Managing partner Susan Levy of Chicago-based Jenner & Block has predicted her firm will see both revenues and profits rise this year, despite the Wall Street crisis.
Associates should learn about their law firm’s economic underpinnings, according to a lawyer who helped create professional development and training programs at his prior firm.
Midlevel associates at large law firms who are black and Hispanic appear to be at a financial disadvantage, according to a study by the Minority Law Journal.
Associates on flex-time or part-time schedules can consult official policies on how they can still make partner at an increasing number of large law firms.
Forget about associate pay raises. In this economy, the attorney infantry at BigLaw firms should be bracing for a potential increase on a different front: their expected billable hours.
Rescuing two young girls from a Mexico City brothel, accompanied by others, including 20 armed immigration agents, isn’t usually part of a New York lawyer’s work.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Citizen have filed an opposing amicus brief in federal trademark litigation brought by Jones Day over a website’s postings about home purchases by two…
Four associates at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C., have racked up a string of victories as they fight for John McCain’s right to be president.
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