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Fennemore goals to develop expertise pool with new remote-work program

By Debra Cassens Weiss

July 11, 2024, 12:38 pm CDT

If in case you have a minimum of 10 years of expertise, a conveyable e book of enterprise value a minimum of $450,000 and a need to work from home, Fennemore Craig could also be on the lookout for you.

Fennemore stated Tuesday it’s trying to rent legal professionals with these {qualifications} who dwell in cities outdoors its 19 places of work as a part of a brand new remote-work program known as Fennemore Ahead, in accordance with on-line info and a July 9 press launch.

“If you’re captivated with offering distinctive authorized providers and searching for a versatile, supportive and forward-thinking work surroundings, we wish to hear from you,” the legislation agency stated in on-line info.

Different BigLaw corporations require legal professionals to point out up on the workplace 4 days per week or extra, whereas “Fennemore is pioneering a brand new path that embraces flexibility,” in accordance with a press launch.

The brand new program at present has 18 attorneys and 35 allied authorized professionals, Regulation.com stories. It’s going to embody new hires and Fennemore legal professionals who beforehand labored in brick-and-mortar places of work, stated James Goodnow, the CEO of Fennemore, in an interview with Regulation.com.

“In case you’re a top-quality lawyer at Fennemore, we wish to make it work,” Goodnow advised Regulation.com. “And we’re on the lookout for folks with distinctive areas of experience which might be complementary to our apply areas. There’s a a lot larger expertise pool, and we predict we’d be loopy to not entry that.”

Legal professionals within the Fennemore program may have entry to the agency’s expertise, paraprofessional and administrative assist, convention rooms and packages reminiscent of agency occasions and practice-group retreats.

Different assets embody affiliate availability to assist companions with work and a deep bench of “Am Regulation 200 high quality expertise,” stated Chris Wilson, managing director of Fennemore Ahead, in an interview with Regulation.com. He beforehand led greater than 50 distant attorneys at Taylor English Duma.

Fennemore’s 19 places of work are situated in California at Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Oakland, Irvine (often known as the Orange County workplace), Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Walnut Creek; in Colorado at Denver and Basalt; in Nevada at Las Vegas and Reno; in Texas at Mission (often known as the McAllen workplace); in Arizona at Nogales, Phoenix and Tucson; and in Washington at Seattle.

Regulation.com and Law360 famous that one other BigLaw agency, Husch Blackwell, operates one other work-from-home program known as the Hyperlink.