They are certainly not partnerships, vulnerable to the whims of
powerful individual lawyers; they are businesses, whose employees (many of whom are lawyers, but not all) support a defined culture of expectations and performance and adhere strictly to systems and management designed to maximize productivity and minimize waste.
Not exact matches
In cold and snowy Chicago, in honor of his 100th birthday, a group of friends hosted a humorous mock trial for Leon Despres, a
lawyer who has made a career out of rattling the cages of Chicago's politically
powerful individuals and institutions.
Werksmans» more than 170
lawyers are a
powerful team of independent - minded
individuals who share a common service ethos.
Large firms need brands so
powerful that clients will stick around even if (when)
individual lawyers leave — they want
lawyers strong enough to attract and keep good clients, but not so strong that these clients will follow them wherever they go.
She also has been named by Fortune as one of the 50 most
powerful women in American business, by Chambers USA as a «star
individual» in the area of products liability, by Crain's New York Business as one of the 25 most influential women in New York business and by Lawdragon Magazine as one of the 500 leading
lawyers in the country.
While
powerful in dismantling intentional discrimination, these standards rely on an assumption that
lawyers are, and have the power to act as, atomistic
individuals — a dangerous assumption that has been disproven consistently by the literature establishing the continuing and
powerful influence of implicit and institutional bias.
Lawyers have a voice, and while the collective voice can be very
powerful, sometimes the
individual voice can be just as impactful.