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Riker Danzig Careers
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Training and Development
Upon arriving at Riker Danzig, new associates are assigned to one of our departments and receive immediate, front-line responsibility. Personal preferences are considered along with the firm's needs to determine practice area placement. Associates are involved in all aspects of the practice from the beginning of their careers at Riker Danzig; they try cases, handle transactions, deal with clients, and find themselves in other positions of substantial responsibility. Our emphasis on teamwork is evident in the extensive involvement every attorney - from first year associates to partners - plays in order to achieve our goal of successful results for our clients. It is our new associates who bring refreshing ideas and energy, helping us to meet the increasing needs of our diverse client base.
Immediate responsibility is essential, but so is proper training and support for new associates. We are committed to developing the full range of lawyering skills of each attorney. Training is a part of a career-long process and all first, second and third year associates begin by participating in our in-house training program. Educational seminars, both within and outside the firm, are offered regularly to supplement associates' continuing education. This structured program includes internal seminars that provide an overview of the firm's many practice areas, guidance on legal research and legal writing, as well as more intensive training focused on the applicable practice area beginning in the associate's second year. We strive to make the transition from law student to practicing attorney both an educational and manageable process.
Mentors
The early responsibility we give to our new associates is supported by a mentoring program in which senior associates and partners work closely with more junior attorneys to develop various skills. Each associate is assigned a mentor, who provides assistance with time management issues, administrative procedures, and various day-to-day concerns.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary for the Fall 2010 class is $130,000. Presently, the firm has a structured bonus program for associates.
Present Benefit Plans include: Hospitalization, Major Medical, Dental (all with Domestic Partner benefits), Life Insurance, Disability Coverage (long & short term), 401K upon commencement, Flex Spending Plan, Underground Parking, three weeks vacation and payment of a portion of health club membership fee. (Any Benefit Plan may be changed or eliminated at any time.)
Bar Review Expenses
The firm will pay for the first two years of bar association membership dues, and partial or full reimbursement of approved continuing legal education programs. The firm also reimburses new associates for the New Jersey bar exam fees and bar review courses. Attorneys preparing for the NJ Bar Exam receive one week study time.
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Firm Clients
- AXA Corporate Solutions
- Highlands Insurance Group, Inc.
- Kemper Group of Insurance Companies
- Diamond Chemical Co., Inc.
- Capacity, L.L.C.
- Bouras Industry, Inc.
- Mutual Marine Office, Inc.
- Dittman Incentive Marketing Corp.
- Geptek, Inc.
- Genpro, Inc.
- Ecko Complex, L.L.C.
- Jacobs Engineering
- Modell’s Sporting Goods
- New York Life Agents Reinsurance Company
- Porky Products
- Glamorise Foundations, Inc.
- Proformance Insurance Company
- Solix, Inc.
- Zootoo, LLC
- HSBC Bank
- Banc One
- Prudential Insurance Company
- Lexent Inc.
- Playtex Products Corporation
- North Fork Bank
- Hertz Corporation
- Meow Mix Corporation
- Aeon (U.S.A.), Inc.
- BEA Systems, Inc.
- Bouras Industries, Inc.
- Cameco, Inc.
- C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
- Corporate Fuel Partners
- Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
- Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.
- GDC Properties
- Gerber Products Company, Inc.
- Foundation Venture Capital Group LLC
- Ginsburg Development Companies LLC
- Lloyd, Gerstner & Partners, LLC
- McDonald Information Services, Inc.
- Morris Energy Group, LLC
- New York Life Agents Reinsurance Company
- Promident LLC d/b/a Johnson-Promident
- Shipley & Halmos, LLC
- Solix, Inc.
- Wakefern Food Corporation
- WR Capital Partners LLC
- Zenith Optimedia, Inc.
- Dames and Moore
- E.I. Associates
- Herval Construction, Inc
- Parsons Engineering Science, Inc.
- R2D Corporation
- Perini Construction Corporation
- West Morris Regional High School Board of Education
- Casino Reinvestment Development Authority
- Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
- Bank of America
- Citibank, N.A.
- HSBC Bank
- Provident Bank, etc. v. Edward V. Giannasca (N.Y. App. Div.)
- The Bank of New York
- Alea North America
- AXA Versicherungs AG
- CIGNA
- Alea London Limited
- British International Insurance Company
- Brittany Insurance Company (London)
- Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
- American International Management Association
- Compagnie Europeenne D’Assurances Industrielles S.A.
- Crown Life Insurance Company
- Crum & Foster Insurance Group
- Colonia Insurance Company
- Delta Lloyd Insurance Company Limited
- Dukes Place Holdings, L.P.
- EMC Insurance Companies
- Enstar Group Limited
- Enstar US Inc.
- Excess Insurance Company Limited
- Harleysville Insurance Companies
- Harper Insurance Limited f/k/a Turegum Insurance Company
- Enstar (EU) Limited
- National Casualty Company of America Limited
- Mutual Marine Office, Inc.
- Hudson Reinsurance Company Limited
- Highlands Insurance Group, Inc.
- Management Facilities Corporation
- National Casualty Company of America Limited
- Navigators Insurance Company
- New York Marine & General Insurance Company
- Unique Settings of New York
- Siemens Corporation
- McKessen Corp.
- York Claims Service, Inc.
- Gavan-Graham Electrical Products Corp.
- Triad Consulting Engineers, Inc.
- Jacobs Engineering
- Bayonne Parking Authority