Chief legal officers are watching their bills from outside counsel ever more closely as they read about one hefty pay hike after another for first-year associates.
George Q. Sewell, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for The Facility Group Inc. and Georgia chapter president for the Association of Corporate Counsel, said he has noticed three strong reactions from his colleagues: “Amazement at the salaries; skepticism about whether or not the associates will have the expertise to justify those salaries; and a determination not to let the law firms train the associates at the clients’ expense.”
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