Howrey LLP
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Deaths, Guns / Firearms, Howrey LLP, Kids, Murder, Old People, Suicide
Update: Grandma May Have Been Triggerwoman in Howrey Associate Murder-Suicide
In yesterday’s post regarding the tragedy that left a Howrey associate, Elizabeth Fontaine (pictured), and three of her family members dead, we promised to keep you posted on new developments. We now bring you this update, from the Orange County Register: Sheriff’s investigators believe they know how four people, including two young sisters, died in […] -
Deaths, Howrey LLP, Kids, Murder, Suicide
Howrey Associate Dead in Family Tragedy
Tragedy struck the Irvine, CA, and Houston offices of Howrey earlier this week. The ABA Journal reports: A Howrey intellectual property lawyer was found dead along with her daughters and mother Monday in an apparent murder-suicide. Associate Elizabeth Fontaine, her two daughters and her mother were killed on the same day that a California judge […] - Sponsored
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Arent Fox, Chadbourne & Parke, Howrey LLP, Job Searches, Patton Boggs, Vault 100 Open Threads: 2010
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 71 - 80 (2010)
We continue our slog push through the nation’s 100 top law firms, as ranked by our friends over at Vault. Here are the next ten firms, to be discussed in the comments to this post: 71. Reed Smith72. Bryan Cave73. Perkins Coie74. Hunton & Williams75. Patton Boggs76. Arent Fox77. Schulte Roth & Zabel78. Howrey79. Chadbourne […]
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Biglaw, Howrey LLP
Screening 'BigLaw Apprentice' at Law Firms
First years to 100K and an “apprenticeship”? In the past two months, we’ve reported on three firms instituting an apprenticeship model for first year associates: Drinker Biddle, Howrey, and Frost Brown Todd. “Apprentices” start at the firm at a lower salary and are not billed out to clients, billed out at a lower rate than […] -
Howrey LLP, Killing Lockstep, Salary Cuts
Howrey First Years to $100K
Welcome to the future. Like Drinker Biddle did in May, Howrey is changing the nature of the first and second year associate experience. The firm is moving to more of an apprenticeship model. New Howrey associates will receive an emphasis on training and take a significant reduction in salary. The memo from Howrey explains some […] -
Cardozo Law School, Howrey LLP, New York Times, Weddings
Legal Eagle Wedding Watch 2.1: Cy For Me
Remember Lisa Loeb? She got married last week. She’s 40 and still wearing those funky glasses. Unfortunately, she didn’t marry a lawyer, so she isn’t eligible to be one of finalists. Here they are (only two this week): 1. Emily Rubin and Daniel Feldman 2. Leah Yoon and Cyrus Frelinghuysen Read more about these couples, […] -
Howrey LLP, Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Howrey Lets Ten People Go for 'Performance'
The ATL inbox has been buzzing with layoff news about Howrey. Could it be that another firm that recently picked up a bunch of partners from a dissolved firm could be laying people off? Would former-Thelen chief Stephen O’Neal’s new firm cut associates so soon after his arrival? Today, a firm spokesperson told us: As […] -
Dissolution, Howrey LLP, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
Howrey and Reed Smith: Latest Beneficiaries of Thelen's Shutdown
The Recorder is reporting that Howrey will take on 40 lawyers from Thelen’s prestigious San Francisco construction practice: The group — which Howrey characterized as “most of the construction practice” from Thelen — includes Thelen Chairman Stephen O’Neal, construction practice head John Heisse II, D.C. office managing partner Andrew Ness, San Francisco partner David Buoncristiani […] - Sponsored
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Chadbourne & Parke, Howrey LLP, Patton Boggs, Thacher Proffitt & Wood, Vault 100 open threads - 2009
Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 71-80 (2009)
The Vault 100 march continues! In this series of open threads, we list the firms, and you all discuss their upsides and downsides. We’ll be wrapping this puppy up this week. Here are the next ten (with prestige scores in parentheses): 71. Nixon Peabody LLP (5.218) 72. Hunton & Williams LLP (5.208) 73. Perkins Coie […] -
Howrey LLP
Adventures in Law Firm Marketing: Howrey's Ready for Its Close-Up
Coming soon to a theater near you: Howrey LLP: The Movie? Late last week, several readers here in Washington reported unusual activity at the Howrey offices: “Howrey is doing a film shoot in the lobby of its DC office… Multiracial attorneys in suits everywhere… Looks serious.” “I was in the building where Howrey’s DC offices […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Money, Skaddenfreude, Weirdness
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Howrey Postpones Weirdness
As you may recall from our prior coverage, in posts titled Howrey Is Planning Something Weird and More About the Howrey Weirdness, the law firm of Howrey LLP was planning to ditch lockstep compensation for its associates — in favor of something weird (or innovative, or both). Starting in 2008, Howrey was going to employ […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Money, Skaddenfreude, Weirdness
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: More About the Howrey Weirdness
Back on Wednesday, we reported that Howrey LLP plans to chuck lockstep compensation for its associates. Starting in 2008, the firm will employ a “competency model,” in which it would “determine salary based on individual evaluations and various forms of progress indicators.” Today our scoop was picked up by The Recorder (and then by the […] -
Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Money, Skaddenfreude, Weirdness
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Howrey Is Planning Something Weird
As associate salaries climb (further) into the stratosphere, will firms start experimenting with different compensation schemes? Is lockstep compensation for associates headed for the dustbin of history? As we mentioned yesterday, Thelen Reid just moved to a two-tier system. And now we’re hearing that Howrey LLP may have something odd up its sleeve. Today the […]
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Biglaw, Howrey LLP, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Two New Rumors
Two things we’ve heard recently (the first more definitive than the second): 1. Howrey LLP: Last week, they made a “secret announcement” — nothing in writing — of associate pay raises in Chicago, California, and Washington, DC. 2. Baker & McKenzie: In their Chicago office (and perhaps others), they sent around a memo similar to […] -
Biglaw, Cheapness, Howrey LLP, Money, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: List of Shame, and Morning Open Thread
We like your idea of drawing up a list of major law firms that have not (yet) joined in the latest round of associate pay raises. Such lists have been floating around in the comments over the past few weeks. But we thought we’d try and prepare an “official” LIST OF SHAME. Law students, law […] -
Biglaw, Department of Justice, Howrey LLP, Law Professors, Law Schools, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: 01.11.06
From government to academia: * The brilliant Michelle Boardman is returning to teach at George Mason University School of Law. Professor Boardman had been on leave, serving as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel. From government to private practice: * Sue Ellen Wooldridge, assistant attorney general for environment and natural resources, […] -
Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Howrey LLP, Musical Chairs, White & Case
Musical Chairs: 12.01.06
Lateral Moves: * Antitrust lawyer Paul Kaplan, to Bryan Cave (NY). from Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. * Bankruptcy lawyer Alan Gover, to White & Case, from Dewey Ballantine, where he was co-head of the bankruptcy practice. (Dewey Ballantine is the process of becoming Dewy Orifice. Perhaps Gover’s departure is related to the merger.) * […]