1.   At the other end of the spectrum, young lawyers joining prestigious firms often have little opportunity to develop close client relationships.

2.   Employees who join the firm after April receive a percentage of the annual bonus.

3.   He joined the firm when he was in his early twenties.

4.   Jim knew absolutely nothing about the business when he joined the firm.

5.   Bridge had joined the firm as an assistant solicitor and was later made a salaried partner with a view to and shortly before his becoming a full capital partner.

6.   Where the outgoing partner joins another firm as a partner he would be in a position to influence the actions of that firm.

7.   An economics professor, she has so far resisted the blandishments of her roguish father, the founding partner Cedric Ross, to join the firm.

8.   Anderson, upon leaving office, joined the firm of Monteau, Peebles and Crowell, which specializes in Indian gaming representation.

9.   As the economy recovers, executives joining new firms find there are dozens of issues open to negotiations.

10.   Barbara Cassidy, the former head of credit research at Peregrine Fixed-Income Ltd., was fired in April less than a year after joining the firm.