Law Practice
Dec. 11, 2008
In the Slowed Economy, Young Lawyers Are Giving Small Firms a Second Look
Young associates, who are finding it more difficult to land big-firm jobs in the midst of the current economic crisis, are re-evaluting their options in the smaller-firm market -- and sometimes it's paying off.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - A year and a half after taking on a complex business case, Robert Satterthwaite was elated by a trial judge's tentative ruling in July, awarding his client nearly $13 million in compensatory damages. Satterthwaite, an associate, had reason to be pleased. Two years earlier, he had been at a large firm assisting partners on major cases as a part of a team - far from taking the lead role in ...
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