Legal recruiter Gary Klein was quoted as saying in the Law 360.com article, 'How to Score a Major Bonus from Your Firm': ''In many law firms, bonuses are considered 'You're still employed.' With tens of thousands of lawyers out of work, it would be remarkably rambunctious of an associate to raise bonuses in a conversation with partners.'' He also was quoted as saying that ''bonuses remain a fraught subject at law firms.''
Gary Klein, founder of Klein, Landau & Romm, graduated with Distinction in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. After two years practicing psychology in Illinois, he moved to Boston to attend Northeastern University School of Law, from which he earned his J.D. degree in 1976. In 1977, Gary joined a litigation and regulatory boutique law firm.
Gary was a lead litigation lawyer representing PATCO, the Air Traffic Controllers' Union during their strike against the federal government in 1981. That experience led directly to his decision to start a new career, legal recruiting. Gary then founded one of the first legal search firms in Washington, DC.
The company manages searches for a wide variety of industries for positions encompassing a broad spectrum of experience levels, including in-house counsel, general counsel, partner, practice group chair, of counsel, associate, assistant general counsel, chief executive and legal officer, vice-president, advisor and staff attorney.
In the past six years alone the company has placed over 50 partners, 200 plus associates, 10 practice groups, 15 counsel, and more than 40 attorneys in positions with Fortune 500 companies, businesses and trade associations.
