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Consider Our Track Record…

• During the one of the gravest legal markets in recorded history, GLI increased its performance.
• We have been party to thousands of legal placements – associates, counsel, partners, group acquisitions AND firm mergers.
• During our tenure, GLI has had the excellent responsibility of opening many branch offices for some of the world’s most acclaimed law firms. We met this challenge with gusto because our recruiters are some of the best.
• Our razor – sharp focus on attorney placement has led to outstanding success. We place at least one of every four candidates we represent.

Grimes Legal, Inc. (GLI) presents a unique approach among legal search firms, one which focuses on craftsmanship. We cover all disciplines within legal placement, which gives us the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects. To us, effective recruiting is truly an art. It’s the ability to be creative, to work outside the boxes which constrain others in our industry. We have a devotion to Diversity Placement. We relish the confidence our clients place in us to solve their recruitment needs. We are particularly proud of the fact that when most companies cannot meet their hiring needs through their normal relationships with placement agencies, GLI can. We are focused. We seek to achieve a deep understanding of what both the client and the candidate want, then, through a targeted search, motivate otherwise happy candidates to move to those select locations.

Partner with GLI – You’ll be glad you did!

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Carl Jackson joined GLI in July of 2008 and is responsible for coordinating projects in the Washington, DC market. With more than 12 years experience in the legal industry in various jobs, Carl has worked with many managing partners, hiring authorities, practice leaders and human resource/recruiting departments in most of DC’s big firms.

Carl has placed both partners and associates in nearly every practice area. He specializes in exclusive and contingency searches at the senior partner level. Carl is often consulted to consult with firm management on lateral hiring blueprints for individual and group acquisitions.

When asked what attracted him to GLI after years in the legal firm arena, Carl stated, “I met Nancy at a recruiting conference and was immediately impressed by her knowledge of the ebbs and flows of legal market. Her approach to the recruiting process is like none I’d ever seen, and she exudes such enthusiasm for legal recruiting and it’s contagious! I had to be apart of what she’s building at GLI.”

Carl lauds the GLI training process. “Nancy is awesome! After 20+ years of legal recruiting, she still has the intense hunger; the “fire in the belly” that combined with hard work almost guarantees success. She sees “the major picture” and walks you step-by-step through a process which allows you to not just navigate but succeed in a legal market that continues to evolve every day. Working with GLI was an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I had to take advantage of.”

When Carl doesn’t have his nose to the grindstone (or his ear to the phone), you can discover him on a basketball court shooting hoops with his teenage sons, or shopping for antiques with his wife of 22 years. The family also regularly volunteers at a local soup kitchen.

Carl prides himself on establishing long-term relationships with clients and candidates alike. He strives to be an integral part of the shaping of tomorrow’s law firms and companies, and the lawyers therein.

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by Nancy Grimes

GLI has achieved great success by following our state-of-the-art process time after time. The objective of any search assignment is always the same: to match a client’s specific need with the ideal candidate in a mutually beneficial manner for both parties. GLI considers it part of the assignment to overcome any obstacles which separate the parties, whether they are financially or emotionally rooted. For a full year after each successful placement, GLI conducts regular follow-up with both the client and candidate to ensure we have, in fact, performed the assignment successfully.

The role of GLI is a varied one requiring diverse skills: researcher, intimate investigator, industry expert, confidant, negotiator and salesperson. It is the blending of these traits which enables GLI to perform consistently at any level. In all cases, GLI must:

•Understand the client’s goals and objectives, as well as job requirements;
•Analyze thoroughly the environment in which the candidate will be required to function competently;
•Comprehensively research the industry for compatible talent and personality;
•Make confidential contact with viable candidates and qualify them via a series of interviews;
•Evaluate the personality and qualifications of the candidate in relation to the position to be filled;
•Motivate the candidate to make a career change by outlining the benefits they would realize;
•Mediate and assist in negotiating the offer and acceptance;
•Conduct regular follow-up to ensure satisfaction for both sides.

At GLI, we don’t follow the crowd…we set the standard! Let us show you!

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 WHY GLI?

Unfailing tenacity in completing our assignments successfully with a sense of urgency…flexibility to act quickly on client needs while reacting to external market factors which influence our searches…pursuing our assignments with honesty, integrity and attention to detail…a passion for total client service; these are the traits which separate GLI from the mainstream.

We work with our clients as an integral team member – an indispensable resource for locating and recruiting the highest echelon of talent available to fill any given position, and as a viable extension of the client’s public relations effort. And always with the goal of constantly redefining the standards by which premium executive recruiting is conducted, without confinements, restrictions or formulas.

THAT IS WHAT MAKES GLI EXCEPTIONAL.

AT GLI, we pride ourselves in the fact that when companies cannot meet their hiring needs through their normal relationships with placement agencies, GLI delivers.

