Pepper Hamilton - Maurer School of Law: Indiana University
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Transcript Pepper Hamilton - Maurer School of Law: Indiana University
Chicago and Washington
Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington
February 2009
Frank Kimball - Kimball Professional Management
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Today’s Program
Chicago
Washington, D.C.
Practice Areas
Tactics – Strategies
Beyond OCI
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The 2008-2009 Recession
Causes, Effects and Impact on
Law School Students
Recession – Cause & Effect
Manic boom in real estate, sub prime mortgages, and
securitization collapses rapidly in Summer 2007
Economic boom sputters and slowdown gathers
momentum in Fall and Winter 2007-08
Flow of deals, lending, mortgages, and structured finance
drops rapidly
First lay offs by law firms seen early 2008
Layoffs grow and spread from Summer 2008 through today
By summer law firms begin to face economic facts as
utilization drops
Firms embrace numerous measures - layoffs, comp freeze,
salary reductions, staff cuts
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What Prudent Students Must Assume
A reduction in invitations after OCI
A reduction in offers after call back interviews
Students will accept offers more quickly
Some firms summer programs are “over subscribed”
Firms will be less willing to grant multi city split summers.
Less tolerance for slow starters in the associate ranks
A recognition that something has changed in litigation
which will finally effect entry-level hiring
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Researching Law Firms
Dependable Sources
Websites
Recent experiences with Indiana
Students
Legal Media
Business Media
Your own independent assessment
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Researching Law Firms
Dubious and Dangerous Sources
www.AboveTheLaw.com
Friends and room-mates
The brother of a friend of a guy you
met at a bar last Tuesday
Law school ancient grapevine
Random anonymous bloggers
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Master Local National Legal and
Business Media
www.ChicagoTribune.com
www.NYTimes.com
www.WSJ.com & blogs.wsj.com/law/
NYLawyer.com
www.chambersandpartners.com
www.AmericanLawyer.com
www.LawBulletin.com
www.AboveTheLaw.com
www.chicagobusiness.com
Legal Times of Washington
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Students Who Must Explore Options Beyond OCI
Shotguns Trump Rifles
Launch effort In mid August
Attack a wide range of targets immediately
Don’t wait for OCI to play itself out
Broad mass mailing to firms >25 lawyers who don’t do OCI
Use your law school and/or undergraduate network –
aggressively and creatively
E-mail resume, transcript, writing sample, reference.
Explain tie to the market and practice area interest
Use Word 03 – Many firms have not moved to Word 2007 –
even better turn all files into PDFs.
Title files intelligibly “Smith John Harvard 2010 Resume.doc
Explain when you will be visiting
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Grades Matter
Other Things Matter Even More
The New Hiring Math- Impact on Students
I
Top 10% / Magna Law Review
II
Top 10-25%
III
Top 25-50%
IV
Remainder of Class
Improving your Grades…..LEEWS…stay in the game
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Grades Matter in 2009
Law school grades matter at all schools during this
season.
However – firms will look beyond grades to
journals, moot court, work experience, attitude,
energy, ties to a city and seriousness about
private practice
Bad attitude, poor preparation, or mediocre
intangibles is fatal
Selective firms will be even more selective in 2009
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Windy City Selectivity
For decades the most selective firms in terms of GPA, schools, and extra
curriculars have been Kirkland, Sidley, Mayer, and Skadden Arps.
Generally many other premier mega and national firms have been a shade
less selective – e.g., Jenner, Winston, McDermott, Katten, Schiff,
Sonnenschein, Seyfarth Shaw.
Large Chicago offices of national firms with HQ elsewhere are a shade less
selective than the first group – e.g., Jones Day, Latham, Foley, Greenberg
Traurig, Holland & Knight, McGuire Woods.
Do not assume that an elite mid size or smaller firm will not be selective
on grades. Indeed because they are hiring fewer 2L’s they will be equally
selective on GPA and even more careful on personality, intangibles,
energy, private practice focus, ambition, and work experience.
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Chicago –
A Rapidly-Changing
Market for Law Firms
As a place to live and work
Cost of living
Real Estate
Taxes
Schools
Commuting
Culture Cubs Pizza
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National Firms Outnumber Homegrown
250
200
150
100
50
0
Chicago
L.A.
S.F
Homegrown
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N.Y.
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Class of 2007 in 104 Chicago Law Firms
Northwestern
89
Notre Dame
21
Columbia
4
Illinois
52
Indiana
18
Case Western
3
Chicago
58
Virginia
11
UCLA
2
Michigan
36
Wisconsin
13
Boalt
2
DePaul
30
Georgetown
13
Yale
1
Loyola
36
Iowa
14
Stanford
4
Kent
41
Penn
3
Duke
5
Harvard
22
Cornell
2
USC
0
John Marshall
29
Boston Univ.
2
NYU
5
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Mega Firms With Original Office in Chicago
Baker & McKenzie
Kirkland & Ellis
Seyfarth Shaw
DLA Piper
Mayer Brown
Sidley Austin
Jenner & Block
McDermott, Will
Sonnenschein
Katten Muchin
Schiff Hardin
Winston & Strawn
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21 National Firms Large / Fast Growing / Ambitious Plans
Drinker Biddle
Jones Day
Paul Hastings
Duane Morris
Kaye Scholer
Perkins Coie
Dykema
Latham
Reed Smith
Foley & Lardner
McGuire Woods
Skadden Arps
Barnes Thornburg
Thomson Coburn
Quarles & Brady
Ropes & Gray
Proskauer
Bryan Cave
Greenberg Traurig
Liddell Sapp
Michael Best
This is an interesting group. Many have fast growing profits and all continue to cherry pick
partners from strong local firms. This group would have included only 4 firms 15 years ago.
