Welcome to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP: Dallas

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Welcome from Hiring Partner

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Welcome to Akin Gump's Dallas office, located in Uptown, a vibrant, contemporary neighborhood within the city. Our office in Dallas embodies the same spirit and vision we were founded on and that guides each of our offices worldwide.

Technology & Innovation

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In early 2019, Dallas moved into a brand new office space designed to adapt to changes in technology, practice models, and cultural norms. There are several areas within the office that people can use for meetings and if they want to step away from their traditional office space.

Professional Development

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Akin Gump's Attorney Development Program facilitates internal learning opportunities, like the one here, to help our lawyers reach their full potential and for the firm to achieve its strategic business goals. We provide a set of core competencies and benchmarks to lawyers so they understand what is expected of them and the skills they need to be developing every step along the way. We are committed to providing resources lawyers need to be successful within their practice and to have a high degree of career satisfaction.

Associate Office

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Our Dallas office is home to close to eighty of Akin Gump's exceptional lawyers. The matters which come across our desks here in Texas cross many practices and industries, and are significant and sophisticated. Let's hear about one of those matters from Gechi Tesic, an Associate in our Funds practice.

AkinJump!

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In early 2019 Akin Gump proudly announced AkinJUMP!, an innovative idea developed from a hackathon held during a training program for mid-level lawyers. AkinJUMP! gives associates and counsel the opportunity to apply to travel, from one office to another for purposes of internal business development, networking and practice growth.

Career Counseling and Planning

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We are committed to helping our lawyers grow at every stage in their career. In an effort to expand our career development resources, we launched an in-house career counseling program for all U.S. associates and counsel in 2018 and hired a director of career counseling and planning who is dedicated to working with our lawyers to brainstorm and strategize what each would like his or her career to look like and how to get there. . Let's take a moment to meet Carrie Marker, our director of career counseling and planning.

In-Office Collaboration

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Innovation is a key tenet for Akin Gump, both internally and in the marketplace. We strive to foster and promote innovative ideas throughout our work. The Dallas office was designed with this tenet in mind, and the modern space encourages us to be creative, to work collaboratively and to push each other past conventional thinking.

Employee Lounge

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When asked why they like working at Akin Gump, our lawyers and business services professionals often say it's the people they work with on a daily basis. Our offices frequently host events such as snack breaks, birthday celebrations, community service activities and wellness programs to give everyone the opportunity to socialize with one another outside of their day-to-day work.

Goodbye from Partner in Charge

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We hope your visit has given you the opportunity to get a feel for that which makes our office and our firm so great. We have grown to become one of the world's largest law firms in the span of a single generation and seek professionals to join our team who thrive on the integrity and intensity which has already brought us so far. To learn more about a career at Akin Gump, click on the link inside this panorama.

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