Danice Kowalczyk - Managing Director New York, Intellectual Property Attorney NYC


	Danice M. Kowalczyk Send email	Managing Director


	1560 Broadway, 10th Floor New York, NY 10036 Tel: (212) 232-0400 Fax: (212) 232-0111 Toll-Free: (800) 285-9254
	Brooklyn Law School, Juris Doctor, cum laude Brooklyn Law Review, Editor-in-Chief State University of New York at Buffalo, Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Arts), summa cum laude

	Danice Kowalczyk is a Managing Director in our New York office. Prior to joining BCG, Danice spent five years honing her skills as an intellectual property attorney at White & Case, LLP in New York City where she was an elected member of the Lawyers Committee. Danice graduated from Brooklyn Law School, cum laude, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Brooklyn Law Review. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts, summa cum laude, from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Danice has extensive experience in partner, counsel, and associate placement. She also counsels her law firm clients on growth, acquisition of new practice groups, and firm-to-firm moves. Danice's strong relationship with top firms in the U.S. and international markets has earned her recognition in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, London, Canada, Paris, and Asia. A native of the East Coast, Danice maintains a particularly close knit relationship with her Manhattan-based firms, who recognize her from her days at White & Case, LLP (1994-2004) and celebrate her ongoing successful relationship with the law via her current role as Managing Director at BCG. As an attorney, herself, Danice is keenly aware of the goals candidates seek to achieve, and the pitfalls they seek to avoid, when entering the legal job market. She is further cognizant of law firms' desire to find the "right person." Having interviewed countless applicants during her practice days, Danice knows what firms look for in potential new hires - and run from. This dual-sided knowledge has directly contributed to Danice's and her candidates' success. Danice also credits her success in legal search and placement to her disciplined background in the arts. Prior to law school, Danice was a professional dancer and actor with several NYC-based theatre companies, including The Curan Repertory Company at Theatre 22 and the Modern Theatre of Myth at Times Square. Today, Danice is an active participant in the Brooklyn/Gowanus art scene and Noho fashion collectives. A resident of the Upper West Side and Olympic distance triathlete, Danice lives in Manhattan with her significant other, who is also an attorney, and their 4 year old pug Jack Stanley.

	A regular media commentator on both New York City and international legal markets as well as corresponding hiring trends, Danice is a frequent contributor to the BCG newsletter and website (see below). All the Right Moves: Choosing between End of Year versus Beginning of Year When Considering a Lateral Move Compensation Hikes: Free Money or Lack of Freedom? Bikinis or Briefs...What Lies Beneath the Perfect Summer Interview Summer 2007: Current Visa and Other Considerations Affecting Foreign Lateral Candidates Wishing to Join U.S. Practice What To Do When You Are: OVERQUALIFIED Non-Traditional Job Settings: The Temporary or Telecommuting Lawyer The 10-Step, "No-Fail" Guide to Distinguishing Yourself as a First-Year Associate INTERVIEW 101: When Did "Type A" Become "Too Much"? Playing With Fire: Using a New Offer From a Competing Firm as Leverage to Get What you Want at Your Current Firm When Good Candidates Go Bad: A Tale of Trust Distinguishing Among the Big Firms How Important is it to Know Your "Self" Before the Job Market Knows You? Why Are So Many Women Reaching the Top of Big Law Firms? Finding a Work/Life Balance 35 Absurd ways to create an awkward moment in an interview Danice has also authored legal practice articles for the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, the 14th Annual Computer & Information Law Institute (in association with the University of Houston), the Brooklyn Law Review, and The Buffalo News, among others.

	Panel Speaker, "Career Decisions 2008," The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, NY (upcoming March, 2008). Participant, "Recruiting" Break-Out Section, "Transitions: Exploring Non-Legal Roles Within Law Firms," The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, NY (February, 2008). Panel Speaker, "Career Transitions," (sponsored by the State University of New York at Buffalo Alumni Association at Goldman Sachs (upcoming November, 2007). Moderator and Panel Speaker, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Presentation. "Career Decisions 2007" New York, NY (April, 2007). Featured Speaker, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, MD (March, 2007). Featured Speaker, University of Wisconsin School of Law, Madison, WI (February, 2007). Featured Speaker, University of Indiana, School of Law, Indianapolis (February, 2007). Moderator and Panel Speaker, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Presentation. "Making a Career Change - Lateral Moves" (New York City, May 2006). Featured Speaker, Syracuse University, College of Law, New York City Interview and Placement Conference (August 2004).

	"Falling Dollar Makes U.S. Firms More Competitive" (IPLaw360, May 15, 2008). ip.law360.com/secure/ViewArticle.aspx?Id=51330 "How Do You Spell J.D. in Canada? Not So Fast . . ." (New York Law Journal, April 4, 2008). www.nylawyer.com/display.php/file=/news/08/04/040408i "Law Firm Leverage Could Determine Which Associates Get the Ax" (ABA Journal, March 24, 2008). www.abajournal.com/weekly/law_firm_leverage_could_determine_which_associates_get_the_ax "Canadian Law School Adopting J.D. Degree Designation" (The National Law Journal, March 31, 2008). www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1206441804760 "Stearns Sale Stokes Fears of Law Layoffs" (The New York Sun, March 21, 2008). www.nysun.com/article/73382 "Spitzer Moves to Protect His Family," (The New York Sun, March 13, 2008). www.nysun.com/article/72799 "Wal-Mart Puts Foot Down on Rising Legal Fees" (IP Law 360, November 2, 2007). ip.law360.com/secure/ViewArticle.aspx?Id=39210 Feature Article: "Recession Proof" (PRECEDENT Magazine, Canada, October, 2007). www.lawandstyle.ca//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=92 Salary Survey: Competition Heats Up Across U.S. (IP.Law360.com, February 7, 2007) The six million dollar woman (ExitWeekly, December 6, 2006) Guest Speaker, audio broadcast at LawCrossing (www.lawcrossing.com/pressroom/lcaudioroom.php) (2006) (addressing Manhattan legal marketplace trends).

	Committee on Career Advancement and Management, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, 2005-Present)