For any legal folks who were MIA on Friday, Marc Dreier, sole equity partner for Dreier LLP and all of its affiliates, was arrested for impersonating an Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan attorney in a sham business transaction. Here’s the best recap of the scenario that I have found, Dreier Law Firm on the Brink After
It might be time to update your resume if …
I know that many of us are watching the marketing, concerned about our clients, our firms, our jobs. Not a day goes by that I don’t check the Dow, the current stock ratings of our clients … are there any trends there that I can see?
I’m also looking for those internal signs on the
Survivor Law Firm
Really, it’s almost getting old, but another week, another round of layoffs. Greenberg Traurig reportedly is laying off real estate associates. And when the former practice group chair of any firm jumps ship, when the former firm-wide chair will reportedly be removed from the executive committee, do we really have to ask why
Money and billable hours should not a law firm make
For the decade that I have been in legal marketing, the business plans of the big-firms, and the followers, hasn’t changed much. Bill more, bill at higher rates, increase leverage, lower real estate, get rid of under-performers, shed practices, or only invest in “high value” practices.
Some firms have learned how to get their partners
Greetings from Ohio
Law firms shutting doors on both coasts, lawyers looking for work on both coasts, marketing staff reductions on both coasts of the U.S. and in the U.K , have been the conversation on this blog and on the Legal Marketing Association Listserv. There is even an “emergency” Webinar on the topic being hosted
Be a Class Act
When this article caught my attention this morning, Mass Layoffs at Heller Ehrman, I couldn’t help but wonder, “Could it get any worse for our Heller friends?” Unfortunately, the answer turned out to be “Yes”:
At least 100 Heller Ehrman employees were laid off on Friday, without receiving the 60 days’ wages required by
Why the Heller Shock?
I read Paul Lippe’s blog post yesterday about the shock in the industry of the demise of Heller.
A law firm friend of mine told me many of his peers were “shocked” at the demise of Heller and its failure to find a merger partner. That put me in mind of the iconic scene