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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
March 06, 2012 |

Texas Lawyers Are Diving Into a Wider, Deeper Bonus Pool at Largest Firms

The bonus pool at the largest firms in Texas was wider and deeper in 2011. Interviews with firm leaders show that the range of paid bonuses stayed the same, but firms paid more overall, because more associates qualified or earned bonuses on the high end of the range.
8 minute read
September 26, 2012 |

Employers Bracing for Obesity-Related ADA Claims

Marta Fernandez got a call earlier this year from a client with a weight problem. Her client, a hotel and resort chain, was troubled about how to handle a request by an obese employee at one of its California properties
6 minute read
July 23, 2012 |

Winners All Around: Pro Bono Hours Rise Despite Fewer Lawyers at Large Firms in Texas

Despite having fewer average full-time equivalent lawyers in 2011 compared to 2010, the 18 firms sharing pro bono information for their Texas lawyers donated more hours than the previous year. Sylvia Mayer is chairwoman of the pro bono committee at Weil, Gotshal's Houston office.
11 minute read
March 25, 2013 |

New Partners - 2013

16 minute read
November 06, 2002 |

COPY: Firm-by-Firm Survey Responses

From Allen & Overy to Winston & Strawn, the Summer Associates Survey was summers' chance to dish on their firms. And dish they did. Get the skinny on everything from quality of work assigned to approachability of associates and partners to the relative fun of karaoke nights vs. fishing, wine tasting outings, baseball games ... . (You didn't think it was all business, did you?)
123 minute read
November 23, 2009 |

Largest Pennsylvania Public Corporations

38 minute read
November 15, 2002 |

Firm-by-Firm Survey Responses

From Allen & Overy to Winston & Strawn, the Summer Associates Survey was summers' chance to dish on their firms. And dish they did. Get the skinny on everything from quality of work assigned to approachability of associates and partners to the relative fun of karaoke nights vs. fishing, wine tasting outings, baseball games ... . (You didn't think it was all business, did you?)
142 minute read
April 30, 2012 |

The Texas 100

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