The DWT Difference
DWT is committed to helping lawyers build successful practices. Our formula for success is “excellence, focus and innovation,” with a heavy emphasis on client service that earns client loyalty. We look for lawyers who can help us build top-of-market practices, who put client needs first and who work well with colleagues. Our core values, which inform decision making throughout the firm, are to be entrepreneurial, innovative, selfless, inclusive, excellent, open, and supportive. If you join us, whether as a first-year associate or an experienced partner, we will work closely with you to ensure you benefit from, and contribute to, our firm as much as possible.
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Lateral Partners
- Have the vision and ambition to build successful practices
- Want to be excellent
- Emphasize client service
- Are collaborative and supportive with colleagues and clients
- Will embrace our core values, which are to be: entrepreneurial, innovative, selfless, inclusive, excellent, open, and supportive.
- Recognize the profession is changing rapidly and are open to adapting the way they deliver service to meet changing client needs and expectations
- Fit with our core practices and will benefit from and contribute to our platform
- Annual Bar Dues
- Medical, dental and vision plans
- Long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Supplemental life insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Supplemental individual disability insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Vacation
- Sick leave
- 401(k) tax deferred savings plan
- Reimbursement for reasonable client development expenses
- Registration and travel expenses for appropriate CLE programs and professional meetings
- Flexible spending accounts for medical and transportation costs
- Monthly parking or transportation subsidy
- Child and elder care
- Parental leave
- Other pre-approved reimbursable expenses
For East Coast offices, contact Aglaia Galimanis, Manager, Lawyer Talent Acquisition, at aglaiagalimanis@dwt.com or 212.603.6423.
For Chicago, contact Michael Nguyen, Director, Lawyer Talent Acquisition, at michaelnguyen@dwt.com or 415.276.6564
Lateral Associates
- Initial Interview: Meet with 1-2 attorneys, if possible at a DWT office; other accommodations can be made on circumstance. This initial meeting typically takes an hour.
- Full Round Interviews: Meet with 4-6 additional attorneys (a mix of partners and associates) including, when possible, the Practice Group Chair and Partner-In-Charge. These meetings generally take 3-4 hours.
- Additional Interviews: In some cases, when key attorneys are not available during the Full Round, we may ask a candidate to come back for additional interviews to meet those key people.
- Next Steps: If an offer is being considered we collect references and a list of the candidate’s client/matters to start a conflicts check.
- Bar dues
- Life insurance
- Supplemental life insurance
- Personal accident insurance
- Vacation
- Sick Leave
- 401(k) Tax deferred savings plan
- Flexible spending accounts for medical and transportation costs
- Transportation subsidy
- Associate wellness reimbursement
- Child and elder care
- Parental leave
Our current affinity groups are:
- LGBTQ+ Attorneys
- Diverse Attorneys
- Women Attorneys
- Senior Attorneys
- Veteran Attorneys
- Flexible Hours Attorneys
To learn more about our Diversity Initiatives and Affinity Groups, click here
For East Coast offices, contact Aglaia Galimanis, Manager, Lawyer Talent Acquisition, at aglaiagalimanis@dwt.com or 212.603.6423.
For Chicago, contact Michael Nguyen, Director, Lawyer Talent Acquisition, at michaelnguyen@dwt.com or 415.276.6564