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Founded in 1945 by a trio of labor lawyers in
Chicago, Seyfarth Shaw has grown to more than 800 lawyers across 14
offices in the U.S., London, Melbourne, Sydney and Shanghai. While
it is highly regarded for its labor and employment practice, the
full-service firm advises on a broad range of legal areas,
including litigation, employment, corporate, real estate and
employee benefits.
Wide-Ranging Expertise
Seyfarth's practice spans a variety of key
areas, including workouts and bankruptcy, commercial litigation,
securities litigation, construction, corporate and finance,
employee benefits, environmental, government contracts,
intellectual property, real estate, trade secrets, trusts and
estates and-its specialty-labor and employment. Its clients range
from Fortune 100 to midsize companies, and include publicly traded
and privately held companies, as well as various types of funds.
Seyfarth clients hail from a variety of industries, including
financial institutions, newspapers and other media, technology,
hotels, health care organizations and airlines. And it would seem
that the firm does a good job at it-Seyfarth has been recognized
among in-house counsel as 'Best of the Best' for client service
among the 2014 BTI Consulting Group's Client Service Power Elite
rankings, named "Innovative Law Firm of the Year" in 2013 by the
International Legal Technology Association and was named among the
Top 10 in the Financial Times U.S. Innovative Lawyers
Report in 2013.
Seyfarth is a two-time winner of the ACC Value
Champions program, which recognizes innovation and value-based
management efforts, and has also been recognized for innovation by
the College of Law Practice Management. The firm also has been
recognized for workplace excellence and as a leader in legal
diversity. Seyfarth has been named one of the Best Law Firms for
Women by Working Mother Media and the National Association of
Female Executives (NAFE) for three consecutive years. The firm has
been recognized as "A Great Place to Work" by the Human Rights
Campaign's Corporate Equality Index for six years, based on an
in-depth study of workplace practices and policies as viewed by the
LGBT community. In 2013, Seyfarth received the prestigious Thomas
L. Sager Award for Diversity (Midwest) by the Minority Corporate
Counsel Association (MCCA).
Lean Law Firm
Seyfarth is client focused and recognizes that
one of the biggest challenges facing the legal services market
today is the need to develop a common definition of "value" between
law firms and their clients. To better meet clients' needs for
value and efficiency, while maintaining high quality with its legal
services, Seyfarth has become the only large law firm to build a
distinctive client service model, called SeyfarthLean,
that combines the core principles of Lean Six Sigma with robust
technology, project management, process improvement and practical
Customized Career Paths
As is fitting for a firm that isn't afraid to innovate,
Seyfarth's promotion and development structure has moved away from
the traditional lockstep model. As associates, attorneys are
compensated and advance based on their individual merits and at
varying rates-which could be either faster or slower than with a
class year model, depending on the circumstances. The firm's
professional services group offers another alternative for
attorneys by tailoring arrangements according to each attorney's
legal skill level, their desired time commitment and overall total
contribution aspirations.
131 S. Dearborn StreetSuite 2400
Chicago, IL 60603-5803
Phone: (312) 460-5000
Fax: (312) 460-7000