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The New Normal: Remote Work

Corporate leaders have entered a new era of determining service delivery methods to clients. Historically, strategic planning of this nature included resource evaluation, budget considerations

Case Studies

Assigned Counsel Case Study: Meet Melissa

Recently, Assigned Counsel was contacted by one of our clients, a telecom company. Our client needed a senior-level attorney with experience in contract drafting and

Law Department Advice

General Counsel Tips to Manage Temporary Attorneys

When you work with a temporary attorney, your team gains the experience of a lawyer who can help them understand unusual legal issues, meet key

Career Advice

What Recruiters Look For In A Resume

by Debra Vinikour, Senior Recruiting Attorney Candidates and recruiters have a shared goal: candidates want the opportunity to be considered for a position, and recruiters

Law Department Advice

How to Understand Your Legal Department’s ROI

Return on investment, or ROI, measures the impact of any business decision on the business’s bottom line. As with any part of a business, a

Law Department Advice

5 Ways to Make Your Job Descriptions More Appealing

In a tight job market, attorneys and other legal professionals’ attention is at a premium. Job-seekers may skim job postings, passing over solid descriptions of

Case Studies

Assigned Counsel Case Study: Meet Justine

Practicing law in the biotech industry presents a number of complex issues. New developments in biotech, the need for strong partnerships with other companies, and

Law Department Advice

9 Ways to Improve Your Team’s Decision Making Skills

To reach your law firm or legal department’s business objectives, placing one person in charge of decision-making isn’t enough. The organization needs each team member

Law Department Advice

The Manager’s Guide to Recruiting Attorneys in 2020

Shifting workforce demographics and rumors of an upcoming recession have injected a number of unpredictable variables into the hiring process for 2020. Corporate Legal Departments

General Advice

Do You Know When It’s Time to Supplement With Temporary Attorneys?

Changes can sneak in on a legal team. Over time, the workload may increase, or key aspects of cases and issues may shift to overlap

Why People Trust Assigned Counsel

In controlling lawyer costs today, creative contract attorney solutions like Assigned Counsel’s are important to legal managers.

President, legal consulting firm

Alisa is diligent, accessible and an excellent communicator. When I need additional legal support, Assigned Counsel is at the top of my list.

Attorney, law firm

My experience with Assigned Counsel has been most positive. Not only are their contract attorneys first-rate, but I appreciate their outstanding responsiveness & follow-up.

General Counsel, real estate company

What any service firm is selling is a relationship. I really thought Assigned Counsel cared. I’d call other services and they’d send people in my door who didn’t understand me or my work style or what I was looking for in an attorney.

Deputy General Counsel, healthcare firm

The contract attorney has worked out extremely well for the Law Department, and we really appreciate your bringing her to our attention. I am confident that your company will continue to be successful to the extent that it is able to make attorneys like her available to its customers.

Vice President & General Counsel, manufacturing company

I was expeditiously provided the right attorney for the right price by Assigned Counsel, and their follow-through on their service was excellent.

Senior Managing Attorney, energy company

My contract attorney through Assigned Counsel is marvelous. I couldn’t be happier with her. I’ve communicated my experience throughout our corporate system.

Chief Marketing Counsel, banking corporation

Assigned Counsel has managed to find attorneys who fit my needs — legal and budgetary — every time I’ve gone to them. Each of the attorneys we’ve used has been willing to step in and take on significant responsibility at a very reasonable rate. I chalk that up to the staff at Assigned Counsel taking the time to understand my needs and working to make sure I am satisfied.

Deputy General Counsel, Labor, Employment, transportation company

You were very responsive to our needs.

Senior Vice President & General Counsel, biopharmaceutical company

I’m happy to recommend Elissa Outtrim as a legal recruiter. She’s demonstrated to me the three attributes I value most in recruiting professionals: She works hard, she’s ethical in her dealings with both client company and sponsored attorney, and most important, she’s a closer.

Counsel, publicly traded technology company

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