren MI sees your need for
elite representation, and we know how to produce the outcomes you've been waiting for.
So every year,
law firms pursue a handful of minority students at
elite schools with the purpose of accomplishing a long - standing
law firm diversity goal: having a
firm that numerically reflects the diversity of the country, the community, and their clients.
A number of global
law firms were shortlisted for this accolade, including four Magic Circle
firms and an
elite US
firm, so we are very pleased to be recognized as the leading finance
firm in such a competitive market.
The
elite U.S. and British
law firms with significant cross-border M&A practices will face challenges in early 2017 with the foreign exchange controls and capital outflow restrictions by the PRC government.
And like it or not, most prominent
firms will favor minority graduates from
elite law schools over those who attended lower - tiered schools.
Nearly a year ago, I posted here about the launch of Virtual
Law Partners, an 18 - member corporate and transactional virtual
firm of «
elite» lawyers.
In a way, he was an appealing candidate to many
law firms: An
elite appellate lawyer like Levy figured to be the perfect complement for
law firms that did a lot of trial work.
Jones, who is also a Toronto - based attorney — can commiserate, although she was one of a lucky few to receive an offer from an
elite firm out of
law school.
Skeptics might be wary of a
law firm Web site that features the misspelled promise: «We Garuantee Results!!!!!!!» But in today's South Florida Sun - Sentinel, reporter Jon Burstein tells the story of the bogus
law firm T.A. Brockington & Associates, whose Web site boasted of an «
elite team» of lawyers with 36 years of experience successfully helping prisoners regain their freedom.
Tom Groom achieves Relativity Expert status, additional D4 professionals successfully pass kCura Relativity examinations, earn multiple
elite certifications Rochester, NY — December 17, 2014 - D4, LLC, a national leader in providing managed services, litigation support and eDiscovery solutions to
law firms and corporate legal departments, announced today that Tom Groom, VP and Se...
With
law firms racing to invest in South Africa, Allen & Overy takes pole position among the Magic Circle as the first of the London
elite to establish an on the ground presence.
For talented attorneys and exceptional
law firms, our unique approach to packaging and productizing legal expertise is an effective proven path to the profession's
elite.
The DNA of leading in - house departments — that are both defenders of and partners of the enterprise — and
elite legal service providers is corporate, client - centric, and better aligned with the client / customer than
law firms.
Excepting 20 or so
elite, brand - differentiated
firms that handle high - value, price - insensitive matters,
law firms are confronting two systemic issues: (1) delivery; and (2) structure.
TC: We categorize our
firm as an
elite international one, and what that means for us is to look to cover not everything within the
law but a selection of core areas.
It's true that the list of
law firms donating time to representing the victims of torture, humiliation (and a total lack of due process) at Guantanamo reads a bit like a who's who of the
elite of the corporate bar.
And Froomkin also adds: «The first
firm to cave on this issue is going to find it awfully hard to recruit
elite law students, as they will have demonstrated a serious lack of moral fiber.»
The «
elite» lawyers may consider lawyers in solo or small -
firm practice to be second - tier, but I don't know many solos or small -
firm lawyers — some who are practicing
law at the highest levels — who think of themselves that way.
You can argue, as would I, that a far larger number of
law school graduates than the top handful from
elite schools, can excel at large
firms and even perform better than their more well - credentialed peers.