Year Office Opened: 1976
Number of Lawyers: 29 Partners | 8 Counsel | 40 Associates (as of June 2007)
Number of 2006 Summer Associates: 5 2L | 1 1L
Number of 2006 Offers: 6 | Acceptances: 4
KEY PRACTICE AREAS
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation
- Real Estate
- Business and Finance
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
- Firmwide orientation held offsite (learn more).
- Accompany attorneys in all aspects of their work, both in and out of the office.
- Professional development and training opportunities, including training lunches and practice group presentations.
- Partner and associate mentors for each summer associate.
- Summer Committee for direction and guidance.
- Self-evaluation opportunities.
- Mid-summer and end-of-summer evaluations.
- Optional Public Interest Community Service (PICS) Program offered to all summer associates (learn more).
2007 LOS ANGELES SOCIAL & NETWORKING EVENTS
- Welcome Cocktail Reception at Nick & Stef's Steakhouse
- Korean BBQ and Karaoke Event at Brass Monkey
- Annual Mexican American Bar Foundation Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
- Lucky Strike Bowling
- Brownbag Lunch Series with Judges/Justices: Ninth Circuit, Los Angeles Superior Court, and Supreme Court
- Officewide Diversity Dinner at Coupa Cafe in Beverly Hills
- Annual Two-Day River Rafting Trip to Kern River
- All-Day General Relief Advocacy Project with Public
- Dodger's Games
- Cooking Class at Chez Cherie
- Dinner and Wine/Beer Tasting at Managing Partners' Homes: Los Angeles and Irvine
- Closing Dinner & Skits at Hotel Figueroa
2007 LOS ANGELES ASSOCIATE COMPENSATION
- Summer Associates
- $30,800 per-summer compensation
- First-Year Associates
- Base compensation $160,000
- Relocation expenses
- $10,000 stipend to cover bar expenses
- Judicial Clerkship bonus of $25,000 for Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Clerks, $20,000 for Federal District Court clerks who are hired directly from their clerkship
WHAT FORMER SUMMER ASSOCIATES SAY
- "This is a great firm, with a great reputation, and a cohesive group of attorneys who really do get along well. I was surprised by how much everyone was willing to give candid advice."
- "We were given real work that mattered to both the attorneys and the clients. I also felt that the assignments gave me a good introduction to the various practice groups."
- "Pro bono work is encouraged and available. For a young attorney, it seems like the best of both worlds."
- "The mentor program is wonderful. It not only gives summers a person to turn to with questions, but it also fosters office friendships."
- "Working with senior partners and receiving their guidance and feedback provided the most memorable experience of my summer. That and the Orientation trip to Chicago where we got to know all the other summer associates."