Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Outsources Software Training to Perfect Access Speer.Business Editors, Legal Writers NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2001 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, one of the world's leading international law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
"Our Training Department Outsourcing Service offers long-term on-site placements of training managers, trainers, documentation specialists, and e-learning specialists, and we're delighted to launch this new service with Cadwalader," said Bonnie Speer McGrath, President of Perfect Access Speer. "The idea for this service came from Greta Ostrovitz, the forward-thinking Director of IT at Cadwalader. This service complements the consulting and education services that we offer, which are typically geared to the initial rollout of a firm's technology." "Cadwalader is committed to ensuring that all employees stay current with software skills to provide the best service to the firm's clients. The Perfect Access Speer trainers provide one-on-one training for our attorneys, usually right at their desks, which is a tremendous benefit for attorneys whose schedules make it difficult to attend traditional classroom training sessions," said Ostrovitz. "The Perfect Access Speer trainers will complement and work closely with the firm's IT Help Desk. Software application inquiries will be referred to the trainers, freeing the Help Desk technicians to provide more efficient service for system-related issues." Linda Swartz, Chairperson of Cadwalader's Technology Committee and a partner in the New York Tax Department agrees. "By ensuring that our attorneys and staff keep abreast Verb 1. keep abreast - keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" keep up, follow trace, follow - follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the of the latest software, document management and technological innovations, we continue to enhance our ability to quickly deliver and share information with each other and with our clients." The trainers from Perfect Access Speer provide immediate assistance to Cadwalader attorneys and staff who have questions about using Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , PowerPoint, Excel, and Access, PC Docs, InterAction, CompareRite, Lotus Notes and the firm's time entry system. Perfect Access Speer (www.PerfectAccessSpeer.com) is a leader in software education and consulting, bringing both traditional and e-learning solutions to its clients. With offices in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Dallas, and Minneapolis, the company's client list includes more than sixty percent of the top 250 law firms in the United States, as well as prestigious companies in financial services and the Fortune 500. Perfect Access Speer is a Kaplan Professional Company, a unit of Kaplan, Inc., (www.kaplan.com), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : WPO WPO Women Presidents' Organization (New York, NY) WPO World Packaging Organization WPO World Powerlifting Organization WPO Werkplek Onderzoek (Netherlands) ). Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, established in 1792, is one of the world's leading international law firms with offices in New York, Charlotte, Washington and London. Cadwalader serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's top financial institutions, undertaking business in more than 50 countries on six continents. The firm offers legal expertise in securitization Securitization The process of creating a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing them to investors. Notes: Mortgage backed securities are a perfect example of securitization. May also be spelled as "securitisation. , structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, real estate, environmental, insolvency, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , healthcare, banking, project finance, insurance and reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. , tax, and private client matters. More information about Cadwalader can be found at its web site (www.cadwalader.com). Note to Editors: Kaplan, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) |
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