Now it grows rapidly each year. Most of these are active in entry-level hiring and most are
overlooked by students who lean towards famous local names. Some here pay partners at the
very top – Skadden, Paul Hastings, Latham, Kaye Scholer, Jones Day, Ropes & Gray, Greenberg
Traurig – with correspondingly demanding hours. Many are lower but still quite competitive.
Firms in this group can present a tremendous opportunity to join an office in its infancy – while
it is building. For some that’s exciting – for others it’s off putting.
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Six Chicago Based Firms With 150-250 Lawyers
Bell Boyd & Lloyd
Hinshaw
Vedder Price
Chapman and Cutler
Neal Gerber
Wildman
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National Firms With Small Chicago Footprints
Anderson Kill
Bryan Cave
Epstein Becker
Fisher Phillips
Steptoe
Kelley Drye
Kutack Rock
Dewey LeBoeuf
Lewis Brisbois
Littler
Mendelson
Loeb & Loeb
Luce Forward
Ogletree
Deakins
Jackson Lewis
Ross Dixon
Cozen O’Connor
Fisher Phillips
Ford Harrison
Fragomen Del
Rey
Husch Blackwell
Ice Miller
Loeb & Loeb
Luce Forward
Miller Canfield
Polsinelli
Shelton
Sedgwick
Detert
Ulmer Berne
Pircher Nichols
Wilson Elsner
Zevnik Horton
Baker & Daniels
Adorno Yoss
Sandler Davis
Thomson
Coburn
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Elite Firms With <100 Lawyers
Bartlit Beck
Goldberg Kohn
Pircher Nichols
Franczek Sullivan
Eimer Stahl
Levenfeld Pearlstein
Barrack Ferrazano
Stein Ray & Harris
Grippo & Elden
Schopf & Weiss
Novack & Macey
Chicago is home to many strong firms with 20-100 lawyers. Many were founded by big firm alumni. These firms
are highly profitable, have terrific client rosters, and matter for matter the work you will do will be just as
sophisticated as what you would find in the proto typical mega firms. The staffing of matters tends to be leaner
making it possible for a terrific associate to climb more rapidly up the responsibility ladder.
These not cushy “lifestyle shops” with low hours. Senior partners at these firms take justifiable pride in
their culture but they, in general, recoil at the notion that they are soft and fuzzy havens for the lawyers who do
not want to work hard. Partners are eager to build their firms and compete with the megas. Many are very active
in the bar, industry groups, aggressive client development, public service, and marketing. Their pay for
associates, in general, is competitive with the mega firms.
Many students prefer the brand name for their first stop. A wise, contrarian student might pick one of these
marvelous firms as the place to begin her career. Dare to be different – you probably won’t regret it. N.B. These
firms hire very few new associates each year. They have the luxury of waiting for the perfect prospect.
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Intellectual Property Firms
Banner Witcoff
Leydig Voit
Niro Scavone
Brinks Hofer
Marshall Gerstein
Pattishall McAuliffe
Fitch Even
McAndrews Held
Trexler Bushnell
Kegan and Kegan
McDonnell Boenen
Welsh & Katz*
The I.P. specialty firms range in size from 15 to nearly 100 lawyers. Most focus on
patent side intellectual property with a mix of litigation, prosecution, and transactional
advice. They are under siege by suitors – national firms seeking acquisition targets or
cherry picking talented lawyers with portable business. The next decade may see more
of these firms become a part of Chicago based large firms or national firms seeking to
establish critical mass in this red hot practice area. entry-level hiring usually requires a
Masters (at least) in Engineering, a bio science field, mathematics, etc.
* Recently announced merger with Husch Blackwell Sanders
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6. Leaders in Selected Practice Areas
Corporate
Mega Firms
National
Mid Size/Boutique
Kirkland
Mayer
Skadden
Bell Boyd
Sidley
Winston
Latham
Neal Gerber
Jenner
Katten
Paul Hastings
Goldberg Kohn
McDermott
Sonnenschein
Greenberg Traurig
Levenfeld
Schiff
Baker
Reed Smith
Barack Farazzano
Drinker Biddle
Burke Warren
Jones Day
Vedder Price
DLA Piper
Corporate practices nationally and in Chicago slowed considerably starting in Fall 2007.
Considerable uncertainty remains about the length and depth of the recession and
whether a recovery will be in progress when this year’s 2L’s join firms in 2010. Best
estimate: firms will be cautious about corporate hiring – down from 2007 but cautiously
optimistic about a recovery in work flow by 4Q 2010.
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Banking and Finance
Mega
National
Mid Size and Boutique
Mayer
McDermott
Skadden
Chapman
Schiff
Sidley
Winston
Latham
Schwartz
Vedder Price
Kirkland
Jenner
Neal Gerber
Goldberg Kohn
Katten
This practice is area is far slower than it was in 2006-2007 because of the
general conditions in the lending and finance markets. Many of these firms are
looking to expand and add partners with business and appear optimistic about
needs two years from now.
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Private Equity
Mega
National
Mid Size
Kirkland
Katten
Skadden
Greenberg Traurig
Chapman
Mayer
McDermott
Jones Day
Paul Hastings
Bell Boyd
Sidley
Jenner
Latham
Reed Smith
Schiff
Kaye Scholer
Ropes & Gray
Winston
Private equity was the hottest transactional practice area in the 2004-2007 boom.
