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Fox Swibel Announces New Promotions

Fox Swibel is pleased to announce the promotion of Daniel Dorfman to Capital Partner. We are also pleased to announce the promotions of Tracy Katz Muhl, Tammy Lee, and David Ogles to Partner.

Congratulations Tracy and David!

Fox Swibel Makes Four New Promotions

 

 

 

ATTICUS RECRUITING’S COVID-19 RESPONSE

WE ARE WORKING FOR YOU

We at Atticus Recruiting would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the frontline workers who risk their health and wellbeing to keep us safe, healthy and educated and our economy moving under difficult and stressful circumstances.

While we feel fortunate to be fully operational, we recognize the pain and angst felt by many in the legal community. Throughout the pandemic we have remained in constant contact with our law firm and corporate employer contacts. We have sought out new relationships and have expanded our network.  And while overall hiring remains constricted, situational hiring remains strong.

We are here for you.  Please contact us to let us know how we can help.

Sincerely,

Michelle and Rob

The Importance of Diversity Among Trial Attorneys

“Diverse trial teams resonate with clients and jurors alike, and ultimately provide winning outcomes that advance diversity in the profession and in the larger culture.”

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/custom-media/woman-up-latham/gender-diversity-in-trials.html

Gender Diversity in Trials

By Mary Rose Alexander

(A nationally-recognized trial lawyer, Mary Rose Alexander is Global Chair of the Environmental Litigation Practice at Latham & Watkins and Chair of the firm’s Women Enriching Business (WEB) Committee as well as the Trial Advocacy Program.)

Gender diversity in trials – state of play

Our society and our courtrooms are diverse. We no longer have men in white wigs and black robes, surrounded by an exclusively white male cast. Our diversity is rich and varied — gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic background. The trial lawyers trying cases for clients in those courtrooms and to those audiences should mirror the diversity found there. The legal profession has made great strides toward diversity, specifically gender diversity. More than half of law school graduates are women. The trial bar has made progress as well. Talented women are trying cases in courtrooms across this country every day. We all should be proud of that progress. We all should recognize that more needs to be done. The legal profession, the trial bar, and the clients it serves have taken positive actions to increase the number of talented women advocates in state and federal court litigation.

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Two Chicago Law Schools in Top 5 for Wage Earnings

Recent graduates of the University of Chicago Law School and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law have some of the highest earnings in the country, according to a Forbes analysis of data released last week by the U.S. Department of Education. The data show students at these top-tier Chicago law schools have annual median salaries of $170,500 and $171,900, respectively, one year after graduation.  The rest of the top 5 included Columbia Law School, New York University School of Law and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. 

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Atticus Recruiting Congratulates Chicago Lawyer’s 40 Under 40

Atticus Recruiting, Chicago’s Legal Recruiter®, congratulates John Schreiner of Perkins Coie, Timothy Farrell of Ropes & Gray, Sara Tonnies Horton of Jenner & Block, Katie Kenney of Polsinelli, Greg Leighton of Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, Gray Mateo-Harris of Barnes & Thornburg and the rest of the incredibly talented attorneys that make up the twentieth anniversary class of Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer’s 40 Under 40.  https://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/40-attorneys-under-40

Atticus Recruiting – Extraordinary Opportunities for Exceptional Attorneys

New Report by Law360 Says Corporations will Spend $1.3B on Litigation in 2020

Early last year I was talking with a friend who ran the derivatives trading desk for a major U.S. broker-dealer. He was fascinated to hear that one of the top law firms in the country was aggressively hiring for their bankruptcy and restructuring practice group. 

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Diversity Initiative Names 64 Firms ‘Mansfield 2.0’ Certified

Atticus Recruiting congratulates the Diversity Lab on its Mansfield 2.0 Certification and the 64 law firms that are now Mansfield 2.0 certified, including Chicago stalwarts: 

Akerman, Arnold & Porter, Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, Nixon Peabody, Baker McKenzie, Brinks Gilson & Lione, Reed Smith, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, Holland & Knight, Schiff Hardin, Husch Blackwell, Jenner & Block, Seyfarth Shaw, Katten Muchin, Sheppard Mullin, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, Steptoe, Latham & Watkins, Dechert, Littler Mendelson, White & Case, Dentons,  McDermott Will & Emery, DLA Piper, Miller Canfield, Winston & Strawn, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Morgan Lewis and Faegre Baker Daniels. 

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Massey & Gail LLP Announces New Partner: Cara Hendrickson, Former Lead Attorney

Congratulations to an extraordinary law firm on an exceptional hire.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

By Community Contributor RANDALL SAMBORN

CHICAGO – Massey & Gail LLP, a high-powered boutique law firm in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, announced today that Cara A. Hendrickson, formerly chief of the Public Interest Division of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, has joined the firm as a partner in Chicago. Ms. Hendrickson was the state’s lead attorney in negotiating and securing court approval earlier this year of the consent decree mandating sweeping reforms in the Chicago Police Department.

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Moving Day: Best Time to Look for a New Legal Position

Q. I am an associate attorney and I’m looking to relocate to Chicago next year. What is the best time of year to begin my job search?

A. There is no time like the present to begin your search. While many large firms fill their first-year associate needs in September/October through their law school campus interviewing and summer associate programs, lateral associate hiring is less cyclical and more reactive. It is true that most law firms put together their annual budgets, which include hiring requests from their most active practices, sometime between the end of the calendar year and the beginning of the new year, and that may spur Quarter 1 and early Quarter 2 hiring. However, most lateral legal hiring occurs on a continual basis throughout the year in reaction to the ebb and flow of law firm business outlooks, economic realities and associate attorney migration. An active IPO calendar, an uptick in M&A activity or a large lawsuit can occur at any time and bring about an urgent need for specific, experienced legal talent. Additionally, as corporate law departments continue to grow, associates, typically in the 3- to 7-year range, are increasingly leaving their law firms for in-house opportunities.

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Atticus Recruiting Featured in Diversity Series

Our employer clients engage our placement services because they are looking to hire extraordinary attorneys. The “extra” always consists of exceptional academic credentials and stellar legal training. Often the “extra” component includes a diversity requirement as well. Fifty-four percent of our placements involve a gender and/or racially diverse candidate.

Michelle was recently interviewed by the Legal Recruiter Directory in an article focused on the role of the recruiter in the legal industry’s quest for more diverse workplaces.

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