-
Webinar Video: Re-opening Your Workplace in a Global Pandemic
On Friday April 24, Logan Ide, President of Latitude Atlanta served as the moderator of a zoom webinar for a panel of leading Atlanta attorneys titled “Re-Opening Your Workplace in a Global Pandemic.” Watch a complete video of the webinar below. Talking point timelines are further down in case you want to access certain parts…
-
GC Insights with Conrad Brooks
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, US businesses have been making substantial changes to the way they conduct business. GC Insights is an ongoing series of interviews that shares, in part, how GCs and their teams are demonstrating flexibility during these unprecedented times. Latitude Atlanta President, Logan Ide, recently talked with Conrad Brooks, General Counsel of AXIS…
-
GC Insights with Robbie Kamerschen
Following the COVID-19 outbreak, US businesses have been making substantial changes to the way they conduct business. GC Insights is an ongoing series of interviews that share how GCs and their teams are demonstrating flexibility during these unprecedented times. Robbie Kamerschen, EVP and General Counsel of Atlanta-based Aaron’s, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) a specialty retailer with…
-
Practical Tips for Lawyers Working from Home
With many Americans being asked to stay at home during the Covid-19 outbreak, individuals, roommates, and families are figuring out what it means to work from home while sharing space with others. Here are some practical tips for the transition. 1. Create space—Think through the existing spaces in your home and be willing to re-think…
-
Re-Starting a Career in the Legal Industry
At some point in their legal careers, most attorneys make a major job transition. It might be a change in practice area, a move from a law firm to in-house, or even a switch between private sector and public sector work. At Latitude, we also work with a number of attorneys whose job transitions involve…
-
Latitude Gratitude
“If you have forgotten the language of gratitude, you will never be on speaking terms with happiness.” – C. Neil Strait. Last night, as I was walking alongside my six-year-old daughter as she was trick-or-treating, I found myself repeatedly reminding her to say “thank you” after receiving the candy that was being tossed into her…
-
7 Dos and Don’ts When Looking for a Law Firm or In-House Counsel Job in a New Market
Despite what your Career Services counselor may have told you in law school, scheduling awkward coffee meetings with attorneys who are third-tier connections probably is not the most successful route to finding a position at a sophisticated law firm or corporate legal department in a new city. And spending hours online applying to any opening…
-
Why Wait to Be Happy?
by Candice Reed, EVP & Partner Last week, I read a blog post by Leslie Beale, a former attorney turned executive coach, in which she explains that happiness begets success – not the other way around as we have all probably been told (at least once… usually by one of our old, crotchety relatives who…
-
Breaking Down Silos + Building Connections
Latitude is a participating sponsor of Vanderbilt Law School’s upcoming Summit on Law and Innovation (SoLI). In this blog post, which originally was published on the SoLI website, Candice Reed explains why Latitude is interested in breaking down silos and building connections in the legal industry. When I was at Penn, studying positive psychology, I…
