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- Selecting a Search Firm
- In Diversity Push, Ashurst Adopts Female Quota for Management Roles
- Baker & McKenzie Moves Into Turkish Market With Istanbul Firm Alliance
- Google's Lobbyist Hiring Spree Continues
- Up to 20 Lawyers Leaving Willkie for Client Bloomberg L.P.
- How One Gibson Dunn Partner Is Grooming the Next Generation
- Former Linklaters Chief Tony Angel Set to Join DLA Piper in Top Role
- 'Post-Retirement' Lawyers Finding Greater Satisfaction With Nonprofits
- Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm?
- Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm?
| Selecting a Search Firm | Top |
| In the latest installment of their series, legal search consultants Valerie Fontaine and Roberta Kass offer some guidelines for finding a recruiter who's a satisfactory fit for your job hunt. Among their tips: 12 questions to ask your recruiter. | |
| In Diversity Push, Ashurst Adopts Female Quota for Management Roles | Top |
| Ashurst has become the first leading U.K. law firm to introduce a quota for the number of women it wants to employ in management positions, with the London firm aiming to have one-fourth of its management posts filled by women within the next three years. | |
| Baker & McKenzie Moves Into Turkish Market With Istanbul Firm Alliance | Top |
| Baker & McKenzie is following the lead of some of its major rivals by moving into the Turkish market, establishing an exclusive relationship with Istanbul-based Esin Attorney Partnership. Baker says the move is a first step toward opening its own office in Turkey, which is drawing notice for its fast-growing economy. | |
| Google's Lobbyist Hiring Spree Continues | Top |
| Texas-based law firm Tuggey Fernandez informed Congress last week it is lobbying on behalf of Google on "advocacy and education for issues relating to information technology." Tuggey is the first firm to submit lobbying registration paperwork for Google since the summer, when 15 lobby shops registered to advocate for the Internet giant. | |
| Up to 20 Lawyers Leaving Willkie for Client Bloomberg L.P. | Top |
| Five partners and up to 15 associates and counsel are leaving Willkie Farr as of Jan. 1 to take in-house jobs with one of the firm's largest clients, Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg will get a new chief legal officer, Willkie corporate partner Richard DeScherer, a longtime confidant of company founder Michael Bloomberg. | |
| How One Gibson Dunn Partner Is Grooming the Next Generation | Top |
| Dennis Friedman, 67, who has co-chaired Gibson Dunn's 250-lawyer M&A practice for the past decade, is a natural mentor, as younger partner Eduardo Gallardo can attest. Friedman's willingness to coach younger lawyers is his way of giving back and, according to Gallardo, the only meaningful way for a firm to build a solid foundation. | |
| Former Linklaters Chief Tony Angel Set to Join DLA Piper in Top Role | Top |
| DLA Piper is set to hire former Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel as co-global chairman and senior partner of its business outside of the U.S. If the move is approved by the partnership, Angel will become co-chair of the firm alongside Frank Burch and senior partner of DLA Piper International. | |
| 'Post-Retirement' Lawyers Finding Greater Satisfaction With Nonprofits | Top |
| After his 30-year career as a litigator at Hogan & Hartson ended in 2001, Allen Snyder still had the itch to practice law, but wanted to put his skills to use helping people. There are many attorneys like Snyder, and nonprofits, with challenging cases and a desperate need for quality legal help, are filling the void. | |
| Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm? | Top |
| After 15 years at a litigation boutique, I need to move on. Do I go in-house or move to another firm? And any networking advice? | |
| Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm? | Top |
| I am a lawyer currently working for a Big 4 accounting firm, and I'd like to transition to a law firm and practice tax law. Is it true this is a difficult move? Any advice on making the transition easier? | |
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