Message from the Co-Chairs of Recruiting
Welcome to McDermott Will & Emery. As you plan to evaluate the many opportunities in the marketplace, you are undoubtedly searching for the perfect fit—a place where you will find challenging work and develop your own legal and client service skills. You might be interested in the breadth and depth of a firm’s service offering and the diversity and background of its people. You may be assessing the capability of a firm to serve the ever increasing international needs of its small and large clients alike. You may be interested in a firm with a broad commitment to pro bono work and whose lawyers are active contributors to their communities. We hope to answer these and other important questions and provide an overview of what you will experience at McDermott Will & Emery.
We are an international law firm built upon our most compelling competitive advantage: an unsurpassed diversity in both our client base and the range of the legal services we offer. As the 13th largest law firm in the United States, we offer the opportunity to work with global corporations as well as venture capital start-ups, with senior legal and business executives, family owned businesses and enterprising individuals. We serve half the Fortune 100, nearly a third of Forbes’ Largest Private Companies and many Global 100 businesses. Our clients also include some of the most distinguished not-for-profit organizations in the United States, as well as a multitude of middle market, public and private companies with regional, national and international needs.
Ours is a diverse organization of more than 1100 lawyers in 15 offices in the United States and Europe working together to provide our clients the most effective and responsive legal counsel possible. We are looking for lawyers who seek challenge, want early client responsibility and demonstrate the ability to team with others — people who exhibit collegiality and whom our clients will respect and enjoy. We stand committed to the professional development of our associates. Through McDermott University (a combination of over 300 formal training and mentoring programs), challenging assignments and access to supervising partners and clients, we provide an environment in which you can grow.
We are looking forward to getting to know you and wish you the best of luck as you search for your perfect fit. Thank you for your interest in McDermott Will & Emery.
Lydia R.B. Kelley and Scott A. Faust
Recruiting Committee Co-Chairs