LAW FIRM Questionnaire
2006-2007 Academic Year

National
Association
for Law
Placement

Contact Information
Spriggs & Hollingsworth
1350 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005

Hiring Attorney: Gary I. Rubin

ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO:
Name: Mr. R. Thomas Rodriguez
Title: Attorney Recruitment Manager
Firm: Spriggs & Hollingsworth
Address: 1350 I Street, N.W.
             Washington, DC 20005

Telephone: 202-898-5872
E-mail: trodriguez@spriggs.com
Website: www.spriggs.com

DEMOGRAPHICS (as of 2/1/06)
Ptrs/Membs	26		Other Offices
Of Counsel	1		(City, State, No. of Lawyers)
Associates	27
Senior Attys.
Staff Attys.	2
Total Attys.	56
Paralegals	22
Other Profs.	30
Support	24
School-Term Clerks	2
Office Size (attys.): 51-100
Total Firm Size (attys.): 51-100

OTHER DATA:
Work Assignments: Departmentalized? N
   Rotation?   N
   Notes:
Part-time allowed?:  CBC
Part-time available to entry level?:  N
No. part-time assocs: 1
No. part-time ptrs: 0

PARTNERSHIP DATA:

Two or more tiers?: Y
Partnership track (yrs.): 6-8

Notes:

Telephone: 202-898-5800
Fax: 202-682-1639

PRIMARY PRACTICE AREAS

EMPLOYMENT DATA
Number in parens () represents former associates

No. 2005 summer 2Ls considered for associate offers: 5
   No. offers made: 5
Split summers allowed: CBC
    Min. weeks: 6 weeks
1Ls hired? TBD  Other:
When after 12/1 should 1Ls apply?
after term 1 grades
Accept applications for 2007 summer program from:
Joint degree candidates graduating in 2009 or later? N
Judicial clerks?: Y
Students at foreign law schools?: N

Hiring Criteria:

	2005		2006
Average annual assoc. hrs. worked
Average annual assoc. billable hrs.
Min. annual assoc. billable hrs.
1L summer $/week	2,300		2,400
2L summer $/week	2,400		2,400
Post-3L summer $/week			2,400
Entry-level base $/yr	125,000		125,000

Other compensation:

BENEFITS:
Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage (family and domestic partnership coverage available); Disability & Life Insurance (including Supplemental Life Insurance); 401(k) Plan; Bar Association Dues; Bar Exam and Bar Review Fees; Subsidized Exercise Facility Membership; Medical and Child Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Pre-Tax Parking Expense; EAP; Emergency Child Care; Technology Allowance; Referral Bonus Program.

PRO BONO:
Formal Pro Bono Policy; Attorneys Serve as Pro Bono Coordinators

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY:

Spriggs & Hollingsworth does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnic or national origin, handicap status, veteran status, marital status, or sexual orientation, or any other factor unrelated to job requirements or job status.

NARRATIVE:

Spriggs & Hollingsworth specializes in complex civil, criminal and administrative litigation and associated regulatory counseling. We present and defend cases at all levels of federal and state forums across the country. Our expertise extends beyond traditional litigation and counseling into innovative alternative dispute resolution at both international and domestic sites.

The firm is not departmentalized. Our core practices involve representing companies concerning (i) product liability, toxic tort and environmental liability matters; (ii) claims against the United States arising out of contracts and takings such as our Winstar case before the U.S. Supreme Court; (iii) white collar crime investigation and defense; (iv) insurance recoveries for product liability, environmental liability, and construction liability, among others; and (v) construction-related disputes. We regularly engage to represent companies in significant litigation outside of these areas (such as antitrust and other commercial disputes) because of our reputation for quality and cost-effective litigation and for creativity both in terms of legal theory and strategy and in terms of finding business solutions that meet our clients' interests. Our client base includes some of the largest companies in the country, US subsidiaries of foreign multinational, and smaller and medium sized companies as well; we have particularly strong ties to pharmaceutical and chemical companies, defense contractors, construction companies, financial services companies, and the nuclear power industry, among others; several of our clients have worked with our lawyers for two decades. Our pro bono work is coordinated by one of the firm's associates.

Spriggs & Hollingsworth provides unique training opportunities to our associates so as to equip them to assume greater responsibility and to become more sophisticated substantively early in their careers. To this end, in addition to training in legal advocacy, deposition skills, and writing, we bring in outside specialists to conduct multi-part seminars on visual evidence and on accounting for lawyers; we also have utilized our own people for a four-part internal seminar on mass products liability and one on legal writing. The firm also embraces the use of technology to augment the practice of law, and we are nationally recognized leaders and experts in this area.

We are committed to paying our lawyers commensurate with their abilities, and to this end, the firm's salary for Fall 2005 is (as of this writing) $125,000. We also offer a merit bonus based on quality of work, productivity, effort and the success of the firm. Salary increases are set individually based on performance, and we believe that our associates are paid comparable to (and some more than) their peers at other top firms in Washington, DC. At the same time, we recognize that associates and everyone else at the firm need to have an outside life, and we work hard to enable everyone to achieve the appropriate balance bearing in mind the sophistication of our practice and the needs of our clients.

Our firm is growing and dynamic, and our trajectory both is exciting and provides great opportunity for the right people. We are looking for lawyers that are committed to applying their legal skills to sophisticated problems and producing legal work of the highest quality and that are dedicated to becoming the finest lawyers, and particularly trial and appellate lawyers, in the country.