Deal flow is certainly way off in 2008 but firms are looking to build in this area in
anticipation of a recovery in 1-3 years. Many firms are looking to snare top laterals
to jump start or expand their own private equity practices.
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Corporate M&A
Mega
National
Mid
>100
Kirkland
Mayer
Sidley
Winston
Katten
McDermott
Winston
Jenner
Sonnenschein
DLA Piper
Schiff Hardin
Skadden
Latham
Jones Day
Greenberg
Traurig
Reed Smith
Drinker Biddle
Kelley Drye
Ropes & Gray
Kaye Scholer
Bell Boyd
Ungaretti
Goldberg Kohn
Wildman
Levenfeld
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Burke Warren
Barack Ferrazzano
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Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Mega
National
Mid
Boutique
Kirkland
McGuire Woods
Bell Boyd
Barack
Sidley
Jones Day
Neal
Gerber
Levenfeld
Mayer
Latham
Goldberg
Baker
Skadden
Jenner
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Derivatives and Structured Products
Mega
National
Mid
Mayer
Katten
Bryan Cave
Latham
Bell Boyd
Sidley
McDermott
Barnes Thornburg
Loeb
Chapman
Kirkland
Schiff
Dewey LeBoeuf
Reed Smith
Goldberg
Winston
Seyfarth
Drinker Biddle
Morgan Lewis
Masuda
DLA Piper
Sonnenschein
Duane Morris
Perkins Coie
Neal Gerber
Jenner
Dykema
Vedder
Greenberg Traurig
Ungaretti
Jones Day
Wildman
This area has been hit very hard by the recession – witness the across the board layoffs at
Cadwalader, Thacher Proffitt, and McKee Nelson, to name only a few.
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Project Finance
Baker & McKenzie
Barnes Thornburg
Chapman
DLA Piper
Holland & Knight
Jones Day
Kirkland
Latham
Mayer Brown
McGuire Woods
McDermott
Morgan Lewis
Reed Smith
Schiff Hardin
Sidley
Skadden
Sonnenschein
Ungaretti
Vedder
Winston
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Investment Management
Mega
National
Mid
Boutique
Goldberg Kohn
Kirkland
Schiff
Drinker
Bell Boyd
Baker
Seyfarth
Duane Morris
Vedder
Katten
Sidley
Greenberg Traurig
Neal Gerber
Jenner
Sonnenschein
Latham & Watkins
Mayer Brown
Winston
Locke Lord
McDermott
Perkins Coie
Ropes
Skadden
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International
Cross-border transactional work involving corporate, banking, real estate, project
finance, tax litigation, and other lawyers.
Chicago’s volume of international legal work has grown but still is far lower than
what is found in New York.
Certain mega firms have an increasing amount of international work for their
Chicago associates - e.g., Kirkland, Sidley, Mayer, Winston, Skadden, Jones Day,
Baker & McKenzie - to name a few - it is in contrast to New York where working
on international matters is a more day to day occurrence.
Most firms do not have an ‘international’ department
The best advice for students: ask a firm for the percentage of transactional
work which is cross-border.
Does work originate in Chicago or is it serviced in Chicago?
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Real Estate
Mega
National
Mid Size
Boutique
DLA Piper
Sidley
Latham
Neal Gerber
Pircher Nichols
Katten
Mayer
Jones Day
Bell Boyd
Kirkland
Jenner
Paul Hastings
Barack Ferrazzano
Sonnenschein
Winston
Holland & Knight
Goldberg Kohn
Chicago is home to many of the nation’s strongest real estate practices. The practice area
remained surprisingly strong during the 2001-2003 recession and hiring in the area has
been extremely strong for entry-levels and laterals in 2004-2007. Lateral hiring has
almost stopped in this field. However, many leading firms are looking to build their real
estate practices in anticipation of a recovery. Again a trickle down to entry-level hiring at
a meaningful level seems probable for the Class of 2010.
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Health Care
Mega
National
Mid
Boutique
McDermott
McGuire Woods
Ungaretti
Hogan Merren
Sidley
Drinker Biddle
Bell Boyd
Katten
Foley Lardner
Sonnenschein
DLA Piper
Hiring in health care has been strong for the past two years. These practice groups
are not large – most hire 1-3 new associates per year. The area attracts a high
level of interest among students. It is a transactional practice – not a policy
oriented patients’ rights practice. Lateral hiring activity has actually picked up
during the 2007-2008 recession.
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Energy /Natural Resources / Utilities
Foley & Lardner
Sonnenschein
Jones Day
Mayer Brown
Sidley
DLA Piper
Schiff Hardin
Paul Hastings
Eimer Stahl
This is a regulatory and transactional practice area where firms represent utility
companies, natural gas and petroleum companies, producers of alternative forms
of energy, pipeline and natural gas distributors. Related litigation can involve
antitrust and regulatory issues. The transactional practice includes permitting,
development, licensing, and other issues. Many of the leading utility companies in
the Midwest use a variety of outside counsel. Lawyers in this area report being
somewhat busier than certain of their corporate colleagues in the past year. The
area as a whole is undervalued by law students.
