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June 23, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

For Women in the Profession, the Glass Is Half-Full

Success is a two-way street. Every lawyer, male or female, must take control of his or her own career to be successful.
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October 29, 2007 | Law.com

First-Year Associate Hiring Down Slightly at Big Texas Firms

About 400 lawyers have just started their careers at Texas' largest firms. The law firms are working to attract and retain new associates, including a decision by some not to raise salaries to $160,000, which some associates believe correlates with less work pressure. First-year Christopher Jaquez says that Vinson & Elkins has smoothed the transition from law school to full-time lawyer by supplying him with a partner mentor and an associate mentor. "It's important to me that I produce good work," he says.
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April 11, 2002 | Law.com

What to Do When the Boss Is Accused of Wrongdoing

Defending against an employment suit is never a comfortable experience for in-house attorneys. And that discomfort is multiplied when it's the boss who's been accused of wrongdoing. In-house lawyers must become the pivot point between the CEO and the suit -- whether it's considering whether to pursue a settlement, preparing the boss to testify or cuing in retained counsel.
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May 28, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Summer Associates Charts

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June 26, 2003 | Law.com

For Women in the Profession, the Glass Is Half-Full

One of the most tenacious problems for women in the legal profession is the mere act of being a woman in the legal profession. Certainly, things are easier now than they were in the 1960s, when women were just beginning to enter law school in large numbers, only to be greeted with open hostility. Though progress has been slow, at least it's progress.
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August 02, 2007 | Law.com

Commentary: Every Pay Raise Has Its Price

During the past month, large Texas law firms have engaged in a salary war that started with Vinson & Elkins raising first-year associate pay to the New York rate of $160,000. But at what price, asks Mark Donald? These young lawyers will bill around 2,000 hours a year -- minimum. And with the dreaded billable hour comes disillusionment. Add to that the fact that the average career life expectancy of an associate at a big firm is three years -- before a law firm even starts to make money off the attorney.
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February 11, 2002 | Daily Report Online

W hat's Causing the Partner Transfers

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August 20, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

The 2012 Go-To Guide Finalists

Ninety Texas lawyers have been selected as finalists for The Go-To Guide, a magazine that includes the Lone Star State's leading lawyers in 18 practice areas.
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September 24, 2009 | Law.com

Greenberg Traurig Hit With $100 Million Malpractice Suit by Company Sanctioned Over Patents

Greenberg Traurig was hit Tuesday with a malpractice suit seeking more than $100 million in damages over allegations that it failed to properly prosecute patents for a longtime electronics manufacturing client and committed discovery abuses in related litigation. Leviton Manufacturing Co. sued Greenberg Traurig and three of its former intellectual property partners after the company itself was sanctioned earlier this year for the conduct of Greenberg Traurig lawyers in prosecuting Leviton patents.
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March 30, 2007 | Law.com

Apollo Sues EGL, Claiming Auction Was Rigged

Private equity firm Apollo Management has raised its offer for global logistics company EGL and in an unusual twist, filed a suit Tuesday against the target and its directors, claiming the bidding process was rigged. EGL agreed March 18 to go private in a deal led by its chairman and CEO James Crane and private equity firms Centerbridge Partners and Woodbridge Co. In a complaint filed in state court in Houston, Apollo alleges that EGL and Crane unfairly tipped the bidding process in Crane's favor.
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