In today’s competitive legal venue, law firms and companies alike expect…no, demand placement firms execute their hiring agenda with candidates that meet their entire “wish list”. At GLI, our top-notch team of researchers performs intense, exhaustive studies of each market we service to insure we have a thorough understanding of the market climate. We endeavor to be market experts of our designated regions at all times. We know the comings and goings, the ins and outs, the ebbs and flows of each firm in the markets we serve. We do this so we can provide this information to our clients at any given time. Our clients know “who’s in play” because we do our homework. Our objective is the perfect match – EVERY TIME.

Candidates challenge placement firms to locate not one but several “perfect match” firms or companies which meet all their desires – supportive and collegial work environment, personal satisfaction, competitive compensation and benefits, and promising pathways for career growth. GLI has a 1:4 placement ratio. WE PLACE AT LEAST ONE OF EVERY FOUR CANDIDATES WE REPRESENT. We use everything we have – our passion, our creativity, our tenacity, our time – to insure you’ve anything you need to make the most informed decision. We LOVE what we do and it shows.

Let US show YOU!!!

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George joined GLI in 2006 after a lengthy career in the human resources department of a Fortune 500 company.

George very much enjoys his role as Project Coordinator for the Philadelphia market. Originally from the area, George knows the market well and believes the best way to service his candidates and clients is to LISTEN – i.e. get to know ‘em, their wants, needs goals and aspirations so he can assist ‘em in making the absolute best decision possible. George’s dedication and commitment to both clients and candidates is what has made him an invaluable team member here at GLI. During his tenure, George has facilitated matches between attorneys of all levels and law firms and companies of all sizes. George guarantees each candidate he works with will interview because he only works with candidates he believes will benefit most from his experience.

George praises the forward-thinking, innovative training he receives at GLI. “Nancy Grimes is phenomenal. Her ingenious, cutting-edge training method creates a progressive mindset that equips you with the tools you got to succeed in the toughest market situations. She is truly a recruiting pioneer.”

When we asked in what aspect of his work he finds the greatest satisfaction, George replied, “Building relationships is the part of the job I enjoy most. Knowing I have positively affected the success of a candidate, company or law firm is the biggest high for me. It’s my way of leaving my imprint on the future, of personally impacting something bigger than myself”.

When not hard at work matching attorneys to opportunities, George enjoys a few holes of golf or watching his favorite baseball or football team in action. He looks forward to establishing long-term relationships with clients and candidates, enriching their careers and aiding in the manifestation of tomorrow’s law firms and companies. Maybe he can assist you. You can reach George at georgemitchell@grimeslegal.com.

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Foundation Christian Academy (FCA) is hosting its 2nd Annual Benefit Dinner on Tuesday May 17th, 2011 at the Sloan Convention Center. GLI and Nancy Grimes are insane supporters of the community. Nancy Grimes has been a board member for Foundation Christian Academy for a number of years. Guest speaker for the event is former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee. GLI/Grimes Legal, Inc. is one of the sponsors for the event.

Mike Huckabee is the host of the number one rated weekend hit “HUCKABEE” on the Fox News Channel and is heard 3 times every single day on ABC Radio Network’s “Huckabee Report,” one of the nation’s fastest growing radio programs. An author of six books, his most recent work, “Do the Right Thing,” spent its first seven weeks of release in the leading 10 of the New York Times Bestseller list.

Huckabee was sworn into the governor’s office in July of 1996 and became one of the country’s youngest governors. He was later elected to two full terms in 1998 and 2002 attracting the largest percentage of the vote ever received by a Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas. Prior to his service as governor, he had been elected lieutenant governor in a 1993 special election and was elected to a full four-year term in 1994.

Huckabee is an avid musician and plays bass guitar in his rock-n-roll band, Capitol Offense. The band has opened for artists such as Willie Nelson and the Charlie Daniels Band, and has played the House of Blues in New Orleans and for two presidential inauguration balls. He and house band, “The Little Rockers,” are featured each week in the musical segment of his Fox News Channel program. His hobbies also include hunting and fishing. He was named one of the 25 most influential people for conservation by Outdoor Life magazine and was previously American Sportfishing Association’s Man of the Year.

He and wife, Janet, live in North Little Rock. They have 3 grown children: John Mark, David and Sarah.

For more information about the event or to purchase tickets, please visit: http://www.fcafalcons.com.

About Foundation Christian Academy

Founded in 1995, FCA’s mission is to provide a strong Christian foundation for students and to prepare ‘em for spiritual, intellectual and social growth while in a Christian setting.

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 By Nancy Grimes

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By Karen Sloan
March 16, 2011

Copyright 2011. ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved. National Law Journal Online
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The employment picture is looking up for recent law grads — at least a little bit.

