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Few Large Firms Answer FMC's Calls for Help
Oil and gas equipment company FMC Technologies used Legal OnRamp, the social networking site for lawyers, to spread the word last month that it wants to hire tech-savvy, innovative firms that are open to alternative billing arrangements. About 50 firms downloaded a questionnaire from the site and then submitted the forms to FMC. General counsel Jeffrey Carr says he's pleased with the response, but is surprised so few of the country's largest firms submitted questionnaires.
A Busy Winter for Employment Changes
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Large firms pay many Texas associates bigger bonuses
Many associates are richer due to bonus money. Large firms in Texas paid bonuses roughly equivalent to what they paid associates for 2006 work. The generous bonuses are in addition to salary raises that many big firms gave associates in 2007 as the Texas base salary for first-year associates increased to $160,000. "We felt like some of the associates ... were working excess hours, and we felt we should provide a special bonus to them," says Stanley Mayo, managing partner of Patton Boggs' Dallas office.
Law Firms and Laterals Keep Houston Market Humming
Taken together, Katten Muchin Rosenman's recent move into Houston and a spate of lateral hires shows that a boom in energy-related work continues to attract new Am Law firms to Space City while motivating those already doing business there to bulk up.Viewpoint: Four Things Every Recent Female Law Grad Needs to Learn
Perry Appointee Receiving High-Dollar Contributions
From a financial standpoint, the Republican primary race for Place 2 on the Texas Supreme Court is shaping up as a classic bout between David and Goliath. Campaign finance reports show that incumbent Justice Don Willett collected $434,726 in contributions during the last half of 2005, while former Supreme Court Justice Steve Smith received no contributions to finance his bid for a return to the court.Commentary: Don't Back-Burner Flextime for Equal Pay
When the Project for Attorney Retention published a report in July highlighting the pay disparity between male and female attorneys, some commentators said advocates for women in the legal profession should be working to close the pay gap, not promoting policies that would give women more time to meet their family obligations. But women's advocates really need to do both; without the latter, women may never accomplish the former, says Kathleen J. Wu.Trending Stories
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