K&L Gates LLP
K&L Gates Center
210 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2613
210 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2613
Phone number: (412) 355-6500
Visit Website: www.klgates.com
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At K&L Gates, attorneys tackle sophisticated work for high-caliber clients in a supportive environment. A free-market assignment system allows associates to exercise control over their workload, and more-senior attorneys act as willing mentors. K&L Gates is one of the largest law firms in the world, with close to 2,000 lawyers across five continents. Among the firm’s top-notch practices are corporate; energy and infrastructure; finance; intellectual property; labor, employment, and workplace safety; litigation and ...
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Beyond credentials, K&L Gates looks for motivated associates with the right personality fit. The firm has an “all in this together” attitude, and while there are plenty of social gatherings, there is no pressure to attend if you’d prefer family or personal time. Partners are easy to work with and dedicated to associate growth. While formal training is somewhat sparse, associates agree that mentorship and hands-on training from more-senior attorneys is strong. Associates are reviewed annually, but some expressed a lack of clarity surrounding promotion and compensation decisions. Associates are satisfied with their compensation, especially considering their work-life balance. The firm has an 1,850 billable-hours expectation, and though not always perfect, partners actively t...
K&L Gates is one of the largest law firms in the world, with close to 2,000 lawyers across five continents. Among the firm’s top-notch practices are corporate; energy and infrastructure; finance; intellectual property; labor, employment, and workplace safety; litigation and dispute resolution; policy and regulatory; real estate; and asset management and investment funds.
Multiplicity
The new millennium saw a flurry of mergers, which formed the firm we now call K&L Gates. In January 2007, Seattle’s Preston Gates & Ellis got hitched to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham (itself the product of one of the largest U.S.-U.K. mergers in legal history: the 2005 pairing of Pittsburgh-based Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and London’s Nicholson Graham &...