Life at Stoel: The Whole Attorney

Transcript

Jennifer Martin
Partner and Practice Group Leader, Energy Development

I am the practice group leader for the Energy Development Practice Group and so I have a lead role in recruiting new attorneys, brand new associates, folks out of law school or laterals to the firm. And one of the things that is very true for me, or I wouldn't have been here for almost 25 years, is how much the firm invests in developing the full attorney, not just go bill hours, go bill hours but we're going to teach you how to work with clients. We're going to teach you how to be...give back to your community. The firm really does invest in community, firm citizenship, being a great lawyer, getting to know your clients and their industry, and I mean it. And so when I talk to people that I'm trying to recruit to the firm as the practice group leader, I say it, I mean it, I lived it. I really do love that about Stoel Rives. I love being a partner there because I think that they really invest in the whole attorney. It's not just churning to get billable hours done.