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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.

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.

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?

In 2014, Euler Bropleh, ’08, founded VestedWorld, a company based on a business model he began formulating while he was at the Law School. VestedWorld is a venture capital fund that allows investors to invest in carefully screened early-stage companies in Africa.

Congratulations Euler!

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MoloLamken LLP, a premier national litigation boutique, today announced that Jessica Ortiz, an accomplished federal prosecutor who previously led the Narcotics Unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office.

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In the summer of 2014, Sharon Casola was preparing to move to New York City to begin working as an associate at Latham & Watkins.

A recent graduate of University of Virginia School of Law, she had not yet found out whether she’d passed the bar exam, which would ensure her employment at Latham. Still, Casola had to commit to a yearlong lease on an apartment in one of the most expensive cities in the country.