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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?

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.

11 Tips For The Biglaw Interview Day By Anonymous Recruitment Director

Ed. note: This is the latest post by Anonymous Recruitment Director, who offers an insider’s perspective on the world of law firm hiring.

I have received numerous emails from law students requesting advice about the Biglaw interview day. I once again solicited the input of other recruitment professionals in order to compile a list of the items that candidates should keep in mind on their interview day.

Associate Salaries Bobble But Remain Essentially Flat

Starting associate salaries at large law firms have remained essentially flat since 2007, despite some erosion of the prevalence of $160,000 as the norm. New research from NALP reveals that first-year associate salaries of $160,000 are still widespread at large law firms of more than 700 lawyers — especially in large markets — and became somewhat more prevalent in 2013 compared with 2012, as a result pushing the median for this group of firms as a whole back up to $160,000 after it had dropped to $145,000 in 2012.