Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector:
Tom Reilly joins Cooley Manion Jones in Boston, from Greenberg Traurig. He joins the firm as of counsel. Cooley is a former two-term Massachusetts state attorney general
Gordon Peilow joins the City of London’s Cubism Law, where he will advise on trademark & copyright matters, IT contracts & litigation, [...]
Howrey, which we reported a little over a week ago was in talks to acquire scandal-plagued intellectual property firm Day Casebeer, has announced that the merger is official.
Twenty-five of the 26 attorneys at Day Casebeer joined Howrey’s Palo Alto, California office, effective this week.
The partners include James Batchelder, Linda Sasaki-Baxley, Renee Dubord Brown, Lloyd Day [...]
Chicago-based Seyfarth Shaw, which in May laid off 50 people and reduced salaries, has brought on a new team of corporate and technology partners from Alston & Bird.
Robert C. Reynolds, Jr. is an outsourcing lawyer who co-founded Alston & Bird’s energy infrastructure team. He received his JD from the Vanderbilt University Law School, where he [...]
I’ll just start with that, because I hate to be harsh.
I’ve ranted about this before, but nothing drives me crazier than an unprofessional presentation during a job search. Most people would be surprised if they saw what I’ve been seeing–when the economy goes downhill, so does the work product of the resumes and cover letters [...]
Recessions are typically best for litigation and bankruptcy lawyers. While we generally see a demand for high quality litigators, litigation attorneys used to prove somewhat recession proof. As we near the end of this recession (that’s right, I’ve declared that it’s over. I am willing it to be over.) I am seeing some differences in [...]
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When I was in school, I would study at least a couple of hours each day in the library. While there, I noticed that the best students were always very focused. They were not distracted like poorer students were. A poor student looks around and looks up frequently. The poor students try to start conversations, [...]
This article talks about the Social Security Disability Attorney and how he prepares for a disability hearing to win. What are your chances of having a Disability Attorney to represent you? What are there fees? Social Security Disability is many times a tough case to win as witnessed by disabled people who have applied and been denied.
The Social Security Disability Attorney is the person you look to if you have been denied benefits for Disability from Social Security. The lawyer should be well versed in Social Security laws and regulations. The Social Security Administration makes it difficult to get benefits by creating plenty of rules and regulations that govern the program. Because it is so difficult, one needs an attorney with experience to help you move through the benefit process and be awarded benefits.
An Attorney who handles your Social Security Disability case will take the following steps:
Obtain copy of an SSD or SSI claimant's social security file.
Get updated medical records from a client's doctors, clinics, and hospitals.
Ask for supportive statements from a claimant's treating physician or therapist.
Question: I am an intellectual property associate. My recruiter has asked me not only for my law school transcript, but for my undergraduate transcript as well. Is this unusual?
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Severance packages were offered. The layoffs were blamed on the economy.
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Should I stay or should I go? I found myself asking this very question at a very early stage in my legal career. If you are reading this, I assume you are also pondering whether or not you should stay in the legal profession. This is a serious question and you should research it as [...]