New figures from the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) show that offer rates to summer associates rose from the historic low of 69% in 2009 to 87% in 2010. That 18% increase puts offer rates back in the ballpark of the 90% offer rates of 2008, which was the last summer program season before the financial crisis hit in earnest.

“These numbers describe a soft bounce in the market,” said NALP Executive Director James Leipold. “Clearly, from a recruiting perspective, the most dramatic impact of the economic downturn has passed, and law firms are beginning to return to the market for new law school graduates with more confidence than they had at the height of the recession.”

However, Leipold warned that recruiting gains in 2010 were minor, and that the legal industry is still recovering.

With more job offers on the table last year, law graduates were pickier. Acceptance rates for permanent job offers fell slightly, from 85% in 2009 to 82% in 2010. There also were more opportunities for 2Ls to snag summer career opportunities than during 2009. The median number of summer offers from firms increased slightly, from seven to nine. Still, the overall size of summer programs remained smaller than ordinary in 2010 — the median class size dropped to four, after hovering at around six for most of the past decade.

On a bright note, most law firm offices that did not host a summer program last year are poised to add them in 2011, according to NALP’s survey.

Recruiters were a bigger presence on law school campuses this drop. A quarter of law schools reported a 5% or larger increase in the number of employers who visited in 2010, compared to 2009. More than a third of employers told NALP that they either maintained or increased they number of schools they visited in 2010. Firms with 500 or more lawyers were most likely to have increased their on-campus interviews.

The hiring of 3Ls remained slow in 2010, however. Only 15% of law firm offices reported interviewing 3Ls, and only 40% of those that did ultimately made career opportunity offers.

“My expectation is that this slow growth in entry-level recruitment activity will continue, but it will be some years before we see a return to the sort of robust recruiting levels we saw in 2006 and 2007,” Leipold said. “And as for summer associate class size, we may never see those numbers return to what they were before the recession.”

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Posted Mar 1, 2011 12:22 PM CST
By Martha Neil

At Cobb Cole—where five lawyers were laid off or left of their own accord last year—the attorney roster decreased to 24, and there were staff layoffs as well.

At Chiumento Guntharp & Selis, the number of lawyers working at the firm was cut from seven to 3 in 2009, and the firm also made staff layoffs that year, too.

Meanwhile, Rice & Rose, which had five lawyers a year ago, now has three, and the firm has shifted its practice focus to foreclosure defense and bankruptcy as the volume of real estate and transactional work dropped, reported the Daytona Beach News-Journal in a lengthy article detailing the recent travails of these and other Florida law firms coping with a difficult economy.

The article follows earlier news of a Florida Bar survey that paints a grim picture of what has been happening to practitioners throughout the state during the past 2 years.

However, there is light at the end of the tunnel, according to the newspaper:

A number of firms, including Cobb Cole, are solidly in the ebony thanks to their belt-tightening efforts and rejiggering of their practice focus. Others, such as personal injury shops, were fortunate to be in a line of work that wasn’t hard-hit by the recession.

“We billed more hours in January than in any month last year, and November and December of last year were both up over the same months in the previous year,” managing partner John Ferguson, who had to make layoffs in 2010 only a few months after he started in this role, tells the News-Journal. “We’re headed in the right direction, which is worthy.”

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By: Jerome Kowalski, Kowalski & Associates

Summary: As the United Kingdom marches towards the date upon which law firms may be owned by non-lawyers and the date upon which law firms may actually be publicly traded, the time has come to more seriously consider the viability of non-lawyer ownership of law firms in the United States.

Capital is the lifeblood of law firms. Law firms traditionally relied on 2 forms of raising capital: Traditional bank lending and partner capital contributions. As the credit markets in the United States have dramatically tightened, banks’ underwriting criteria have become increasingly tighter and lending has become far more difficult for legal firms. Additionally, banks are monitoring their law firm borrowers extremely closely. Lending covenants, which previously were easily waived are now largely carved in to stone.

Law firms have been increasing capital contribution requirements from their partners. In some instances, legal firms are even requiring capital contributions from non-equity partners, who are in essence, paying to get a job. Raising funds through capital contributions also raises other irksome issues: First, to the extent that increased capital requirements derive from deductions in profit distributions, partners are actually taxed on income they don’t even receive. Thus, the cost to individual partners in making these capital contributions imposes an added cost. Second, lateral partners, historically largely made their capital contributions through a bank with which the law firm had a friendly relationship. In today’s economic climate, pure friendship is not a valued coin of the realm. In making such loans, banks also view such loans as added exposure to a single borrower, namely the law firm.

Is investment by non-lawyers in law firms the answer? Should law firms go public? We have serious reservations about whether equity investment in law firms by non-lawyers will easily discover their way to commercial law firms.

But, we will surely watch the British experiment closely.

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