Year Office Opened: 1996
Number of Lawyers: 8 Partners | 2 Counsel | 14 Associates
(as of June 2009)
KEY PRACTICE AREAS
- Business and Finance
- Labor and Employment
- Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
- Firmwide orientation held offsite.
- Mentors for each summer associate.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Mid-summer and end-of-summer evaluations.
- Opportunity to take assignments in all practice groups, no formal rotation.
- Optional Public Interest Community Service (PICS) Program offered to all summer associates (learn more).
2008 PITTSBURGH SOCIAL & NETWORKING EVENTS
- Welcome event at Monterey Bay Fish Grotto
- Lunch and learn programs
- Family event at Kennywood Park
- Pittsburgh Pirates baseball games
- Practice group dinners
- Recruiting Committee breakfasts and lunches
- Pre-theater dinner and tickets to West Side Story
- Farewell event at a partner's home
2008 PITTSBURGH ASSOCIATE COMPENSATION
- Summer Associates
- $28,600 per-summer compensation
- First-Year Associates
- Base compensation $145,000
- Relocation expenses
- $6,500 stipend to cover bar expenses