Given the active lateral market, we’ve been hearing more and more troubling stories about legal recruiters submitting resumes to employers without authorization. Not only is this highly unethical, it has broader consequences for the job-seeking attorney that can severely impact your employment prospects. This article explains (more…)
General counsel is a key role within any organization, and the skills required to be successful at it go way beyond legal knowledge. For a corporation to hand the reins of their entire legal department to one individual is a huge show of faith, and candidates looking to be seriously considered for a GC role must prove themselves worthy of the responsibility. A GC is highly skilled in a multitude of disciplines. They also must possess a deep knowledge of both legal and business matters, and be able to predict how they will intersect and affect one another.
As Labor Day rolls around and first-year associates embark on their careers at AmLaw 200 firms, it’s an opportune time to reflect on how the salary and bonus increases triggered this summer by Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy and Cravath, Swaine & Moore will impact the lateral associate market. With top-of-the-market associate salaries now ranging from (more…)
Name: Frank Michael D’Amore Company: Attorney Career Catalysts, LLC Company Description: Legal Recruiting and Law Firm Mergers Firm Company Website: www.attycareers.com
Like they say, first impressions are often correct.
By Keith Fall and Ross Weil
One of the wonderful things about being a legal search consultant is that, even after over 30 years in the trenches, I learn something new almost every day. Today, I learned something from a candidate that I want to share, since it’s so good. This candidate, a mid-level associate, is wise beyond his years.
The path to making partner is not for the faint of heart. For lawyers, becoming partner is end-game and what most fail to realize while on this track is that becoming partner is a “slow and steady†concept. Let me explain, in order for associates to become partner they must put in their dues by pleasing their partners and clients and fulfilling billable hours. However, what they fail to realize is that there are other things that contribute to becoming partner. Young associates tend to forget these things while attempting to keep up with the “hefty billable hour requirements†requested of them within a 168 hour week.
Who doesn’t love a virtual reality tour? Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has introduced a new guided virtual reality tour of its Dallas and New York offices online. Why you ask? This is a new way for the firm to have recruiters and law students look around their offices and see what it would be like to work for them.