Alston
and Bird
National law firm.
Headquarters:
One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30309
Employees: 1,762
Managing Partner: Richard Hayes
Privately held
Website:
http://www.alston.com
Career
Site
Alston and Bird is a national law firm with over 900 attorneys.
Offices are located in: Atlanta, GA; Charlotte,
NC; Dallas, TX; New York, NY; Research Triangle, NC; Silicon
Valley, CA; Washington, DC. A Los Angeles office will open on
Sept. 1.
The firm's core practice areas are intellectual
property, complex litigation, corporate and tax, with national
industry focuses in health care, energy, financial services,
and public policy.
Alston and Bird was named to Fortune magazine's
"100 Best Companies to Work For" for the ninth consecutive
year.
The firm announced a major expansion into
California this summer with the Los Angeles firm of Weston Benshoof
Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish LLP and its 83 attorneys becoming
part of Alston & Bird. The firm also announced the opening
of a 12-attorney office in Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, CA.
History
The firm's history dates back to 1893 through
the long roots of the Alston, Miller & Gaines' predecessor
firms. The merger with Jones, Bird and Howell formed Alston &
Bird on December 1, 1982. Expansion beyond Georgia began with
the establishment of an office in Washington, DC, followed by
the 1997 merger with Bell Seltzer Park & Gibson (Charlotte
and Raleigh, NC) and Walter, Conston, Alexander & Green in
2001 (New York, NY), and the acquisition of Crews, Shepherd &
McCarty LLP in 2007 (Dallas, TX). Alston & Bird's Silicon
Valley office opened on August 1, 2008.
Benefits
Info for staff members:
Compensation
* Competitive salaries
* Paid overtime after 37.5 hours for non-exempt employees (after
35 hours in NYC)
* Merit bonus program
* Generous PTO policy
* 10 paid holidays including 2 floating holidays
* Paid leave for time spent performing community service
Health/Welfare Benefits
* Choice of three comprehensive PPO medical
plans including marriage counseling benefits and $25,000 in infertility
benefits
* $2400 for medical opt out
* Dental and vision plans available
* Domestic partner benefits
* Supplemental cancer, accident, and intensive care plans available
* Flexible spending accounts/health savings accounts available
* Firm-paid short term disability
* Firm-paid life and long term disability insurance
* Supplemental life, long term disability, long term care and
accidental death and dismemberment insurance available
Retirement Benefits
* 7% Profit sharing
* 401(k) with match
* Quarterly investment education seminars
Corporate Discounts
* Computers
* Vehicle discounts
* Lasik surgery
* Group banking
* Health clubs
* Entertainment
Updated August 7, 2008
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