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November 08, 2001 |

Brobeck Phleger and Tower Snow Bracing for Layoffs

Associates at San Francisco-based Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison expect to receive pink slips soon; the question is whether the partners will hold off until the end of the year, when Tower Snow Jr. steps down as chairman. Snow has consistently maintained that in the event of a layoff he would immediately step down. Brobeck Phleger's management committee is discussing the subject of layoffs in meetings today.
3 minute read
December 27, 2007 |

Large-Firm Associate Salaries Close In on $200K

A first-year salary of $200,000? Not quite yet, but with word that Williams & Connolly is raising pay for starting associates to $180,000 a year, the magic $200K mark is within shouting distance. Many in the legal community have been hearing that salaries are going to rise again -- and in a big way. How long, even in the face of client doubts and an economy that seems to be headed toward recession, before a big firm pulls the trigger on a $200,000 payday?
6 minute read
June 14, 2000 |

Raising Doubts

Call it the salary increase that nobody wanted. The partners didn't want it because the raises would be coming out of their pockets. The clients didn't want it because they knew that they would end up paying for it. And, lo and behold, the associates didn't want it, as evidenced by the reactions over the last two months of associates at national firms with offices in metropolitan Washington, D.C.
7 minute read
September 21, 2009 |

Lessons Learned From Heller's Collapse

About a year ago, Heller Ehrman partners voted to dissolve the 118-year-old firm, and its collapse offered a few lessons to those watching. "Certainly Heller and the other law firm failures from last year were important lessons in minimizing short-term debt, because in every death story from these law firms, the banks rang the bell," says Morrison & Foerster Chairman Keith Wetmore. And despite dire predictions about the death of Big Law, some say the last year shows the resilience of large law firms.
5 minute read
September 18, 2000 |

The Space Race

San Francisco Bay Area firms are looking for a makeover. Struggling to cope with skyrocketing rents, many firms are redesigning their offices to fit more people into less space. As a result, partner offices are shrinking, libraries are contracting, and office sharing schemes are under consideration -- even for partners.
3 minute read
December 20, 2000 |

The Texas Firm That Stepped it Up

Faced with mounting market pressure from East Coast and West Coast firms, large Texas firms gave their associates mind-boggling raises in 2000. It was a free-for-all of riches that may not have occurred without Howard T. Ayers, managing partner of Houstons Andrews & Kurth, which raised first-year salaries to $104,000 form $86,000. But sometimes it takes a little gumption to take the first step.
4 minute read
January 06, 2010 |

The Art of Seduction: Wooing Clients With Subscriptions

When San Francisco lawyers Todd Smithline and Raj Jha negotiate terms with a new client, they never bring up the billable hour anymore. For the last two years, their five-lawyer San Francisco firm, Smithline Jha, has made an almost complete switch from traditional billing to a monthly subscription model.
6 minute read
December 21, 2009 |

Holiday Gifts for the Silicon Valley Stars

Going Public: Not sure what to get for the Menlo Park power broker who has everything? If an ambassadorship is out of your price range, we list a few movers and shakers and what they need.
3 minute read
December 26, 2002 |

Long Aldridge Merges; Blackstock Leaves PoGo

Julia D. [email protected] Highlights for the city's law firms in 2002 included a big merger and name change for Long Aldridge Norman. And while the usual array of lawyers switched firms in 2002, one move stood above the rest: veteran litigator Jerry B. Blackstock left Powell, Goldstein, Frazer Murphy.Long Aldridge merged with Washington-based McKenna Cuneo, creating a 376-lawyer firm with eight offices.
24 minute read
August 15, 2001 |

Cooley Godward Rated Best Law Firm to Work for

For the second year in a row, Vault Inc. has ranked Cooley Godward as the best law firm in the country to work for. Based on a survey of 9,000 associates at 120 firms, Vault determined the best 20 law firms to work for as well as the top 100 most prestigious firms. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Cooley snagged top billing in several quality of life categories.
3 minute read

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