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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. 

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. 

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.

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.

Jenner & Block Partners Louis E. Fogel and Andrew W. Vail have been elected Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.  The Fellows comprise lawyers, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities.  Membership is limited to one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction.  Fellows are recommended by their peers and elected by the board of the American Bar Foundation.

Congratulations Louis!

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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.

Barack Ferrazzano is pleased to announce four of our attorneys, Abdul Mitha, Emi Maia Nam, Justin Podjasek and Jack Snyder, have become partners in the Firm.

Congratulations Emi!

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Effective January 1, 2018, Seth M. Jaffe, Jason H. Nash, and Colleen P. Sorensen have been elected partners of the firm.

Congratulations Colleen!

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Of the 170 prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago, only eight investigate and prosecute public corruption and organized crime cases. Megan Cunniff Church was one of them, leading the prosecution of former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, who pleaded guilty to a felony count of wire fraud in 2015.

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Congratulations Megan!

Do you know where your resume is going after you hit send? Many advertised law positions on job boards and employment websites are posted by legal recruiters.  When you respond to a post by sending your resume, are you unwittingly broadcasting your resume to the market?