CLOSING IN THE 'RED ZONE': How Are Law Firms Selected?
PanelistsAllan ColmanManaging Director,The Closers GroupInside Counsel,Mia E. MontpasHoneywell Law DepartmentOutside Counsel,Joseph L. BeachboardOgletree…
By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
February 15, 2007
This is a question that keeps many up at night and others dreaming of being a fly on the wall in the board room of their biggest prospects. The decision-making process has long been a hazy one; one that every attorney wants and needs to better understand.
Successful business generation hinges on your ability to truly understand the needs and objectives of inside counsel. Marketing departments are a great resource, but without attorneys actively leading, closing new engagements will not occur.
This highly interactive discussion between a 20-year business generation veteran, inside counsel for a Fortune 50 corporation and the Chief Strategy Partner of a nationwide law firm will provide you with the tips and techniques to close more deals.
Topics include:
Understand the decision-making process used to select outside counsel.
Strengthen your role in making the firm more focused.
Become effective in generating new business.
Enhance the firm's marketing business generation impact.
Purchase the CD from this fantastic program and learn what works and doesn't work, what is valued or wasted and how decisions are influenced and made.
Panelists
Allan Colman Managing Director, The Closers Group
Inside Counsel, Mia E. Montpas Honeywell Law Department
Outside Counsel, Joseph L. Beachboard Ogletree Deakins
Moderator
Elizabeth Lampert Director, Law Journal Newsletters Web Audio Conference Division
This is a question that keeps many up at night and others dreaming of being a fly on the wall in the board room of their biggest prospects. The decision-making process has long been a hazy one; one that every attorney wants and needs to better understand.
Successful business generation hinges on your ability to truly understand the needs and objectives of inside counsel. Marketing departments are a great resource, but without attorneys actively leading, closing new engagements will not occur.
This highly interactive discussion between a 20-year business generation veteran, inside counsel for a Fortune 50 corporation and the Chief Strategy Partner of a nationwide law firm will provide you with the tips and techniques to close more deals.
Topics include:
Understand the decision-making process used to select outside counsel.
Strengthen your role in making the firm more focused.
Become effective in generating new business.
Enhance the firm's marketing business generation impact.
Purchase the CD from this fantastic program and learn what works and doesn't work, what is valued or wasted and how decisions are influenced and made.
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
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