Lawyers, partners and investors ready.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett made three minority lawyers partners this year -- all of them Asian -- out of 11 new partners, but none, out of a total of 15 new partners, in the two preceding years.
The band has had what Mr. Savell calls "multiple iterations," including a cross-section of Chadbourne staff members -- lawyers, partners, associates, paralegals, word processing workers and support staff -- and has had various names, including "The Breach (of Contract) Boys".
Talking alongside Blacklaws at a College of Law panel event, Naylor told students that one of the greatest benefits of ABSs was the innovation being introduced by non-lawyer partners, such as new approaches to billing.
He said "lawyers, partners and investors are ready" to back the site which is expected to launch before the end of the year.
Typically that person is a spouse, lawyer, accountant, partner with an equity stake or family member who works in the business.
Interview with James B. Donovan, lawyer & partner in the downtown firm of Watters & Donovan.
Jason McCue is a human rights lawyer; senior partner of McCue & Partners.
The bride's father is a lawyer and partner in the Chicago law firm Sidley Austin.