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Entertainment / Media / Sports
Winston
Sonnenschein
Holland & Knight
Schiff Hardin
Jenner & Block
Michael Best
Bryan Cave
Bell Boyd
Sidley
Foley Lardner
Katten
Grippo & Elden
Wildman
Media / entertainment practice has more depth in Los Angeles and New York – because
more media and entertainment properties have their headquarters on the Coasts than in
the Midwest. However each of the firms listed above has a strong practice in
entertainment / media / or sports. Clients in these fields include professional sports
teams, local media properties, publishers, entertainers, artists, producers and film
makers, and others. The student interest in the area far outweighs the number of
available positions so don’t expect that your love for sports or media will blaze a path to
easy entry into these small and selective practice areas.
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Litigation
Mega
National
Mid
Boutique
Kirkland
Latham
Neal Gerber
Bartlit
Jenner
Skadden
Wildman
Grippo
Winston
Jones Day
Goldberg
Eimer
Sidley
Howrey
Bell Boyd
Schopf
McDermott
Steptoe
Mayer
Morgan Lewis
Other National Novack
Baker McKenzie
McGuire Woods
Reed Smith
Katten
Dewey LeBoeuf
Quarles
Stein Ray
Chicago is home to many of the nation’s strongest litigation practices. However – litigation is not
growing as rapidly as it once did – and utilization in some firms is lower than historical averages. Query
firms carefully about (i) average staffing size on specific typical matters (ii) how much of your 1-3 years
will be spend on electronic discovery (iii) the number of equity partners made in each of the past 5
years in complex commercial litigation in Chicago (iv) client chargeable hour trends for associates in the
last five years. Don’t choose litigation because you don’t want to be a transactional lawyer. You’ve got
to be tenacious, great on your feet, thrive on uncertainty, and truly enjoy the advocacy process.
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Securities Litigation
Mega
National
Mid
Boutique
Kirkland
Latham
Neal Gerber
Bartlit
Jenner
Skadden
Wildman
Grippo
Winston
Jones Day
Goldberg
Eimer
Sidley
Howrey
Bell Boyd
Schopf
MWE
Steptoe
Mayer
Morgan Lewis
Novack
Note: The volume of securities litigation dropped substantially from 2002-2006 but
has increased significantly in the last year as a result of the various financial crises in
the economy. So far this has not resulted in increased lateral hiring but the volume of
entry-level hiring could increase in the next year.
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Antitrust Litigation
Mega And National
Mid Size
Boutique
Kirkland
Sonnenschein
Bell Boyd
Eimer Stahl
Mayer
Katten
Liddell Sapp
Bartlit Beck
Sidley
Baker
Sperling Slater
Winston
McDermott
Grippo Elden
Jenner
Schopf Weiss
This practice area has shown more strength in this decade than it did in the 1990’s.
There are strong practice groups at the firms known as leaders in bet the company
litigation but also in mid size and boutique firms. An Obama administration could result
in more active antitrust enforcement which would increase activity in this area. Stay
tuned. .
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Bankruptcy – Restructuring
Mega
National
Mid Size
Kirkland
Skadden
Goldberg Kohn
Winston
Latham
Vedder
Sidley
Foley
DLA Piper
Kaye Scholer
Jenner
Jones Day
Sonnenschein
There are many strong creditors’ rights practices in the Windy City and the
area has blossomed, as one would expect, during the current recession.
The goliaths in the field are familiar to most but don’t overlook mid size and
smaller firms that are worthy of consideration.
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Labor & Employment
Mega
National
Mid
National Labor
Seyfarth
Jones Day
Vedder
Littler
Jenner
Morgan Lewis
Neal Gerber
Jackson Lewis
Winston
McGuire Woods
Wildman
Ogletree
Sidley
Paul Hastings
Goldberg
Mayer
Holland & Knight
Bell Boyd
Katten
Reed Smith
Franczek Sullivan
Sonnenschein
This area is showing great strength in 2008. Chicago is home to many firms with great depth in L&E
including mega firms, nationals, mid size and labor specialty firms. Note: NALP forms often understate
the number of L&E lawyers because they are domiciled in a general litigation group. L&E work can
involved executive compensation, benefit, contract and related issues – class and individual actions
under various federal and state statutes and common law claims.
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Appellate
Kirkland
Sidley
Winston
Mayer
Jenner
There are far more students interested than there are slots available.
The premier appellate practice groups cherry pick associates who were
published law review editors, top 10% of the class at top 10 schools,
with Circuit or Supreme Court clerkships. The top appellate practice
groups in Chicago add 1-3 lawyers a year -tops - and they all have
Rolls Royce credentials. There are far more opportunities available in
the Washington offices various elite mega firms than are to be found in
Chicago.
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Patent – I.P. Litigation
Mega
National
Mid Size
Boutique
Kirkland
Winston
Jones Day
Neal Gerber
Brinks Hofer
Jenner
McDermott
Latham
Bell Boyd
McAndrews Held
Sidley
Marshall Gerstein
Mayer
Banner Witcoff
McDonnell Boenen
Leydig Voit
This area of litigation remains extremely active – and entry-level and lateral hiring are
strong. However, most leading patent IP litigation firms require/strongly prefer
candidates with a M.A. or more in engineering, mathematics, biology, chemistry, or
other technical area. Firms will have as great an interest in your undergraduate and
graduate academic record as your law school grades.
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White Collar
Kirkland
Sidley
Jenner
Jones Day
Baker
Latham
Winston
Mayer
Foley
White collar criminal work does not generate enough entry-level work to
provide opportunities for more than a handful of students interested in the
area. Again - there are strong practices in all of these areas in Chicago but
the interest of students is probably 20 times higher than the actual need. In
firms with “market” or “unassigned” systems you’ll be competing with many
other new lawyers who would like to practice in the same area. On the other
hand working on major corporate internal investigations will sharpen your
skills. All of these firms generate many new members of the U.S. Attorneys
office in various jurisdictions.
