In a globalized economy scales of doing business have changed so much that even for the biggest businesses cooperation has become essential to survive and forge...
Support PDF,DOC,DOCX,TXT,XLS,WPD,HTM,HTML fils up to 5MB
4 Star Rating 3 reviews
http://www.kslaw.com
Main Office:
Year of establishment | 1885 | Number of partners | 412 |
Number of offices | 23 | Partner to associate ratio | 0.90 |
Biggest office | Atlanta | Percentage of women attorneys | 37.40 |
Number of attorneys | 1081 | Percentage of minority attorneys | 13.00 |
Number of associates | 452 | Percentage of LGBT attorneys | 3.10 |
Current Employee
- Reviewed on December 16, 2017
Current Employee
- Reviewed on September 25, 2017
Celebrating more than 125 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 800 lawyers in 17 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm also represents hundreds of clients with new ventures and mid-sized companies in emerging industries. Long-standing client relationships are one of the surest barometers of a law firm’s success in meeting its clients’ needs for legal services. King & Spalding lawyers pride themselves on developing continuing client relationships that are productive, professional and collegial. The firm is one of only 52 law firms that have been on the BTI Client Service A-Team for 12 consecutive years—representing only 8% of the law firms serving the Fortune 1000. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, its uncompromising commitment to quality and its dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients.
King & Spalding LLP. practices law in the following areas and works with its clients to provide the best possible legal solutions.
King & Spalding LLP. follows the set of hiring criteria outlined below.
King & Spalding strongly believes in creating and nurturing a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive environment for its professionals and welcomes applications from legal professionals who are in sync with the firm's commitment to provide exceptional legal services to its clients.
Here are some of the skills and values that King & Spalding looks for in prospective hires:
An uncompromising approach to quality
Ability to anticipate client needs
Able to cut through the fuss
Excellent problem-solving skills
Motivation to succeed
Ability and willingness to take up challenges
A "can-do" attitude
Demonstrated ability to translate legalese into easy-to-understand terms
Strong commercial sense
The King & Spalding attorneys who meet with you for the interviews expect the candidates to have taken the time to research the firm thoroughly prior to the interview and have clear, strong reasons for why they would be the perfect fit for their office/practice of choice. The firm's recruiters strive to ensure that during the interview process you have ample opportunity to know the firm and its attorneys in detail.
The screening interviews are typically about an hour long, and the duration of the second round can range from half a day to a full day spent at once of the King & Spalding offices. And, of course, the offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background and reference checks.
At King & Spalding, attorneys are encouraged to bring in pro bono cases that interest them and meet the eligibility requirements of the firm's pro bono program. In order to further encourage its attorneys to give back to the community, the firm organizes multiple in-house trainings and sponsors for CLE seminars relevant to its pro bono work.
King & Spalding also provides its attorneys billable hour credit for pro bono work of up to 50 hours and counts this in the firm's Associate Bonus Program.
The organizations that have benefitted from King & Spalding's pro bono legal services include legal aid societies; volunteer lawyer foundations; inMotion, Inc.; Lawyers Alliance for New York; National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children; Southern Center for Human Rights; Texas C-Bar; Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights; and Women Empowered Against Violence.
Ranked 29 in "AmLaw100" survey (The American Lawyer 2012). The firm has ranked among the top 50 surveyed law firms each year since 1990.
Ranked 39th highest grossing law firm in the world (The American Lawyer's 2011 survey of the top 100 global law firms)
Ranked 36th largest law firm in the United States (National Law Journal's annual NLJ 350 survey)
One of 50 legal market leaders in the United States and the United Kingdom (The Lawyer's Transatlantic Elite survey)
One of only 52 law firms selected to BTI Consulting's "Client Service A-Team" for eleven consecutive years
Ranked 9th law firm with the greatest international reach and expertise (Law360's 2012 survey)
Identified as one of the region's premier legal advisor every year since it established its Asia-Pacific office, and three King & Spalding practices and four of the firm's attorneys ranked among the best in the Asia-Pacific region (Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012)
Two King & Spalding practices and four individual attorneys recognized as among the best in the United Kingdom (Chambers UK 2012).
Five King & Spalding attorneys and the firm's international arbitration and projects practices recognized as leaders in their fields (Chambers Latin America 2012)
Diversity is an integral part of the King & Spalding culture as it significantly improves the firm's ability to provide exceptional legal services to its clients. Hence, the firm strives to create a workplace environment that attracts, nurtures, retains, and promotes the best legal talent from across the world irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, and national origin.
In order to ensure that the firm promotes diversity, each King & Spalding partner has to spend 15+ hours working on efforts related to diversity and inclusion. In 2011, the partners devoted 3000+ hours toward such initiatives.
As a testament to its commitment to promoting diversity at the firm and in the field of law, King & Spalding received a Law Firm Diversity Recognition Award from Chevron Corporation for the second year in a row.
King & Spalding typically prefers 2L students from premier law schools for its Summer Associate Program; however, the firm may consider outstanding 1L or 3L students as well once in a while. The most successful summer associates at the firm are well-rounded and independent thinkers who have a proven record of achievement along with interesting work and life experiences with exceptional interpersonal skills.
While academic performance is an important measure of achievement, other predictors of success considered in the firm's evaluation process for the Summer Associate Program include excellence in law-related activities such as moot court and law review, leadership in extracurricular activities, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to work well in a collaborative environment.
In a globalized economy scales of doing business have changed so much that even for the biggest businesses cooperation has become essential to survive and forge...
King & Spalding blocks employees from using personal email accounts on firm computers...
With a solid history of more 125 years, Atlanta-based King & Spalding is an international law firm with more than 800 attorneys in 17 offices in the United stat...
The Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. Along with investment banker Ken Langone and merchandising guru Pat Farrah, the founders’ vision of one-stop shopping for the do-it-yourselfer came to fruition when they opened the first two Home Depot stores on June 22, 1979, in Atlanta, Georgia. The first stores, at around 60,000 square feet each, were cavernous warehouses that dwarfed the competition and stocked 25,000 SKUs, much more than the average hardware store at th...
We have over 200 lawyers in 23 offices across the country, including three of counsel affiliate offices. Adhering to the principles of the FH Promise, our attorneys strive to provide clients with sound legal advice, practical counseling and excellent client service FordHarrison attorneys understand that organizations must operate in a highly regulated, litigious business climate. We help employers minimize the legal risks involved in making employment decisions without compromising business nee...
The Law Offices of Russell I. Marnell, P.C. was founded in 1985. Since that time, Mr. Marnell and his attorneys have sought to provide excellent representation in divorce, custody, and family law proceedings to residents on Long Island in both Nassau County and Suffolk County, and all areas of New York City, at reasonable cost....
Since the year 2000, the founder of BCG Attorney Search, Harrison Barnes, and his expert legal recruiters have placed thousands of attorneys and are at the top of their field in servicing attorneys. These businesses include the largest and most popular legal job site in the world, LawCrossing; the l...
The goal of Lucas Group is to be North America’s premier executive recruiting firm in assisting mid-tier to Fortune 500 clients find transcendent, executive talent; candidates fully realize their career ambitions; and our associates (recruiters) find professional fulfillment and financial success....
Cambridge Professional Group has provided professional specialty search and staffing services since 1985. CambridgePartners our legal search & staffing business has grown to garner a 30% market share and provides a full range of services. These include the most sophisticated search services designed...
http://www.kslaw.com/
http://www.lawfirmstats.com/
http://www.nalpdirectory.com/
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.vault.com/
http://laterallink.com/
Thank you.