The firm's management committee is responsible for establishing the hiring goals and standards for each of the firm's offices. Each office has its own recruiting committee working within the guidelines established by the management committee. Students interested in becoming associates with Jackson Walker need not be concerned that decisions on their employment future are being controlled by people with whom they have had little or no contact.
Jackson Walker is governed by a management committee consisting of seven partners, one of whom is elected to serve as the firm's managing partner. The members of the management committee and six additional partners constitute the compensation committee which, subject to partnership approval, determines all compensation matters. The management committee selects members of the firm's other standing committees such as the business development and practice management committees.
The present policy of the firm is that new associates are eligible for election to the partnership as non-equity partners following their seventh year of practice, and as full equity partners after their ninth year.
