Sentences with phrase «practicing at a big law firm»

Typically, attorneys spend 5 or 10 years practicing at a big law firm before making that move.

In 2010, after years of successful practice at big law firms, Dr. Adli decided to act on his vision of offering clients the «choice combination» of high - quality work product, typical of bigger U.S. law firms, and the ready access and more affordable fees typical of specialized boutique firms.

Not exact matches

«Most of the big projects that have gone up still have [loan] extension options available to them,» said attorney Timothy Little, head of the real estate practice at the law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman.

As reported in Chapter 5 of JPMadoff: The Unholy Alliance Between America's Biggest Bank and America's Biggest Crook, Ms. Fleischman is a graduate of Cornell University Law School and, in 2006, after several years of practice at a large Wall Street law firm, she was hired by JPMorgan Chase as a transaction managLaw School and, in 2006, after several years of practice at a large Wall Street law firm, she was hired by JPMorgan Chase as a transaction managlaw firm, she was hired by JPMorgan Chase as a transaction manager.

«I studied philosophy and law and then practiced law in big international firms in Amsterdam and Brussels for seven years before dramatic circumstances in my life brought me and my wife to consider an invitation from Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna and Grand Chancellor of the ITI, to come to Austria to help him with building up and professionalising the ITI, which at that time had existed for only 7 years and which was dealing with serious financial problems and battling for its survival.

By that point I had considered becoming either... Working at big law or a medium - sized firm and I also had considered doing a solo practice.

Whether you work at a big firm or have a solo law practice, there are always times when things are slow and staying productive can be tricky.

«A $ 600,000 practice is fine, but it's not going to get you a ticket to the dance at one of the big firms unless it's in an area like health law that the firm is trying to build out or some other strategic purpose,» says Christopher Sweeney of ZSA Legal Recruitment.

Others have come out of law school intent on setting up their own practice and never having to deal with life at a big firm.

Many of my friends who work at big firms do tons of pro bono work on the side, many times in an area of law that they do not normally practice.

Posts cover business law, legal practice management, big deals, suits and real estate in Canada, and other legal news of interest to Canadian business law lawyers, both in - house and at firms.

While smaller firms and solo practitioners may not have the extensive resources or global footprint as bigger law firms may have, lawyers at smaller firms or with solo practices are often more resourceful in identifying ways to handle matters which yield the same outcome.

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.

Andrew Skipper, head of the Africa practice at London - headquartered law firm Hogan Lovells, has visited Japan to advise clients on trading in Africa, and says: «These are very big organisations, there is a lot of experience from the big trading houses globally.»

Here are four critical skills that would have been useful to me in Big Law, at the boutique firm, and most certainly in running my solo practice.

Here at CosmoLex we are, not surprisingly, big advocates of how technology can help improve law firm practice management.

The Atlanta Journal - Constitution profiles three former big law refugees who left practice at King & Spalding to start up an unusual practice in Law firm takes immigration fight to streelaw refugees who left practice at King & Spalding to start up an unusual practice in Law firm takes immigration fight to streeLaw firm takes immigration fight to streets.

In looking at this year's International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) attendance list, I saw lots of legal professionals from well - known and well - heeled law firms, a big group of big tech vendors, a few legal startups, and very few practicing lawyers.

It's often easy to assume bigger means better, but that is not always the case with law firms; boutique practices specialise in just one legal field and as a result can often offer the same (if not better) advice on a more personal level at a typically lower hourly rate — Global Law Experts looks at the independent lawyers and law firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgelaw firms; boutique practices specialise in just one legal field and as a result can often offer the same (if not better) advice on a more personal level at a typically lower hourly rate — Global Law Experts looks at the independent lawyers and law firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgeLaw Experts looks at the independent lawyers and law firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgelaw firms as well as the full service «big players» in the market to showcase an in - depth cross section of quality international advisers to suit a variety of needs and budgets.

He previously practiced law at a mid-sized Chicago firm, focusing on tax, corporate, and bankruptcy matters; as a CPA, he also worked in the tax department of a Big Four public accounting firm.

Sometimes it's practice - specific, but we are seeing some real growth even at big brand name law firms — people are coming in at $ 100k instead of $ 180k on lower billables.

Towards the end of 2017, Legal IT Insider sponsored by Accenture brought together six of the biggest name CIOs / COOs from international law firms to discuss cyber best practice, including looking at whether we can create a security readiness index.

His career spans 25 years, and in that time Chuck has served as a top eDiscovery consultant, an operations director for a Big Eight consulting firm, and as a litigation and practice support manager at an AMLAW 50 law firm.

When I first started practicing law (at that time with a big firm), I felt sheepish to even broach the topic with clients.

Such practices allow the firm's attorneys to charge rates that are but a tiny fraction of what these same attorneys charged at their former «Big Law» firms.

So, if you're thinking about starting your own legal practice — solo or with a few others — don't replicate what you learned at a big firm, or worse, what you learned in law school.

If you're thinking about starting your own legal practice — solo or boutique practice — don't replicate what you learned at a big firm, or worse, what you learned in law school.

That is, with so few trials occurring, the normal go - to litigators at big law firms are just not going to trial like they used to, and thus are not getting the practice that they used to get.

If you're looking at a big change like switching practice areas or starting your own law firm, this book could help prepare you.

Having held senior positions at law firms, a Big 4 accounting firm, and advising as a consultant, Susan knows what works to grow a practice and to get results.

As someone pointed out at the College of Law Practice Management's Futures Conference last month, «big firm» and «small firm» are increasingly specious and distracting distinctions.

Running a small or solo practice is much different than practicing law in a big firm, and I quickly found that the bad habits I developed at my firm were hurting my practice and my professional relationships.

This is exactly what I was told by a well - respected lawyer in Atlanta when I told him I was starting my own solo practice after leaving a great paying associate position at a big law firm.