Do you wake up every morning hoping that today will be the day that your firm will improve attorney development, and strengthen its ability to recruit, retain and develop the best talent at all professional levels by cutting your salary? If so, you may want to consider moving to Foley Hoag. In a firm wide [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers have announced their 2009 Best Law Firms for Women. The accolade is awarded based on attention to work-life and women’s issues, and the increased use of part-time and other family-friendly policies. Firms with at least 50 lawyers were eligible to apply, and the application included detailed questions about issues that are [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
According to a report released by the San Francisco-based Project for Attorney Retention, which surveyed 100 American law firms, only 23 of those firms had partnership classes consisting of at least 40% women in 2008. Fourteen of the 100 firms did not include any women. The survey included 100 law firms, which were chosen based on prior [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 16, 2009
Boston’s Foley Hoag has cut 6% of its workforce in response to the economic meltdown, the law firm has announced. The layoffs affect 32 people, both associates and staff. Foley Hoag has 227 lawyers in Boston. Although Foley Hoag had strong financial results in 2008, we have concluded that a reduction in personnel is a prudent step [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 29, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama is attracting even more Washington lawyers to his incoming administration. Cassandra Butts, who met Obama at Harvard Law, will serve as deputy White House counsel. She is currently general counsel for the transition. Her previous jobs include senior veep for domestic policy at the Center for American Progress; senior adviser to former Representative [...]
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