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When You Need That Bigger Boat: Finding Key Employees

“The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.” J. Paul Getty.

The watershed moment in any business is when you as an entrepreneur, turn to your partner and say, “We need to hire someone.”

Hiring is one of the toughest skills to obtain. I use a very technical, specific method to hire law clerks. Everyone — from the receptionist through the senior staff — weighs in and we see if they will be able to join the culture and then we test their technical skills and their writing. I use a completely different, softer approach to find a lateral hire; its more about the interpersonal skills.

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From the Peanut Gallery

Our daddy is a lawyer and he works very, very hard. He sets a good example for us. We know that our dad is a tax lawyer and we don’t exactly know what that means but he helps a lot of people with their problems. He has taken six bar exams!

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