District of Columbia Attorney General Peter Nickles is amending a flexible hours plan for attorneys, and the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1403 is challenging the move. Since it was put into place in 2005 by DC’s then-Attorney General Robert J. Spagnoletti, lawyers can take one day off a week if they make up the [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 22, 2009
Roetzel & Andress has “regretfully released” 13 associates and 18 non-lawyers, firm President Jeffrey Casto has announced. Three of the lawyers were at its headquarters in Akron, Ohio, and three were in Cleveland. The layoffs leave Roetzel & Andress with 223 attorneys at 10 offices in Ohio, Florida and the District of Columbia.
Continue reading...Saturday, February 7, 2009
Clifford Chance announced today a joint effort with the Georgetown University Law Center to establish the Clifford Chance International Public Interest Summer Fellowship Program. The Clifford Chance Fellowships will provide 15 first-year Georgetown Law students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds with the opportunity to intern with international non-governmental and governmental organizations in the District of Columbia. The fellows [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 24, 2009
Fortune Magazine says DC law firm Arnold & Porter is not only the best DC law firm for which to work; it is the 21st best company to work for in the United States. Fortune cited features like Arnold & Porter’s generous paid maternity leave and on-site child care options. It also offers a sliding scale [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 17, 2008
“Multiple tipsters” tell Above the Law that O’Melveny & Myers associates in California and DC received voicemails today, confirming that first year associate bonuses would be $27,500. The bonus scale for OMM, in CA and DC, is believed to look like this: 2007 – $27,500 2006 – $30,000 2005 – $32,500 2004 – $35,000 2003 – $37,500 2002 – $40,000 2001 and 2000 [...]
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