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13 May 2010, 12:39 pm by law shucks
Howrey’s managing partner, Robert Ruyak, says the recent moves out of the Washington office were part of this strategic trimming. [read post]
5 Feb 2011, 8:45 am by David Lat
According to one source, Werther informed Howrey partners of her departure on Thursday, and her office was cleaned out on Friday.As we previously mentioned, a meeting with associates and firm chairman Robert Ruyak was also scheduled for yesterday. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 10:04 am by Ronda Muir
Howrey's Managing Partner Robert Ruyak was a panelist at the Georgetown Center for the Study of the Legal Profession's conference entitled "Law Firm Evolution: Brave New World or Business as Usual? [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 8:14 am by Sam
” The complaint goes on to allege that the situation only got worse when she reached out to firm leaders, including the Washington-based diversity committee and CEO Robert Ruyak. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 3:00 am
"   Ruyak: Howrey's Partner Cuts Were Done By Practice "Howrey chairman Robert Ruyak said declining gross revenue forced the firm to cut partners in an attempt to retrench and sharpen the focus on litigation. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 12:23 pm
The remaining partners of Howrey are set to hold "a series of votes" in coming days on winding down the firm, Chief Executive Robert Ruyak told the Wall Street Journal in an interview Tuesday. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 1:25 pm by David Lat
Let’s look at the winners….Our contest was inspired by a poem that Howrey CEO Robert Ruyak shared with Howrey summer associates — i.e., participants in the famous Howrey Bootcamp — in the early 2000s. [read post]
7 Sep 2007, 9:08 am
It begins:When Howrey decided to open a New York office, CEO Robert Ruyak knew that the firm needed lawyers wise to the ways of the city. [read post]
23 Feb 2010, 12:21 am
In 2008, Howrey had what firm chairman Robert Ruyak said at the time was the firm's best year ever, based largely upon several large contingent payments. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 2:09 pm
Below are Robert Ruyak's email and Howrey's official statement. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 8:58 am by lawshucks
Howrey, of course, was the notable exception – Robert Ruyak, in an utterly classless move, tried to claim that there was nothing wrong with the firm that couldn’t be fixed by trimming the fat. [read post]
23 Jun 2009, 2:28 am
Starting this fall, Howrey will begin selling recruits on a new program at the firm in which associates will spend their first two years serving as "apprentices" before taking on significant client work.As part of the two-year program, associates will spend the majority of their time at the litigation-heavy firm attending training seminars where they will learn the practical skills of lawyering, said managing partner Robert Ruyak in an interview.During their first year at… [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 4:14 am by Larry Ribstein
CEO Robert Ruyak is quoted in the WSJ article:  “What we found is that partners at major law firms have very little tolerance for change and very little tolerance for fluctuation in profits. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 2:08 pm by David Lat
[Law of Fashion]* Howrey CEO Robert Ruyak blamed alternative fee arrangements for contributing to Howrey’s downfall, but Jay Shepherd isn’t buying it. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 6:04 am
The firm is now reframing its approach to this market: "Howrey global managing partner and CEO Robert Ruyak said the firm has made a conscious decision to scale back its European presence in favor of operating through a network of other firms... [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 9:40 am by David Lat
There’s supposed to be a conference call with associates, led by firm chairman and CEO Robert Ruyak, on Friday.We have seen inquiries, by email and in comments, about the fate of those holding summer associate or permanent employment offers from Howrey. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 5:28 pm by David Lat
The dissolution will take effect on March 15, 2011, according to a press release that was issued earlier tonight by the firm.The firm’s chairman and CEO, Robert Ruyak, has not been the most popular person during Howrey’s long and painful disintegration (which arguably started over a year ago, with some key partner defections). [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 8:01 am
Robert Ruyak, the head of Howrey, and William Perlstein, the head of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, were less pessimistic but convinced that change in law firm operations was essential. [read post]