Law Firm Management

span class=”excerpt”>NewsAs Above the Law has written many times in the past, compensation for Biglaw counsel is a bit of a crapshoot. At some firms, counsel watch senior associates blow by them in total compensation. While other firms

span class=”excerpt”>NewsLaw firm Boies Schiller Flexner will require attorneys and staff going into its U.S. offices to be fully vaccinated, effective Tuesday. The vaccine requirement also applies to vendors entering any of the firm’s 10 offices,

span class=”excerpt”>NewsAttrition is a top concern across Big Law and I found last week that its spike cuts evenly across a group of 10 of the most prestigious firms and the 10 best places to work, as ranked by Vault. But the prestigious firms

span class=”excerpt”>NewsFennemore, the fastest growing Biglaw firm in the country, added nationally renowned Denver litigation firm Reilly LLP to its roster. The group of accomplished trial lawyers, led by Dan Reilly, has a long history of success

span class=”excerpt”>NewsI speak with Stacey Breen, Managing Director at Major Lindsay & Africa, about the twists and turns of her career that led her to her role at MLA, and the motivation behind their recent Return to Office Survey.

NewsAugust is nearly upon is, and that means we’re getting closer and closer not just to the end of the summer, but the date when lawyers at many firms are expected to return to the office in person.

NewsAfter years locked in a conservatorship, Britney Spears has a new lawyer and an opportunity to get out of the arrangement that see says leaves her with a meager stipend and involuntarily

NewsWhen a business suffers a cyber incident, a myriad of legal and regulatory implications follow. To handle such an incident effectively and legally. The current cyber threat landscape is incredibly active

NewsPoor Eric Grossman. It must be awfully hard for a humble lawyer to be suddenly catapulted to world fame. One minute he was simply the hardworking chief legal officer of Morgan Stanley…

NewsOne by one, Biglaw firms have announced plans to return to the office, but not many have announced that all associates must be vaccinated. The majority of firms have strongly encouraged vaccination…

NewsEvery Biglaw firm hell, most employers, regardless of industry is trying to figure out exactly what post COVID work looks like. Because, while remote work got us through, it’s unclear exactly how much

NewsOne of Wall Street’s top paid lawyers is telling his outside law firms to put an end to remote work and force their attorneys back to the office. Eric Grossman, chief legal officer at Morgan Stanley…

NewsBesides the pandemic itself, perhaps no topic has dominated recent conversation among white-collar professionals like working from home. The upsides. The downsides

NewsIf you’re an associate who’s got a major case of the Mondays, there’s nothing that’ll boost your motivation like an announcement that not only will your firm be raising salaries

NewsJuly 1 has come and gone, and Biglaw associates across the country whose firms have matched are now eagerly awaiting their fat new paychecks on the $205K Davis Polk salary scale

NewsFor corporate law departments, doing more with less became a pandemic-era cliche, as many faced the combination of increasing legal challenges and reduced organizational revenue

NewsEven though July 1 has come and gone, Biglaw firms are still announcing compensation moves. This weekend, yet another firm made fireworks when it notified associates that salaries…

NewsGood news for associates that haven’t, just yet, gotten the raises making their way through Biglaw firms are still announcing salary increases. The latest firm to make associates happy

NewsListen, at the end of the day, any raise is better than no raise. And while associates may get pangs of jealousy when they hear about the $205,000 pay day for their peers,

NewsThere can be more than one motivation underlying that sentiment. The chance to earn more money tends to be part of the appeal, particularly if the lawyer is treating an especially successful client