They hire us because they know that — unlike the «litigation departments»
at most big firms — we try cases.
«It would be a lot harder for Trump to have a lawyer representing him from a big firm,
because most big firms, most large firms are not going to want to potentially alienate their client base by representing someone as controversial as Trump,» the former colleague of Hendon's said.
It's the preferred billing method
for most big firms and it's also the means by which associates -LSB-...]
Add to that the fact that
most big firms operate on a lockstep salary system for associates, so a raise for the first - rung associates necessitates a corresponding raise for every other successive class.
We generally respond to this by pointing to our own big firm pedigrees, talking about actual trial experience,
which most big firm lawyers lack... Continue Reading
During the spring, Fenwick announced that they were going to pay summer associates only $ 2,100, which was below the $ 2,400 that
most big firms in New York, LA and Chicago were paying their summers.
At most big firms, there will be a large pool of candidates from which only a handful will be selected to remain in the company past the programme.
In fact,
most big firms are still in the dark when it comes to technology.