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Environmental
Mega
National
Mid Size
Bell Boyd
Jenner
Baker
Drinker Biddle
Mayer
Winston
McGuire Woods
Sidley
Sonnenschein
Seyfarth
Schiff
This area is not growing but remains popular among law students. After a period
of explosive growth in the 80’s and 90’s the area can best be described as
mature. Very little entry-level hiring. Even less lateral hiring.
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Insurance–Litigation/Regulatory/Coverage
Mega
National
Mid Size
Bell Boyd
Jenner
Baker
Drinker Biddle
Mayer
Winston
McGuire Woods
Sidley
Sonnenschein
Proskauer
Seyfarth
Schiff
Morgan Lewis
Wildman
This area is not growing but remains popular among law students. After a period
of explosive growth in the 80’s and 90’s the area can best be described as
mature. Very little entry-level hiring. Even less lateral hiring.
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Products Liability Litigation
Mega
National
Mid Size
<100
Baker
Bryan Cave
Howrey
Arnstein Lehr
Bartlit Beck
DLA Piper
Dewey LeBoeuf
Jones Day
Bell Boyd
Eimer Stahl
Jenner
Drinker Biddle
Locke Lord
Bollinger Ruberry
Grippo Elden
Katten
Dykema
Lewis Brisbois
Clausen Miller
Schopf Weiss
Kirkland
Foley Lardner
McGuire Woods
Freeborn Peters
Goldberg Kohn
Mayer
Greenberg Traurig
Perkins Coie
Goldberg Kohn
McDermott
Holland & Knight
Reed Smith
Hinshaw
Schiff Hardin
Neal Gerber
Seyfarth
Ungaretti
Sidley
Vedder Price
Sonnenschein
Wildman
Winston
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Taxation
Mega
National
Kirkland
Sidley
Skadden
Mayer
McDermott
Latham
Baker
Winston
Jones Day
DLA Piper
Schiff
Katten
Sonnenschein
Mid Size
Boutique
Neal Gerber
Chicago is home to many firms with strong and wide ranging tax practices which advise
clients on all manner of domestic and international transactions. Notably, in many of these
firms the senior tax partners originate substantial amounts of business – so the tax
practice is not just a “service” unit but it is a group which has strong client relationships
and thus influence across the board within the firm
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ERISA / Employee Benefits
Mega
National
Mid Size
McDermott
Katten
Skadden
Vedder Price
Winston
Sidley
Jones Day
Neal Gerber
Mayer
Kirkland
Latham
Sonnenschein
DLA Piper
Morgan Lewis
Baker
Drinker Biddle
This burgeoning area is often ignored by students – perhaps because of the absence of
coursework in employee benefits at many leading schools. This tax driven discipline is
involved in some of the most interesting issues of policy, corporate governance, and
finance as corporations of all sizes wrestle with the complexity and expense of benefits
plans and retirement issues.
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Estate Planning
Mega
National
McDermott
Katten
Mayer
Jenner
Sidley
Schiff
Mid Size
Neal Gerber
Boutique
Levin Schreder
Levenfeld Pearlstein
Sonnenschein
Chicago is home to some of the nation’s leading practices in this area. It is tax- driven,
complex, and demanding. The groups are small and highly selective. Students must have
the technical skills and a full range of people skills. It is not a cushy “life style” area. Far
from it. You will represent families / clients with 8-10 figures net worth on a regular basis.
Terrific work for the truly talented.
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Washington, D.C.
Leading Practices in
Selected Practice Areas
DC As A Place to Practice
Premiere practices
Income v. COL
Partnership Odds
Specialty Areas
Pro bono emphasis
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A Government Town
Average Hours
Intensity of Hours
Stellar experience
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DC As A Place To Live
DC/MD/VA choice
Housing Options
Commuting
Smithsonian
World-class arts
Sports
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Restaurants
Amount of Free Time
Raising Family
Educating Kids
Net Aggravation Index
Lawyer Culture
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The D.C. Market
Mega Firms Based in D.C.
National Firms With Large D.C. offices
National Firms – Smaller Offices
Mid Size Firms
Specialty Firms and Boutiques
A large complex and very selective market
Attractive to students from all leading schools
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Mega firms with
Original Offices in DC
Arnold & Porter
Covington & Burling
Wiley Rein
Hogan & Hartson
Clifford Chance
Dickstein Shapiro
Howrey
Wilmer Hale
Steptoe & Johnson
The largest DC firms continue to prosper, though their hiring trends may fluctuate year over year in
reaction to the market and the relative business of various practice groups. Some have absorbed
lateral groups or regional firms, and thus experienced growth in other markets. It is more difficult to
make equity partner / hours and expectations are higher / the pressure to specialize more immediate
/ elevation to capital partner requires exceptional skill and the ability to cultivate or maintain client
relationships. The vast majority of firms in the DC market have a two-tiered structure – income
(junior) partners and equity (share) partners. Several have terminated or involuntarily retired many
partners – equity and non-equity – and not all of these events have drawn attention from the media.
