Litigator Takes Helm At White & Case
White & Case have made the first leadership change in 16 years appointing litigator Heather McDevitt to the top spot
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The Big Law Pay Review – How It Works
BigLaw Pay: Understanding the Salaries of Top Law Firms Tom Boman* Tired of hearing about the massive money made by associates at Big Law firms – and their bonuses and varied BigLaw pay benefits? No doubt. But let’s take a look at just what the biglaw pay scale that we have previously reported actually means …
Law Firm Bryan Cave Cuts Staff in Response to Decreased Demand
BigLaw Layoffs Continue Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner recently made the decision to lay off 47 legal secretaries and administrative staff across its offices worldwide in a move that follows other BigLaw layoffs. Bryan Cave resulted from a major merger lead by two ‘power women’ attorneys in 2019. Out of the total number of employees affected, …
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Layoffs at Prestigious Cravaths Highlight Evolving Legal Landscape
Cravath are restructuring their long-established London office with a scale back on lawyer numbers, something the ‘Cravath Scale’ prestige law firm has not done before
Rich List Law Firm Needs To Cough Up Its Own Money
Rich list law firm Withersworldwide has sought a capital contribution from junior partners, the first major law firm to seek capital from partners in the current rrecession
The BigLaw Partners Earning Big Money at Kirkland & Ellis . . And Where That Leaves The Rest
Kirkland & Ellis is a billion dollar revenue machine but it still faces issues attracting key legal talent – why?
Baker McKenzie Increases Associate Salary Pay
Baker McKenzie has matched the big lift in associate salaries by adding $10,000 to the $20,000 paid to lawyers in the one-year to eight-year experience level. The lift follows the ongoing rise in biglaw associate pay levels, pushing the payments to their highest level. The Baker McKenzie move is backdated to January 1. First year …
Highest-Paid Law Firm Provides New, Fast-Track Promotion Opportunity
Kirkland & Ellis is the highest-earning law firm in the world and as if that isn’t enough attraction for many lawyers, the latest alteration to the law firm’s attraction has been to shorten the road to equity partnership by a year – straight to highest-paid law firm top tier position. The move is made against …
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How BigLaw Has Discovered Virtual Law Firm Internships To Entice Potential Lawyers
The virtual work environment has changed with law firm internships now differing following the pandemic-related changes with law firms offering virtual law firm internships for undergraduates and JD students. The situation with law firm internships is seeing virtual internships, often provided via an online platform called Forage, previously called InsideSherpa, which provides the virtual interns …
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Validation for Truth-Telling Ex-Law Firm Partner
The astounding accusations about a ‘smoke & mirror’ law firm by a former law firm partner prove to be on target