For those of you wondering, “Who is Aric Press?”, he is the outgoing editor in chief for American Lawyer, and love it or hate it, through the AmLaw 100, and now 200, reports Aric placed a spotlight onto the business of law.
Aric announced his retirement from the American Lawyer late last year. Those
I am late to the game blogging on The New Republic article, The Last Days of Big Law. To quote my friend Diane Hamlin:
Let’s not be like the lawyers. Let’s not attack the example.
I would caution us here to not dismiss the premise of the article, there is big change in the legal industry, by attacking the example.
Is Noam Scheiber‘s article perfect? No.
Does he make some great points that we should be discussing? Absolutely.
But why are we wasting time arguing over whether the glass is half-full or half-empty when there is a hole in the cup?
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Can you handle the truth? Can your law firm handle the truth? Or will you just keep on ignoring the truth and hope it goes away?
Edwin Reeser, former Los Angeles managing partner of Sonnenschein (now SNR Denton), sent me the link to the following story
Does your firm blog? Does Google know it?? I’ve been traveling and pretty busy, as many of you know, and I’m catching up on different posts and what’s happening in the industry. Now that Mad Men is over for the season, I need to find my inspiration elsewhere. Guest blogger Jon Ivanco‘s post, Dear
Jayne Navarre once gain asked a poignant question over on the Legal Marketing Association‘s Listserv. Since it is a closed network, I thought I’d bring the question here, along with my comments, to extend the discussion to a broader group of people. In short, when it comes to a law firm’s rebranding campaign, is
The most anticipated issue of the American Lawyer, the AmLaw 100 (link to chart), is hitting the Internet and our in-boxes this week. Ohhhh, give me a bowl of popcorn and a strong cup of coffee … the numbers are in:
The 2009 AmLaw 100 – How Bad?? (really bad)
I left Big (trying to be Mega-) law several years ago for a much smaller (75 attorneys) boutique. I’ve never been happier.
Personally, I find the Big Law model to be broken. Year after year, I would see rates go up, and partners hit a wall with what their clients would pay. Good partners, with