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Summer Associates Tell Firms What They Really Think
Summer associates in Texas rated their firms in the Texas Lawyer Survey. Respondents in the state's 25 largest firms weighed in on things such as whether the assigned work was interesting; how much real work was assigned; training and guidance; partner and associate interaction; how the firm communicated its goals and expectations; how accurately it portrayed itself during their interview -- and their inclination to accept a full-time position at their firm.Number of Big-Firm Minority Lawyers in Austin Increases
Austin`s largest firms continued to show slight gains this year in the number of minority lawyers employed, leaders of two minority attorney groups say. Of the almost 1,200 attorneys employed by Austin`s 26 largest firms, 126 - or 10.6 percent - are African-American, Hispanic, Asian or Native-American, according to figures compiled by the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin and the Austin Black Lawyers Association. That`s up from 9.8 percent in 2001, says ABLA vice president Brian Jammer, deputy general cDiversity Report Card Is In For 25 Largest Austin Firms
While the number of minority lawyers employed at Austin's largest firms increased slightly again this year, several firms continue to receive low marks on diversity, according to a "report card" released on July 28 by two minority attorney groups.New Partner Numbers Increase at Many Large Firms in Texas
For most of the partners in the largest firms in Texas, the partnership track ranges from 6.5 to 12.5 years, according to the firms that participated in Texas Lawyer's annual New Partners Survey. Twenty-three of the 25 largest firms in the state report promoting 146 attorneys to partnership in their Texas offices for 2007. That's 6.5 percent more than the 137 attorneys promoted to partnership by the same firms in 2006. "The legal business has been booming," says recruiter Robert A. Rowland.Odometer Settlement May Earn Class Lawyers $9.5 Million in Fees
More than four years after Arkansas attorney Jay Kutchka began investigating whether odometers on Honda vehicles inflated the number of miles actually driven, a federal judge in Texas has preliminarily approved a settlement agreement that could benefit up to 6 million consumers and earn the lawyers for the class up to $9.5 million in fees. In the suit, class members alleged that the odometers in their Honda and Acura vehicles misstated the actual miles driven by between 2 percent and 4 percent.Activist Says He Filed Complaint Against Justice Jan Patterson
Justice Jan Patterson, a Democrat on Austin's 3rd Court of Appeals and vice chairwoman of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, is the subject of a complaint a former state legislator says he filed with the commission.Trending Stories
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