Sentences with phrase «of elite law firm»

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:

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.

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 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.

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 - 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 yelaw 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 yeLaw 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.

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 lLaw 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

When you think of top law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, adjectives like «white shoe,» «blue chip» or «elite» come to mind.

The elite UK law firms have spent years trying to inject some much - needed flexibility into what is an inherently inflexible remuneration system, with varying degrees of success.

At the same time there were new disruptive entrants to market such as Quinn Emanuel, Stewarts Law, Signature Litigation, Enyo, etc. whose strategy was to provide a «conflict free» litigation service, enabling them to act for individuals, private equity houses and hedge funds in major pieces of litigation against the banks, work that the established elite firms in London could not touch.

To be sure, Carr has the bona fides of prestige in the legal profession: Georgetown Law, clerkship with a prominent federal judge upon graduation, and practice with an elite Washington, D.C. law firm thereaftLaw, clerkship with a prominent federal judge upon graduation, and practice with an elite Washington, D.C. law firm thereaftlaw firm thereafter.

Last month saw The Lawyer magazine gamely reviewing its 2005 decision to endow a small group of elite UK law firms with the title «Silver Circle», a term which achieved immediate market recognition upon its unveiling.

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.

The small and middle - size firm will prosper because they don't charge egregious bills, they don't have to sustain outrageous partner draws and they aren't governed by the graduates of the so - called «elite» law schools.

To the extent that large law firms are no longer able to offer their lawyers meaningful opportunities to exercise and develop practical wisdom and professional judgment, that is, insofar as they are not able to sustain a credible promise to produce high quality work and provide quality training and mentorship to their associates, and as the number of large law firms continues to grow, decreasing the ability of each individual firm to represent a high number of elite clients, the large firms may find themselves unable to sustain a credible claim to elite professional status.

This month CNBC Journalist Eric Rosenbaum interviewed me for an article entitled «Can elite law firms survive the rise of artificial intelligence?

Last night, top US law firm, Latham & Watkins, also formally announced it had chosen Kira Systems — and Latham is one of the top commercial law firms in the world, for sure — but bagging a White Shoe firm, the old school elite of Manhattan's legal might, is something of special note.

This means the market relies on elite credentials and firm reputation as a proxy for skill,» explains Professor William Henderson, of Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

We pride ourselves on delivering the high quality service expected of a global elite or magic circle law firm but with the advantage of being a focused and flexible team which can effectively adapt to our clients» specific needs and requirements.

Join our elite community of über - efficient, technically hip law firms!

For over 35 years, Inter - law has been one of the world's leading global networks of elite inde - pendent law firms for both global clients and member firms.

Top US law firms made up almost one third more partners in London this year than last, according to new Legal Week research which also found evidence of progress being made on female promotions by America's elite.

That said, there may well be a global elite of law firms, around 20 in number today (but likely to merge into a smaller cadre in the coming decade), who feel that they do not need to change.