AbovetheLaw columnist Keith Lee publishes Associate’s Mind and writes about small law firms and the challenges they face. If you are a new lawyer in a small firm, you need to be prepared to have fear as a companion at times. Fear of missing deadlines, screwing up a discovery response, pissing off a partner. Fear […]
Talk of bonuses always gets lawyers excited, but the fact that David Boies firm is once again leading the charge with massive bonuses is something is mouth-watering for associates everywhere. Boies, Schiller & FLexer are paying $300,000 for some associates, with an average payout of $85,000. Last year the litigation firm headed by the now-legendary
What do lawyers earn? Well, ranked by the largest markets in the US, the ABA Journals has published its rankings showing New York, Washington and Los Angeles are the biggest markets with the biggest payrolls. And law practise management and issues continue to evolve rapidly, driven by technology, social change and new challenges driven by
Working out the most innovative law firms in the US is no easy task, but the Financial Times were up to it with a revised list of their ‘order of service’ for the rankings, which saw Skadden Arps take out the top position. The list includes most of the AmLaw 100 who submitted their best
Starting a new law firm can be a daunting experience at the best of times, but for three lawyers who left Squire Sanders, their breakthrough employment firm has now entered the top ranks with its move into the Legal 500. Founding partners Simon Ost, Nick Jones and Dan Bickerstaffe wanted to change the way the
Edwin B. Reeser wrote this piece for the ABA Journal. He’s a business lawyer in Pasadena and has served on the executive committees and as an office managing partner of firms ranging from 25 to more than 800 lawyers in size. The last decade, particularly the last five years during the Great Recession, have generated
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Los Angeles, CA LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire Service September 05, 2013 [wp_ad_camp_3] Operators in the Law Firms industry range from sole practitioners to full-service legal firms serving mostly corporate clientele. The industry experienced declines in revenue-generating activities as a result of the recession. Several factors contributed to a drop in industry revenue in
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The American Lawyer midlevel associate survey saw those associates at third-to-five years giving their firms the best composite scores the survey has seen in a decade. But the women are less than happy. While law jobs have declined and the profession has seen major challenges in the wake of the GFC, those who have retained
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LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm News & Marketing Service – The Skadden Fellowship Program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Launched to commemorate the firm’s 40th anniversary in 1988, the Program provides two-year fellowships to graduating law students and judicial clerks who are dedicating their careers to providing civil legal services to the poor. [wp_ad_camp_4]
Slaughter and May is a traditional, if highly successful law firm by any measure. But it is now looking to alter the way in which it provides career progression for its lawyers by shaking up the old ways of doing things. Slaughters recently introduced a merit-based aspect to the traditional lockstep promotion system for lawyers
