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December 19, 2005 |

2005 Timeline

Developments on the Texas legal scene during 2005.
24 minute read
July 31, 2008 |

Associates Survey 2008 City

49 minute read
April 28, 2003 |

Salaries & Billing: Steady as She Goes

For the second year in a row, salaries at Texas firms increased by very little on average, according to Texas Lawyer's annual Salary Billing Survey.
8 minute read
February 08, 2001 |

Boies Schiller's Big Year

Even though David Boies lost two of the biggest cases of 2000, his young law firm still had quite a year. Boies, Schiller & Flexner -- the new model of a national litigation boutique -- has increased to 100 lawyers in 10 offices since its founding three years ago. Partner Jonathan Schiller says that growth hasn't poisoned the firm's culture. "We're still small, and Boies is still not sleeping at night."
7 minute read
December 22, 2005 |

Wal-Mart Stuck With $172M Lunch Tab

In awarding millions to Wal-Mart workers who were denied lunch breaks, an Alameda jury tips $115 million in punitive damages against the retail juggernaut.
2 minute read
January 02, 2012 |

The View From the Bench

Texas Lawyer brought together four Harris County judges to discuss their courtrooms and the legal issues they see from the bench. Among other things, the discussion addressed local rules, motions for partial summary judgment, e-filing and social media. This is the second installment of the discussion.
28 minute read
February 07, 2002 |

A Tale Of Two Professions

SOMEBODY tell Greedy Associates that the days of universal avarice and exhaustion are over. The message that flashed recently across the biting Web site seemed like a cruel joke: "Are you overworked? Underpaid? Want your life back?"
8 minute read
April 18, 2003 |

Company that doctored books settles for $18M

1 minute read
July 31, 2008 |

Associates Survey 2008

To find out how Midlevel associates rate their firms as workplaces, our annual midlevel survey examined 12 areas that contribute to job satisfaction. They include relations with partners and other associates, the interest and satisfaction level asso-ciates have in their work, training and guidance, policy on billables, management openness about firm strategies and partnership chances, the firm?s attitude toward pro bono work, compensation and benefits, and the respondents? inclination to stay at their firm for at least two more years. Respondents graded their firms on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. On this chart, firms with ten or more responses are ranked by their averages on those questions. Averages include responses from all participating of-fices. For definitions of national and international firms, and for other details, see our methodology
20 minute read
August 02, 2007 |

Commentary: Every Pay Raise Has Its Price

During the past month, large Texas law firms have engaged in a salary war that started with Vinson & Elkins raising first-year associate pay to the New York rate of $160,000. But at what price, asks Mark Donald? These young lawyers will bill around 2,000 hours a year -- minimum. And with the dreaded billable hour comes disillusionment. Add to that the fact that the average career life expectancy of an associate at a big firm is three years -- before a law firm even starts to make money off the attorney.
9 minute read

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