Sentences with phrase «partners at big law firms»

If you think trial - loving partners at big law firms are unlucky, think of their associates, and ask yourself, how is anyone getting any trial experience any more?

Gareth Ward, Partner at Edward Drummond says, «The more rapid lifecycle of partners at the biggest law firms can give smaller, mid-tier firms a chance to snap up high profile partners with an impressive track record — but taking on a new partner is a big investment for these firms, so it's a decision that needs to be taken carefully.»

Not exact matches

That was a big deal, legally speaking, because gender stereotyping was key to one of the biggest Supreme Court cases upholding federal anti-discrimination laws, involving a woman's inability to make partner at the former accounting firm Price Waterhouse.

«For me the biggest challenge is the regulatory uncertainty in the US and the future of US - China relations,» said Miranda So, a Hong Kong - based partner at law firm Davis Polk.

Not one executive of any major Wall Street firm that caused the financial crash in 2008 through fraudulent activities was prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — which was headed at the time by law partners from Covington & Burling — the Big Tobacco law firm that was singled out in a Federal Court decision for hiding the deadly effects of cigarette smoke for decades.

David Silver a partner at the law firm Silver Miller highlights another big problem with a bit of hyperbole.

Misconduct, originally titled Beyond Deceit, opens «by - the - numbers», introducing us to Ben (Josh Duhamel) a dedicated lawyer who spends most of his days and nights working at a New Orleans law firm, determined to prove himself to the firm's big honcho Abrams (Al Pacino) and become a partner.

With an annual salary of roughly $ 6.3 m (# 4.9 m) per year, Christopher Wray is a rarity among Big Law equity partners, particularly for partners at Atlanta - based firms.

Calling him «Eric Holden,» Spence says that when a lawyer works long enough for big corporations, as Holder did as partner at a corporate law firm, «the human psyche begins to dry up and one day will fall out on the carpet of the boardroom floor... like a dried up old prune.»

Becoming equity partner has long been the main goal of most big law firm associates, but with only about 10 % of new hires making it at some firms, this is now changing for some.

At Culhane Meadows, we're transforming Big Law into Smart Law by actively assembling a team of highly - experienced lateral partners from some of the most well - known law firms in the worLaw into Smart Law by actively assembling a team of highly - experienced lateral partners from some of the most well - known law firms in the worLaw by actively assembling a team of highly - experienced lateral partners from some of the most well - known law firms in the worlaw firms in the world.

Shawn McReynolds, managing partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, told us that the best training ground in North America for top legal talent remains law firms and the Big Four would have to persuade «people who are successful and at the top of their game» to jump ship.

Partners at the three firms took part in a conference call earlier this morning, setting out the potential path to one of the biggest UK law firm mergers in recent years.

James Ferguson, partner and head of family at Boodle Hatfield, whose main departments are property, private client and tax, corporate, family and litigation, said: «Emily joins the family team at an exciting time — the demand for high quality, international family law is growing — and her appointment will further enhance the firm's domestic and international reputation in advising on big ticket and complex family breakdowns.»

My name is Adam Losey, I'm a partner at a fairly new boutique law firm, coming from a big law firm background and I'm generally speaking a litigator and trusted advisor and counselor role in my practice.

Legal Week's latest Big Question survey, which canvassed the opinion of nearly 100 partners at leading UK and US law firms, found that 80 % would prefer another coalition in the absence of a single party winning an outright majority.

This, the third in a series of videos in which law students put questions to Berwin Leighton Paisner managing partner Neville Eisenberg, looks at the impact of alternative business structures and the return of the big accounting firms to law on the legal market of the future.

This, the third in a series of videos in which law students put questions to Berwin Leighton Paisner managing partner Neville Eisenberg, looks at the impact of alternative business structures on the legal market, and the ways in which big law firms are developing innovative ways of delivering value to their clients.

A survey released by one of the big players claims that 70 per cent of litigation partners at the country's leading law firms reckon that clients are showing an increasing interest in turning to commercial funders.

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She was a partner at Dorsey & Whitney, a big law firm, pulling down a base salary of $ 225,000 a year.

Before joining Eversheds Sutherland (US) in 2011, Doug served as vice president of property tax services for a major information technology and services company, as principal of the property tax services group with one of the Big Four accounting firms and as a partner at two midsize law firms.

Partners at UK law firms tend to be younger, on average, the bigger the firm they work for — 72 % of partners at the UK's Top 10 law firms are aged 50 or under — whilst this is only the case for 60 % at UK law firms Partners at UK law firms tend to be younger, on average, the bigger the firm they work for — 72 % of partners at the UK's Top 10 law firms are aged 50 or under — whilst this is only the case for 60 % at UK law firms partners at the UK's Top 10 law firms are aged 50 or under — whilst this is only the case for 60 % at UK law firms overall.

I was born in 1979, so I guess that makes me Gen Y. My dad, certainly a baby boomer, worked as a partner at a series of big law firms — and I never saw him.

As a fifth - year lawyer at Fulbright, I reached a point where I had to decide what I wanted to do when I grew up — become a big firm partner or... well, there weren't many other options at that time (today, law students are fortunate to have many varied opportunities including project management, technology, data analysis, etc.).

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.

Its research found that partners tend to be younger, on average, the bigger the firm they work for — 72 % of partners at Top 10 UK law firms are aged 50 years or under versus 60 % for all law firms.

During his tenure at Orrick, he was named one of the «Top 50 Big Law Innovators in the Last 50 Years» by The American Lawyer, twice named one of Law360's «Most Innovative Managing Partners,» recognized as one of America's «100 Most Influential Lawyers» by The National Law Journal, and Orrick was highlighted in the Financial Times» report on the «Most Innovative US Law Firms.»

For some lawyers who make the cut into Big Law, the prize is the chance to make equity partner at a firm and, at the largest, receive annual pay in the millions.

It was only a few years ago that the New York partner at a major international law firm instructed me not to worry about what the Midtown Manhattan law firm neighbors were doing, but to focus on the Big Five accounting firms that were eating into their profits.

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