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But…the broader Market
130 firms with 30-250 lawyers
200+ national firm offices
Scores of boutiques
Martindale / Leadership / NALP
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Antitrust
Arnold & Porter
Boies & Schiller
Cleary Gottlieb
Covington Burling
Howrey
Hogan Hartson
Jones Day
Kelley Drye
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Gibson Dunn
Fried Frank
Wilmer Hale
Weil Gotshal
Crowell Moring
O’Melvny & Myers
King & Spalding
Freshfields
White & Case
Skadden
Paul Weiss
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will
Latham
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Appellate Litigation
Sidley Austin
Mayer Brown
Jones Day
Jenner & Block
Latham & Watkins
Akin Gump
Kellogg Huber
Hogan Hartson
Wilmer Hale
Baker Botts
Morrison Foerster
Farr & Taranto
O’Melvny & Myers
Kirkland & Ellis
Goodwin Proctor
Sutherland Asbill
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Communications / Telecomm
Wiley Rein
Dow Lehones
Latham Watkins
Skadden
Arnold Porter
Drinker Biddle
Mintz Levin
Steptoe Johnson
Bingham McCutchen Harris Wiltshire
Morrison Foerster
Willkie Farr
Collier Shannon
Holland Knight
Paul Weiss
Wilmer Hale
Covington Burling
Keller Heckman
Pillsbury Winthrop
Wilkinson Baker
Davis Wright
Kellogg Huber
Sidley Austin
Womble Carlyle
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Energy
Akin Gump
Jones Day
Skadden
Alston Bird
LeBoeuf Lamb
Steptoe Johnson
Baker Botts
Morgan Lewis
Sutherland Asbil
Dickstein Shapiro
Patton Boggs
Troutman Sanders
Fulbright Jaworski
Paul Hastings
Van Ness Feldman
Hogan Hartson
Pillsbury
White & Case
Hunton & Williams
Sidley
Winston & Strawn
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Environmental
Hunton & Williams
Hogan & Hartson
Pillsbury Winthrop
Akin Gump
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley
Arnold & Porter
Latham & Watkins
Sutherland Asbill
Baker & Botts
McKenna Long
Van Ness Feldman
Beveridge & Diamond
Morgan Lewis
Veneable
Crowell & Moring
Patton Boggs
Vinson & Elkins
Gibson Dunn
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Erisa / Executive Comp.
Covington Burling
Ivins Philips
McDermott Will
Alston Bird
K&L Gates
Morgan Lewis
Dow Lohnes
Kilpatrick Stockton
Paul Hastings
Groom Law Group
Latham & Watkins
Steptoe Johnson
Hogan & Hartson
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Food & Drug
Arnold & Porter
Hyman Phelps
Olsson Frank
Covington Burling
K&L Gates
Patton Boggs
Goodwin Proctor
Keller Heckman
Ropes & Gray
Hogan & Hartson
King & Spalding
Sidley Austin
Hunton & Williams
Kleinfeld Kaplin
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Government Contracts
Akin Gump
Hogan Hartson
Perkins Coie
Arnold & Porter
Holland & Knight
Reed Smith
Crowell Moring
Jenner & Block
Seyfarth Shaw
Dickstein Shapiro
K&L Gates
Venable
DLA Piper
Mayer Brown
Vinson Elkins
Fried Frank
McKenna Long
Wiley Rein
Gibson Dunn
Miller & Chevalier
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Government Relations / Lobbying
Law Firms
Akin Gump
Covington
Hunton Williams
Alston & Bird
Dickstein Shapiro
McKenna Long
Arnold & Porter
DLA Piper
Patton Boggs
Baker Hostetler
Greenberg Traurig
Sonnenschein
Bingham McCutchen
Hogan Hartson
Williams Jensen
Blank Rome
Holland & Knight
Lobbying Firms
Barbour Griffith
Dutko Associates
PMA Group
BKSH & Associates
Federalist Group
Quinn Gillespie
Carmen Group
Livingston Group
Van Scoyoc
Cassidy Associates
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Health Care
Akin Gump
Hogan Hartson
Proskauer
Alston & Bird
Jones Day
Reed Smith
Arent Fox
Latham
Reed Smith
Crowell Moring
McDermott Will
Ropes & Gray
Drinker Biddle
Mintz Levin
Sonnenschein
Epstein Becker
Patton Boggs
Vinson Elkins
Fulbright Jaworski
Powell Goldstein
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Intellectual Property - Patent
Arnold & Porter
Fitzpatrick Cella
McKenna Long
Sonnenschein
Banner & Witcoff
Foley & Lardner
Morgan Lewis
Sterne Kessler
Buchanan Ingersoll
Hogan & Hartson
Morrison & Foerster
Sughrue Mion
Cooley Godward
Howrey
Paul Hastings
Wiley Rein
Covington Burling
Hunton & Williams
Pillsbury Winthrop
Wilmer Hale
Dickstein Shapiro
Jones Day
Proskauer Rose
Venable
Drinker Biddle
Kirkland
Ropes & Gray
McGuire Woods
Finnegan Henderson
Mayer Brown
Sidley
Fish & Richardson
McDermott Will
Skadden Arps
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Intellectual Property- Trademark
Arent Fox
DLA Piper
Howrey
Baker & Hostetler
Drinker Biddle
McDermott Will
Blank Rome
Finnegan Henderson
Morgan Lewis
Buchanan Ingersoll
Foley & Lardner
Oblon Spivak
Dickstein Shapiro
Hogan & Hartson
Patton Boggs
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International Trade
Akin Gump
Hogan & Hartson
Sidley
Alston Bird
Kaye Scholer
