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Opportunities for Lawyers & Law Students

We at Stroud, Willink & Howard, LLC, are continuously searching for new additions to our legal team. When you’re searching for a home to foster your legal career, you want a firm that will offer you real opportunities and the necessary tools to advance personally and professionally. We believe that Stroud, Willink & Howard is such a firm.

	Summer Program
	Recently graduating and lateral attorneys

Why Stroud, Willink & Howard?

Our associates have found great satisfaction in their jobs at our firm. There are many reasons why. The firm has prospered because of the quality of its work, and maintenance of that quality is our challenge. Surrounding ourselves with the highest level of attorney and staff support is the first step to maintaining that quality. If this and the description below sound intriguing to you, we encourage you to explore further the opportunities in our summer program and for recently graduating and lateral attorneys alike. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email by clicking here.

Responsibility and Diversity of Work

We strive to give our associates a significant level of responsibility from their first day at our firm. We believe that the best way that associates learn is by actually doing the work.  We do not waste their time and the firm's with meaningless "make work," opting instead to give associates real work for real clients. Associates and members alike also appreciate the diversity of work available at Stroud, Willink & Howard. Our attorneys are not segregated into strict departments, but instead have the opportunity to work in many different aspects of the legal profession. We believe that this develops a holistic approach for our clients and avoids losing the forest for the trees.

Training

We have avoided formal mentoring systems and rigid training programs. Instead, we utilize training that we believe is the most effective:  doing actual and varied work for several different attorneys and clients. We believe that the best source of learning is daily contact with our more senior attorneys. We have an open door policy at our firm and encourage young attorneys to seek advice from anyone at any time. At the same time, we acknowledge the importance of training for young lawyers. To that end, we regularly conduct in-house training programs on everything from estate planning to real estate transactions. We also reimburse associates for the costs of all CLE costs and expenses.

Outstanding Client Base

Our most prized asset at Stroud, Willink & Howard is our strong client base. We have a wide range of clients, primarily consisting of businesses in the top tier of their industries in Wisconsin and the owners of those businesses. At the same time, we represent numerous individuals and smaller business clients throughout Wisconsin. One significant advantage a young associate has at Stroud is immediate and significant "client contact." While this has become an over-used buzzword in recruiting at big firms, it actually means something at Stroud. For our business clients, client contact typically means contact with the people that actually will be affected by our counsel: the owners and presidents of our clients. This type of meaningful contact is a significant advantage that Stroud has over its competitors. 

Merit-Based Success

We believe that the only way to reward young attorneys effectively is to do so on merit. Our attorneys are not judged by who they are or from where they came, but rather on the level of service they provide to our clients. This open, free-market meritocracy allows every new lawyer to succeed on his or her own talent.

What kind of lawyers work at Stroud?

We value lawyers that seek out challenges and strive to gain leadership skills. We seek to recruit only attorneys and prospective attorneys that have demonstrated an exemplary level of scholarship and initiative. We have found that only individuals that meet our stringent standards will develop into outstanding attorneys and enable us to provide the high level of legal service to which our clients have become accustomed. We believe that these high expectations create exciting and challenging opportunities for lawyers.