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Attorney Buy-In

'You need to get lawyer buy-in.' An oxymoron? You bet. If you have any doubts, read David Maister's 'The Trouble with Lawyers' (The American Lawyer, April 2006). Still, pretty much everyone on the firm's marketing staff will hear this refrain frequently. It's well meant, but it's also code for 'please don't expect me to take full responsibility for your hair-brained marketing idea.' Of course, this never happens at Womble Carlyle Sandridge &amp; Rice, the progressive firm where I toil (right!), but I'm told it's fairly common at stodgy, traditional firms. <br/>There are ways to tackle this challenge. Some are actually fun, if you allow yourself to plot imaginatively.

15 minute read October 31, 2006 at 08:10 AM
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Mark Whitley
Attorney Buy-In

'You need to get lawyer buy-in.' An oxymoron? You bet. If you have any doubts, read David Maister's 'The Trouble with Lawyers' (The American Lawyer, April 2006). Still, pretty much everyone on the firm's marketing staff will hear this refrain frequently.

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