Skadden
Arent Fox
Kelley Drye
Steptoe Johnson
Arnold & Porter
King & Spalding
Stewart & Stewart
Baker & Hostetler
Mayer Brown
Vinson Elkins
Dewey LeBoeuf
McDermott Will
Weil Gotshal
DLA Piper
Miller Chevalier
White & Case
Gibson Dunn
Paul Hastings
Wiley Rein
Pillsbury
Willkie Farr
Sandler Travis
Wilmer Hale
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Labor & Employment
Akin Gump
Holland Knight
O'Melvny
Arent Fox
Jackson Lewis
Patton Boggs
Crowell Moring
Jones Day
Paul Hastings
Dickstein Shapiro
Littler Mendelson
Seyfarth
DLA Piper
McDermott Will
Steptoe
Ford & Harrison
Mintz Levin
Venable
Gibson Dunn
Morgan Lewis
Winston Strawn
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Litigation
Akin Gump
Hunton & Williams
Skadden
Arnold & Porter
Jenner & Block
Steptoe
Baker Botts
Jones Day
Sullivan Worcester
Chadbourne Parke
Kirkland & Ellis
Sutherland Asbil
Covington Burling
Patton Boggs
Troutman Sanders
Dewey LeBoeuf
Paul Hastings
Van Ness Feldman
Fulbright Jaworski
Pillsbury Winthrop
Williams & Connolly
Gibson Dunn
Ropes & Gray
Wilmer Hale
Goodwin Proctor
Ross Dixon
Winston & Strawn
Hogan & Hartson
Sidley
Zuckerman Spaeder
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Project Finance
Chadbourne Parke
Hunton & Williams
Paul Hastings
Clifford Chance
Latham & Watkins
Skadden Arps
Fulbright Jaworski
Milbank Tweed
Vinson Elkins
Hogan & Hartson
Nixon Peabody
White & Case
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Real Estate
Akin Gump
DLA Piper
Nixon Peabody
Arent Fox
Goulston Storrs
Powell Goldstein
Arnold & Porter
Hogan Hartson
Reed Smith
Ballard Spahr
Holland Knight
Venable
Bingham McCutchen Mayer Brown
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Tax
Baker & Hostetler
Irvins Phillips
Morgan Lewis
Baker & McKenzie
Jones Day
Powell Goldstein
Caplin Drysdale
King & Spalding
Shearman & Sterling
Covington Burling
Latham & Watkins
Skadden Arps
Dewey LeBoeuf
Mayer Brown
Steptoe & Johnson
Dow Lohnes
McDermott Will
Sutherland Asbil
Fried Frank
McKee Nelson
White & Case
Miller & Chevalier
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Your Network
Law School
College
Fraternities, Sororities, other organizations
Activities
Social / Charitable / Political / Almost Anything
Keith Ferrazzi – Never Eat Alone
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Reach for the Stars
Leaders in your field
Leaders who can help you
Leaders to build relationships
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Persistence In the Face of Frustration
Networking Is…………….
Time Consuming
Unpredictable
Frustrating
Inspiring
Informative
And when you least expect it …effective
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Make the Call
Ann Arbor to Australia -1 Skeptical Wolverine
Keith Ferrazzi – Never Eat Alone
10,000 Contacts -Three A Week Forever
What Your Network Can Do
You Can’t Jump Start it in 15 Years
If I can do Facebook – You Can Make The
Call
Yes you will call someone you don’t know!
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Kimball Professional Management
Search Advisory & Program Experience
Firms Where We Have Placed Lawyers
Baker
Foley
Katten
McGuire Woods
Skadden
Bartlit Beck
Freeborn
Kirkland
Miller Canfield
Sonnenschein
Bell Boyd
Gardner
Latham
Perkins Coie
Ungaretti
Chapman
Grippo
Stein Ray
Schiff Hardin
Wildman
Eimer Stahl
Howrey
Mayer Brown
Seyfarth
Vedder
Faegre
Jenner
McDermott
Sidley Austin
Winston
Burke Warren
Jones Day
Neal Gerber
Stein Ray & Harris
Kimball Professional works with AmLaw 100 firms in California, New York, and Washington, D.C.
on project consulting and lateral hiring. For information on our experience in those markets and
opportunities for lateral candidates, please e-mail or call. [email protected]. 773528-7548 Where we are unable to assist you because of client conflict reasons we are pleased
to refer you to exceptional search firms in each market.
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Practice Area Experience
Antitrust
Corporate
Benefits
Estates
I.P. Patent
I.P. Non Patent
Litigation
Outsourcing
Private Equity
Public Finance
Private Finance
Real Estate
Sports Law
Tax
Trade Ass’n NFP
White Collar
Govt Contracts
Environmental
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Selected Partner Placements
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Patent Partner with a Chemical Engineering background at a 900 lawyer national firm
Real Estate Partner with a $2MM practice – placed in a large Chicago firm
Tax Practice Group Leader – placed at one of the five largest firms in Chicago
Benefits Practice Group Head placed at a 800 lawyer national firm
partner with $1.2MM in health care business, placed at large Chicago based firm
tax lawyer from a 2,000 lawyer firm placed as head of a mid size firm’s tax practice.
