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Lawyers at Work

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  • © 2012

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  1. Clare Cosslett
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  • Through a series of interviews with lawyers at various career stages in a wide variety of practice areas, Lawyers at Work explores what it means to be a lawyer today.

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Anne Vladeck

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 1-15

  3. Jim Sanders

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 17-36

  4. Jonathan Streeter

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 37-62

  5. Ken Kopelman

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 63-76

  6. Nandan Nelivigi

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 77-94

  7. Jacalyn F. Barnett

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 95-113

  8. Peri Lynne Johnson

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 115-131

  9. Kate Romain

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 133-150

  10. Chris Sprigman

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 151-169

  11. Wayne Alexander

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 171-191

  12. Sean Delany

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 193-208

  13. David Whedbee

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 209-225

  14. Shane Kelley

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 227-243

  15. Arthur Feldman

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 245-259

  16. Adam Nguyen

    • Clare Cosslett
    Pages 261-279

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 281-289
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About this book

"With probing questions and articulate answers, Cosslett and her subjects shed light on the challenges of legal practice in the current legal market." BLS Law Notes, 11.16.12

Lawyers at Work reveals what it means and what it takes to be a satisfied, sane, and successful lawyer in today’s tough legal marketplace. Through incisive in-depth interviews, a top legal headhunter gives the 3rd degree to 15 successful lawyers who run the gamut of the legal profession.

Practice areas represented in these profiles range from employment discrimination to corporate defense, from federal white collar prosecution to the legal structuring of complex derivative instruments, from antitrust in DC to trusts & estates in Florida, from divorce in New York to international mergers in Paris, from intellectual property in Silicon Valley to creeping expropriation in India, and from entertainment law in Hollywood to welfare rights in the Bronx. Law firm sizes range from one of the biggest in the world with over two thousand lawyers to a one-lawyer general practice. Career levels range from biglaw partners and courtroom superstars to mid-level associates and ex-lawyers.

Though many of the interviewees in Lawyers at Work are generic adversaries, the interviewer brings out commonalities in their ways of working, methods of reasoning, and sources of personal motivation. Readers hear from the practitioner’s own unbuttoned lips about their career formation, daily work grind, victories and setbacks, guiding principles, professional rewards, and practical advice for aspiring lawyers.

About the author

Clare Cosslett is the principal and founder of Cosslett & Company, a legal search and placement firm. Prior to embarking on her 20-year career as a legal recruiter, she practiced law as a corporate attorney in the New York offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Moses & Singer.

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