Orrick Ranks among the Top Three Best Law Firms to Work For in 2017 Vault Survey

July.25.2016

Orrick is the #3 Best Law Firms to Work For, the #2 Best Law Firm for Diversity and offers the #3 Best Summer Program according to the most recent Vault rankings. Orrick is the only law firm to land a top three spot in all of these categories. In addition, the firm’s summer program ranks #1 in preparing summer associates for practice.

“We are incredibly grateful to our associates for these strong ratings,” said Siobhan Handley, Chief Talent Officer. “We are truly focused on being a firm that inspires the best associate talent, and we know that interesting work, training and mentoring, transparency and inclusiveness are all important to our associates. We are constantly striving to enhance our culture and it’s great to see that it’s making a difference.”

Earlier this year, Fortune named Orrick one of the top 100 Best Companies to Work For and most recently named us the only law firm on the Fortune 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials list.

Orrick’s complete 2017 Vault rankings can be viewed here.

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Siobhan Handley Chief Talent Officer

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In collaboration with the firm’s leadership team, she focuses on designing and implementing programs to recruit, inspire and advance the best legal and staff talent.

Siobhan previously served as Orrick’s Managing Director for Resources. In that role, she spearheaded the development of the firm’s innovative talent model—the first of its kind in a major law firm—which replaces the traditional associate lockstep advancement system with merit-based advancement. As chair of the firm’s Talent Committee, she oversees Orrick’s lawyer training and performance feedback program – which is one of the most rigorous in the market. She also has led the creation of a range of new lawyer and professional staff roles.

Siobhan brings to this role extensive experience on the front line of client service, having been a partner in the firm’s product liability litigation and mass tort defense group. For more than a decade, she was a member of the Orrick team that acted as National Counsel to Union Carbide Corporation in connection with asbestos-related personal injury lawsuits and served as lead trial counsel in cases across the country. Siobhan was one of the key trial counsel in the highly-publicized landmark trial in Texas State Court, Brazoria County, where Kelly-Moore Paint Company sued Union Carbide for $1.4 billion in compensatory damages and $4.2 billion in punitive damages that resulted in a complete defense verdict. In addition, she served as trial counsel for significant product liability cases for other clients including Wyeth and Flexible Products.

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