Careers

Bernie Nussbaum

“Any lawyer who tells you he’s never lost a case hasn’t really tried that many cases.”

Mar 2, 2009 5:40 AM CST

Joe Jamail

“If you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort.”

Mar 2, 2009 5:30 AM CST

James Neal

“Just damn luck. That’s all it has been.”

Mar 2, 2009 5:20 AM CST

Fred Bartlit

“Most trials are not sprints, but are marathons.”

Mar 2, 2009 5:09 AM CST

Bobby Lee Cook

“If you can railroad a bad man to prison, you can railroad a good man.”

Mar 2, 2009 5:00 AM CST

James Brosnahan

“Nothing compares to the electricity of an actual trial, and it is magnified when it is a jury trial.”

Mar 2, 2009 4:50 AM CST

Richard ‘Racehorse’ Haynes

“I would have won them [all], if my clients hadn’t kept reloading their gun and firing.”

Mar 2, 2009 4:40 AM CST

The Endangered Trial Lawyer

Note: Register for this month's CLE, "Old Lions Still Roar: Seven Veteran Trial Lawyers Share Their Strategies," from 1-2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 18.

Mar 2, 2009 4:30 AM CST

The Closer

Selling the firm—and making rain—client by client

Mar 2, 2009 3:10 AM CST

Survey: Young Lawyers Glad They’re Attorneys

Contrary to media reports suggesting widespread lawyer dissatisfaction, a new study of 4,160 individuals who became lawyers in 2000 has found that three out of four say they are either extremely or moderately satisfied with their decision to become an attorney.

Mar 2, 2009 2:20 AM CST

Facing Another Request for a Weekend Project? Here’s How to Refuse

A lawyer coach says it is possible to head off constant partner requests for weekend work, and it involves more than the single word “no.” In a Legal Intelligencer article, Debra Bruce offers several strategies to free up your weekend while satisfying a demanding partner. They include: –Approach the partner…

Feb 27, 2009 7:16 PM CST

Law Firm Layoffs Make Job Search Harder for Law Students

As laid-off lawyers look for work, they are competing not only against each other but a fresh crop of would-be legal eagles about to graduate from law school within the next year or so. And for those still in the legal education pipeline, the ongoing deluge of bad news about…

Feb 27, 2009 6:50 PM CST

As Layoffs Launch Lawyers into Solo Firms, Small Shops Are Hot, Experts Say

Omair Farooqui had always been interested in running his own law firm. But being laid off last year from his job as an intellectual property associate in the Palo Alto, Calif., office of Manatt Phelps & Phillips pushed him into actually doing it. Sensing from a work slowdown that his…

Feb 27, 2009 6:10 PM CST

Attendance Counts for UK Associates Facing Layoffs at DLA Piper

DLA Piper associates in the United Kingdom who called in sick may feel even worse when layoff decisions are made. The law firm has drafted six possible criteria to determine which United Kingdom associates will be laid off, and taking sick days is reportedly one negative factor, Legal Week reports.…

Feb 27, 2009 5:04 PM CST

Latham & Watkins Lays Off 190 Associates, 250 Staffers

Rumored layoffs at Latham & Watkins have become a record-setting reality: The law firm is cutting 190 associates and 250 staff members. Above the Law says it knows of no other law firm to have laid off so many employees, absent a dissolution. “But Latham is also setting another record,…

Feb 27, 2009 2:14 PM CST