prominent antitrust partner with one of the leading litigation practices in the nation
state and local tax partner placed with a 500 lawyer Chicago firm
corporate partner with a seven figure practice placed with a multi office national firm
minority Real Estate partner with business placed at national firm
sports law partner with business - placed with a large national firm
corporate partner with nearly $2 MM in business - placed at large Chicago-based firm
corporate partner with a substantial practice – placed in a leading Michigan firm
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Selected Recent Associate Placements
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2006 litigator from Northwestern with Latham & Watkins placed with Bartlit Beck
2002 corporate associate from Lord Bissell placed with one of Chicago’s Jenner & Block
2003 insurance coverage litigator placed with Jenner & Block
2005 litigator from Northwestern from Sonnenschein placed with Mayer Brown San Francisco
2005 Michigan grad from a leading Honolulu firm placed with Neal Gerber’s Real Estate group
2005 Illinois grad from Barnes Thornburg placed in the health care group of McGuire Woods
2002 Indiana grad from Reed Smith placed with Stein Ray Harris
2003Michigan grad practicing with Sullivan & Cromwell placed with Jones Day
2006 Illinois grad with Snell & Wilmer placed in Jones Day Chicago real estate practice group
2003 Michigan grad from Simpson Thacher laced in the Chicago office of Jones Day.
2004 Northwestern graduate placed with Grippo & Elden
2004 Northwestern graduate from Wildman Harrold placed with Stein Ray Harris
2003 Yale grad from Debevoise Plimpton placed with Neal Gerber Eisenberg Wealth Management
2001 Harvard graduate who practiced with Cravath placed with Kirkland & Ellis.
2000 Denver grad with Holland & Hart placed in Global Outsourcing with Baker & McKenzie
2003 Michigan grad from Baker & Daniels placed in Bankruptcy with Jenner & Block
2006 Chicago grad from Latham & Watkins placed in litigation with Winston & Strawn
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Advisory Services
We provide consulting, advisory, and training services to leading firms nationally. We
advise our clients on entry-level and lateral hiring tactics and strategies, compensation,
and competitive issues. We’ve presented programs at law firm retreats and national
hiring partner conferences and often participate in multi office video conferences for
leading firms discussing their entry-level and lateral hiring strategies and tactics.
We have trained hundreds of campus and office interviewers for more than a dozen
AmLaw 200 firms including Shearman & Sterling, Paul Hastings, Akin Gump, Katten
Muchin Rosenman, Jenner & Block, Gardner Carton & Douglas (now Drinker Biddle),
Arnold & Porter, Winston & Strawn, Schiff Hardin, and Neal Gerber Eisenberg.
Frank has presented more than 50 programs to more than 3,000 students at Chicago,
Columbia, DePaul, Georgetown, Harvard, Indiana, Illinois, Kent, Loyola University
Chicago, Michigan, Northwestern, NYU, Virginia, Washington & Lee, and other law
schools.
Frank has presented scores of programs for hiring and managing partners and
placement professionals including seven NALP Annual Conferences, NALSC annual
meetings, IOMA Seminars, and other programs for recruiting professionals in Los
Angeles, Philadelphia, and other markets.
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About Frank Kimball
Frank Kimball is the only former hiring partner of one of the largest national firms who provides search services, project
consulting and training for leading law firms. He has interviewed, hired, placed, or counseled more than 9,500 law
students and attorneys. Each year he meets 1:1 with more than 200 law students who are considering joining the
nation’s leading law firms and with more than 200 lawyers considering lateral moves. .Frank was a partner with
McDermott, Will & Emery from 1986-1992, served for six years on the hiring committee, ran two summer programs, and
was chair of the national hiring committee in 1990-1992.
Frank’s firm has placed partners and associates with more than thirty firms including Baker & McKenzie, Bartlit Beck,
Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chapman and Cutler, Faegre & Benson, Foley & Lardner, Gardner Carton, Grippo & Elden, Howrey,
Jenner & Block, Jones Day, Katten Muchin, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Mayer Brown, McDermott, Will & Emery,
McGuire Woods, Miller Canfield, Neal Gerber Eisenberg, Perkins Coie, Schiff Hardin, Seyfarth Shaw, Sidley Austin,
Skadden Arps, Sonnenschein, Stein Ray & Harris, Vedder Price, and Winston & Strawn.
He has trained hundreds of campus and office interviewers and presented programs for hiring partner retreats for more
than twenty AmLaw 200 firms including Shearman & Sterling, Paul Hastings, Akin Gump, Katten Muchin Rosenman,
Winston & Strawn, Jenner & Block, Gardner Carton & Douglas (now Drinker Biddle), Arnold & Porter, Schiff Hardin, and
Neal Gerber Eisenberg. He has completed consulting projects for many AmLaw 200 firms and interviewed on campus at
two dozen law schools.
Frank has presented more than 50 programs to more than 3,000 students at Chicago, Columbia, DePaul, Georgetown,
Harvard, Illinois, Kent, Michigan, Northwestern, NYU, Virginia, and Washington & Lee.This year he will add Loyola
University of Chicago and Indiana University to that list. Frank has presented scores of programs for hiring and
managing partners and placement professionals including hiring committee retreats, seven NALP Annual Conferences,
NALSC annual meetings, IOMA Seminars, and programs for recruiting professionals in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and
other markets.
A 1977 Michigan graduate, Frank won the Campbell Moot Court Competition (with his brother George), was a Note &
Comment Editor of the Michigan Journal Of Law Reform, and a Senior Writing Instructor. He graduated magna cum
laude from UCLA, is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and was Second Speaker at the 1973 National Debate Tournament.
A practicing litigator in two national firms, he argued appeals in takeover, shareholder derivative, class action, banking,
tax, and probate cases and represented leading investment banks, commercial banks, offerors and targets in more than
thirty contested takeovers and tender offers.
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