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August 01, 2006 | Law.com

Midlevel Associates Survey: Firms Improve, but Complaints Continue

With the results of The American Lawyer's 2006 midlevel associates survey comes the realization that not necessarily every associate aims for partnership. But one thing that has stayed the same is the level of frustration. And though the lack of communication between associates and partners continues to be a major gripe, at least one firm has taken heed of last year's poor survey score to make improvements. Plus: Take a look at how smaller and midsize boutiques rank against Am Law 100 and 200 firms.
14 minute read
August 22, 2007 | Law.com

Fox Rothschild Puts Brakes on First-Year Salary Hikes

Fox Rothschild announced Tuesday that it wouldn't increase first-year associate salaries for its incoming September class, instead holding the line at $125,000. "We said to ourselves that there are financial implications to raising associate salaries and there was no appetite for our partners to absorb it," said administrative partner Mark L. Silow. At the same time, the firm has enhanced several aspects of its bonus pool, according to Silow.
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December 05, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Nine Vie For Seven YLD Seats In Bar�s Only Contested Race

In what has shaped up to be the only contested segment of elections in this year�s various Philadelphia Bar Association races, nine attorneys in their 20s and 30s are seeking seven seats on the executive board of the association�s Young Lawyers Division.
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July 06, 2000 | Law.com

Movers & Shakers

Follow lawyers' career moves and law firms' transformations each week with "Movers & Shakers." This week, Philadelphia's Mesirov Gelaman Jaffe Cramer & Jamieson and Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis have officially agreed to merge; Gail S. Port, manager of the environmental practice group at Proskauer Rose, has been reappointed by New York Gov. George Pataki to the New York State Environmental Board.
4 minute read
July 06, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

For Better or Worse: Pa. Firms Stand Out in Pro Bono Rankings

When The American Lawyer ranked AmLaw 200 firms by their pro bono performance, Pennsylvania firms had a presence in all the notable categories -- some good, some not.
3 minute read
April 16, 2003 | Law.com

Klett Rooney Raises Starting Salary

In hopes of increasing its name recognition in the marketplace and jumping ahead of the competition, Pittsburgh-based Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling will raise first-year associate salaries from $105,000 to $110,000. "I think this will indicate that we are a player with top law students because it shows that we are financially sound enough to handle making such a change," said partner and board member Bill Schorling.
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September 09, 2005 | Law.com

Lending a Hand to Displaced Law Students

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Philadelphia-area law school deans were among those nationally who devised a strategy to help the two New Orleans-based law schools place their students for the fall semester. As a result, local law schools will take dozens of students from both Tulane University Law School and Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. "Every law school in the country was prepared to do this," said Villanova Law Dean Mark Sargent.
10 minute read
January 27, 2005 | Law.com

Reed Smith Disputes Claims of Growing Pains

Within just five years, Reed Smith has nearly doubled in size and profitability while making splashes in the California and London markets with large mergers. The firm is led by the dynamic Gregory Jordan, a 45-year-old Reed Smith lifer who has accepted the mission of taking the firm to the next level. But with the changes have come rumblings that the Philadelphia office has been ignored and partners de-equitized while Reed Smith changes focus and tries to become more like a New York firm.
8 minute read
June 21, 2011 | Legaltech News

4th Circuit Rules Computer Oversight Not 'Excusable Neglect'

The federal rules provide a mechanism that enables tardy litigants to seek an extension of an expired deadline provided the delay was the result of "excusable neglect." The 4th Circuit analyzed the excusable neglect standard in the context of a notice of appeal from a district court judgment filed one day late as a result of a technical error by counsel's computer calendaring system.
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June 01, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

New Additions Thomas A. Boulden has joined the Fort Washington law firm of Timoney Knox. Boulden focuses his practice in trusts and estate and Orphans' Court litigation.
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