Sentences with phrase «practice at a firm»

We got a mini-MBA on how to run a business, with exams based on practices at our firm.

So legislators who are also lawyers that practice at a firm, but who do not work directly for clients, will most likely still operate outside of the public's scrutiny.

For one attorney, the solution was to include a money discussion as part of the standard intake practices at her firm.

He retired from full - time practice at the firm in December 2013 just as the approval process for the law school was in full swing.

I come across these lawyers all the time in my business — they're often brilliant and would sit comfortably in many of the «best» lists and tiered rankings — but they practice at firms who don't do much marketing (or marketing to directories), or they market by just «doing» — by being as good as they can be, and letting the rest take care of itself.

Voluntarily formed affinity / resource groups offer professional and social support to minorities, women, LGBT lawyers, parents, and military veterans practicing at the firm.

Schilder's practice at the firm will focus on real estate and investment tax law.

I mean, I would love to see it become a practice at firms.

I started a practice at the firm that was specific to representing fitness and health and wellness companies.

A number of past Womble Carlyle Scholars now practice at the firm as attorneys.

Sumner, a partner in the US firm's Atlanta office, is head of the data security and privacy practice at the firm and has represented Equifax in other class actions.

He writes that his 27 - year - old wife is going in - house at a Fortune 500 company after only two years of practice at a firm.

Hewitson is set to establish a planning practice at the firm, which has mainly focused on the commercial real estate sector.

They will also be expected to contribute to the development of legal project management tools and best practices at the Firm and provide training in project management techniques and best practices to lawyers.

Are bad habits or lax billing practices at your firm impacting your ability to get paid?

CuroLegal's Burton also noted that it's common practice at some firms to print out invoices, drop them in the mail and wait for clients to send back checks, rather than allowing clients to pay electronically.

Mr. Hockett is the former global head of a 450 - lawyer litigation practice at another firm, and currently heads Davis Polk's antitrust practice on a global basis.

Even if an associate practices at a firm where the partnership track is long, he or she must start thinking about business development and marketing soon after starting at the firm.

Palmer Law Group LLP is named among the top law firms in Kansas, and one of the main practices at our firm is medical malpractice involving birthing injuries.

CuroLegal's Burton also noted that it's common practice at some firms to...

Gareth worked in the international arbitration team at the London office of a US law firm before qualifying and practicing at a firm in Cambridge.

I look forward to developing my practice at the firm.»

But, unlike the way most businesses address size (annual revenue), law firms seem to define size as the number of lawyers practicing at a firm.

He received his J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in 1986 and has practiced at the firm his entire career.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Pursued legal and tax reform initiatives resulting in recovery of up till $ 20k in favor of the firm • Implemented contemporary and effective legal practice at the firm by training 16 junior attorneys in corporate law practices and court room hearing protocol • Achieved the High Achievers Award thrice for «Best court Room Advocacy»

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Former Ashurst partner Paul Riethmuller has started at global law firm Jones Day as a partner in its projects and infrastructure practice in Perth.

I have no idea how widespread the practice is at RIA custodian firms because my firm's sole custodian, TD Ameritrade Institutional, does not engage in the practice.

A recent study published in Strategic Management Journal shows that as firms get involved in more socially responsible practices, they also get better at developing credibility with their stakeholders.

Goldman Sachs recently hosted a conference call with Steve Kotran, partner and head of the financial advisory practice at the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, and discussed some of the emerging risks to the M&A business.

NEW YORK — An audit of Facebook's privacy practices for the Federal Trade Commission found no problems even though the company knew at the time that a data - mining firm improperly obtained private data from millions of users — raising questions about the usefulness of such audits.

Bonnie Gwin, Global CEO and Board of Directors Practice at the executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, agreed with the advice, adding that at this moment of rising activist pressure, mounting cyber security concerns, and a more constant media spotlight, being on a board is harder, higher - stakes and more demanding than ever.

Increased corporate spending on programs to improve employee focus has helped boost an industry that research firm IBISWorld values at $ 1.1 billion in the U.S. App - based training is bringing the practice to an even broader audience.

Lauren X. Topelsohn, a member of the Labor and Employment Practice at the law firm Mandelbaum Salsburg, says companies shouldn't cancel their parties.

DETROIT, March 2 - If U.S. «Domestic producers of steel would make more money, while domestic consumers of steel would make less money,» said Steve DuBuc, a director at consulting firm AlixPartners» automotive and industrial practice, noting that U.S. steel makers will «have increased pricing power» as steel imports become more expensive.

Retailers, for example, «can no longer just open new stores to drive growth,» says Tom Johnson, managing director of the Consumer Segment Customer Relationship Management Practice at BearingPoint Inc., the McLean, Va. - based consulting firm.

It is a «transformation effort that is process - oriented, organization - oriented, incentive - oriented - not just technology - oriented,» says Bob Haas, vice president of the strategic information technology practice at the A.T. Kearney consulting firm in New York.

At first glance, they might appear as focused on the short term as venture capital firms, but in practice, their motivations for investing are complex and go beyond financial returns.

Written by Peter LaMotte is a senior vice president at LEVICK and chair of the firm's digital communications practice.

In early February, the firm received a response from Vanguard, which Tim Smith, senior vice president at Walden Asset Management, told me included a discussion of Vanguard's efforts to talk with companies about social and environmental issues, but stopped short of saying that Vanguard would actually change its proxy voting practices.

Today, through his legal practice at the D.C. firm Dickstein Shapiro (where he bills an unfriendly $ 575 an hour) and Grow Fast Grow Right (an entrepreneurship training firm he co-founded), Sherman guides small businesses through the maze of regulatory, patent, and licensing issues.

Doug Getten, a Houston - based partner in the corporate practice at law firm Paul Hastings, said the recent flurry of deals shows parties are able to reach consensus on the outlook for prices.

Re-engagement with the Commonwealth «will pressure Mnangagwa to implement reforms, which in turn will help to convince potential funders, such as the Paris Club donors and multilateral lenders such as the IMF, to approve new financing,» William Attwell, practice leader for sub-Saharan Africa at research firm Frontier Strategy Group, told CNBC via email.

Before starting her own employment law practice, Ms. Kow practiced employment law and litigation at leading California and national law firms, and served as the sole employment lawyer and Senior Counsel at a Silicon Valley based company with 75 locations worldwide.

From 1994 through 2000, Matt practiced corporate and transactional law at the law firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd and then later as corporate counsel for Unilever's Helene Curtis business.

In search of best practices, Egon Zehnder and Family Business Network International interviewed executives and studied recent leadership transitions at 50 leading family firms around the world.

Over the course of his private practice legal career, Jimmy was a partner at three major U.S. law firms — most recently Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.

Since the U.K. eliminated its tax on income earned outside the country several years ago, it's become increasingly popular for so - called corporate inversions, a controversial practice in which a foreign company buys a U.K. company, primarily to lower its tax bill, says Andrew Needham, a tax partner at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which specializes in private equity and hedge funds.

As an Associate Partner at Accenture, Vernon led the firm's $ 100 million global eProcurement practice.

See U.S. Gov» t Accountability Office, supra, at 15 («Recent studies, market participants, and other stakeholders agree that proxy advisory firms have influence on shareholder voting and corporate governance practices, but had mixed views about the extent of their influence.»).

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