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Willard- 7 weeks- 1 interview- 1 job offer- 140% salary increase- ($175K)- General Counsel to Owner-Director of Operations.  Anyone observing the market...excessive number of attorneys in the market, understands the competitiveness of the legal arena, and discerns the fact that 'bill-able' hours seldom produces the kind of high incomes, most law students anticipate when they 'sign up' to be a lawyer...

 

Felicia- 8 weeks- 4 interviews- 2 offers- 63% ($62K) salary increase-  Associate Attorney to Assistant VP Human Resources.  An associate attorney with 6 years law firm experience, Felicia wanted to look for an in-house position with a Washington, D.C. area corporation - she came to R.L. Stevens to help her make it happen!  Felicia's legal experience was highly transferable to the corporate sector...

 

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Howard- 6 weeks- 6 interviews- 2 job offers- $35K salary increase- Associate Attorney to Vice President.  Howard is an attorney who needed to get out of the "rat race"...He wanted to familiarize himself with the R.L. Stevens' methods to open doors and find a unique position that would provide him with more quality time, especially now...
 

Jim- 14 weeks- 3 interviews- 2 job offers - $20K salary increase-  Attorney to Director of Government Affairs.  Jim was an unhappy attorney working in a family law firm and had recently earned his MBA...He was tired of the pressure of meeting 2100 billable hours every year and working on unexciting cases...

Kevin- 8 weeks- 3 interviews- 1 job offer- 100% salary increase- ($170K+)- Attorney to General Counsel.  Kevin came to R.L. Stevens several weeks after he had been downsized by a major telecom company with the goal of becoming a General Counsel within several months.  He specifically wanted a sufficient compensation package to enable him to provide...

 

Anthony- 13 weeks- 8 interviews- 1 job offer (+4 imminent)- 10% salary increase-  Attorney / Shareholder to VP and Senior Claims Manager.  Anthony was a partner...in a law firm that suddenly lost a significant portion of its business due to several large clients taking their business elsewhere...job security was in serious jeopardy...

 

Steve- 9 months- 3 interviews- 2 job offers- $68K salary increase- Attorney (private practice) to VP Corporate Contract/Administrator.  Steve came to R.L. Stevens quite disillusioned with courtroom law and greatly desiring to close his 16-year-old private practice and obtain a corporate position.  He had no direct knowledge of the corporate world and very little idea of what he could offer a company...

 

Patricia- 5 weeks- 1 interview- 1 job offer- 47% salary increase- Associate Attorney to Senior Counsel.  Patricia...gave up her position in a big city law firm and moved back to her home town.  She...was not satisfied with either the money or challenge...she was not aware of how to transfer her skills to make a substantive change...

 

David- 5 weeks- 2 interviews- 1 job offer- $22K salary increase- Private Practice Attorney to Corporate Counsel.  "I'm here for one reason...I've been in private legal practice long enough.  I'm tired of the stress, tired of the hours, tired of the overhead...I need to find a stable place with some long term growth opportunities"...

 

Mary- 13 weeks- 4 interviews- 1 job offer- 15% salary increase-  Unemployed Senior Counsel to Senior Counsel.  Mary, age 48, ...just been let go from her position at a non-profit company.  Never having experienced a period of unemployment, she was worried...felt that she didn't have the knowledge or professional network that would be necessary for her to find something quickly...

 

Valerie- 18 weeks- 6 interviews- 1 job offer- 20% salary increase ($20K)-  Chief Legal Counsel to Attorney at Law.  ..For more than 5 months she had been trying to make the transition out of public sector..."with no private sector experience, and without a book of business, I wasn't getting access to the level of opportunities I wanted..."

 

Kevin- 8 weeks- 3 interviews- 1 job offer- $20,000 salary increase- Attorney to General Counsel.  Kevin came to [RLS]...after he had been downsized ... and with the goal of becoming a General Counsel within several months.  He specifically wanted a sufficient compensation package to enable him to provide a top-notch college education for his two children...

 

Cathy- 8 weeks- 1 interview- 1 job offer- 191% salary increase-  Of Counsel Attorney to Senior Attorney.  Cathy was in a quandary...age 50 she had been dismissed from her long-term position after a conflict with one of the partners.  Since that time, she had not been able to find a good, permanent position...

 

Carole- 12 weeks- 4 interviews- 2 job offers- 100% salary increase-  Unemployed Project Coordinator to Office Manager.  Carole had relocated from California and knew nobody in the metro area.  She came to R.L. Stevens & Associates to help her leverage her experience and explore new opportunities...

 

Jerry- 5 weeks- 2 interviews- 1 job offer- 21-71% salary increase- Private Practice Attorney to Business Analyst.  ...common concerns...lots of billable hours, limited growth potential...limited potential for "in house" positions...redundancy, after many years of cases...a desire for change of scenery, change of influence, and a better 'balance/quality of life'...

 

Sanford- 22 weeks- 6 interviews- 1 job offer- 22% salary increase-   Unemployed Of Counsel to Staff Attorney.  Sanford...needed assistance in developing a job search.  After being hired as an attorney right out of law school, his prior employment changes were easily facilitated...he needed [help] developing marketing materials, researching employers, finding opportunities that had not matured into current job openings, and presenting himself effectively in interviews...

 

Matt- 10 weeks- 3 interviews- 1 job offer- 17% salary increase-  Matt came to R.L. Stevens & Associates because he had pretty much gone as far as he could with his law firm, as far as earnings go.  He had also been with the firm for a long time and needed a change.  He wasn't in a hurry, and wanted to find the right opportunity, with better pay, that he could stay with until retirement...

 

Brad- 15 weeks- 10 interviews- 2 job offers- 15% salary increase ($20K)-  Attorney to In-House Counsel.  Brad was downsized from a chemical company where he advised their business units in acquiring and leveraging their intellectual property assets...tried desperately for many months to find a job before he came to R.L. Stevens & Associates for assistance...

 

 

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