Year Office Opened: 2003
Number of Lawyers: 13 Partners | 2 Counsel | 26 Associates
(as of June 2007)
Number of 2006 Summer Associates: 4 2L
Number of 2006 Offers: 4 | Acceptances 3
KEY PRACTICE AREAS
- Litigation, including insurance recovery, environmental, toxic tort, product liability
- Labor and Employment, including OSHA, wage and hour, employment litigation and counseling
- Employee Benefits
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
- Firmwide orientation held offsite (learn more).
- Flexible work assignment process; opportunity to take assignments in all practice groups, no formal rotation.
- Partner and associate mentors for each summer associate.
- Work assignment coordinators for advice and background on assignments and practice.
- Work product reviewers to give feedback on written assignments.
- Secretary mentors for direction and guidance.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Luncheon seminars and social events with practice groups.
- 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 CHICAGO SOCIAL & NETWORKING EVENTS
- Opening dinner at hiring partner's condo
- Cubs game
- Events at Ethel's Chocolates, Second City, and Flat Top Grill
- Segway Tour of Chicago
- Interactive cooking event at the Chopping Block
- Officewide boat cruise
- Closing dinner at Naha restaurant
2007 CHICAGO ASSOCIATE COMPENSATION
- Summer Associates
- $30,800 per-summer compensation
- First-Year Associates
- Base compensation $160,000
- Relocation expenses
- $10,000 stipend for 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
- "Although I am only a second year, I work almost exclusively with partners. On several smaller deals, I have been given the overall responsibility for the client. This is the principal advantage."
- "I would like to emphasize that the associates here are great."
- "Associates get along and are willing to help one another out in emergencies."