By: Leslie White
Experienced and newly minted attorneys tend to use legal search firms or “headhunters,” as they are often referred to, to help them identify new positions. If you have worked in a law firm or with a company…
What Attorneys Need to Know About Going In-House
By: Vanessa Vidal
If you are in private practice, either as an associate or a partner at a law firm, you’ve probably wondered at one time or another what it might be like to go in-house. You may have envisioned…
When Should A Company Hire Its First In-House Counsel
By: Leslie White
From the moment that a company is created, there are legal matters to be handled. As it grows, those legal affairs become more complex and increasingly important to its survival. That said, more often than not, attorney…
How To Market Yourself For An In-House Attorney Position
By: Leslie White
Once you begin to work as an attorney, whether it’s for a law firm, private practice, or the government, you will often find yourself too busy with the demands of the practice to find time to take…
Women General Counsel, Is There Justice?
By: Karen Anderson
Let’s go ahead and get something out of the way here: Nothing, and I mean nothing, gets my heart racing faster than injustice. My tolerance level for injustice does not exist. Not only am I intolerant to…
Vanessa Vidal Recognized For Outstanding Leadership in Legal Recruiting
September 2013
Rimini Street announced yesterday that it has hired top legal gun Daniel Winslow to head up its law department as it heads into a courtroom showdown with Oracle. ESQ Recruiting is delighted to have successfully partnered with Rimini Street in delivering such a distinguished lawyer.
In-House Attorney Compensation Trends
By: Dawn Lowe
Today, I am thinking about clichés that I grew up hearing and saying. I just read an article about compensation trends for in-house corporate counsel and 5 out of the 5 trends are described perfectly with common…
In-House Counsels Prove The Rolling Stones Wrong
By: Karen Anderson, ESQ Recruiting
I have decided that there is no better season than Spring. The weather is cool and dry, the sky is a cloudless, azure blue, and the landscape is breathtaking. I say all this while sitting…
The Job Market for Attorneys Looking to Move In-House as a General Counsel
By: Dawn Lowe
Let’s take a step back in time. For some of you, it might be a very large step. You’re in your 3rd grade classroom, in your little desk made of grey metal with a faux wood desktop…
Attorneys as Cybercrime Fighters
By: Dawn Lowe
Cybercriminals are real, and so are attorneys as cybercrime fighters. As a matter of fact, the 2013 Cost of Cybercrime Study: United States revealed that cybercrime is up a whopping 18% over 2012…