John Ray III continues to pile on new filings to an old and dead case. He was fired from Ropes & Gray in December of 2008 when they chose to…
The intellectual property law firm Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner is one of the largest, with 350 lawyers in nine offices worldwide, and also one of the largest in…
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Law firms of all sizes are being much more selective about who makes equity partner. Gone are the days where doing good work and putting in your time is enough to get you to a profit sharing level. Today, equity partners almost always have to prove that they can contribute their share to the firm. So what does this mean for associates and how can a two-tiered partnership track be beneficial? With a two-tiered partnership structure, associates get more time to prove themselves and also more time to determine whether partnership is the right goal for them. Two-tier partnerships (non-equity and equity) exist so the firm can train and develop associates into equity partners. The non-equity track to partner at most firms is on average, 6 years long. [...]
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