Law Firm Client Relationships

The adage is true: Actions speak louder than words, and active participation and engagement are critical for fostering real change. Your clients demand it, your competitors are doing it, and your attorneys and staff want it. This is how we will be measured.

The promise of new client relationships is driving the vast majority of lateral partner movement today. Is there a way to accurately project which clients of the candidate will move?

While many attorneys know referral partners are an integral piece of their career, they don't take the time to build authentic referral relationships. To their current and future detriment, they don't make quality referral relationships a priority.

We're well into 2022, and despite the flip of the calendar, COVID is still sweeping the U.S., it feels like not much has changed. Or has it?

There is no way to guarantee a lateral's clients will make the move to a new firm. But a series of questions can examine the quality of these relationships and the likelihood that the client will move with the lateral candidate.

The question has been frequently debated in the legal community: What is the difference between an attorney providing business consulting services or acting as legal counsel? The California Court of Appeal recently issued an opinion on the concern.

Demonstrating client service before the engagement serves attorneys well into the ongoing relationship. This checklist can help professionals discuss important topics with new clients and demonstrates their skills in quality client service.

The law firm office cannot remain unchanged, as if frozen in time set to some date prior to the onset of pandemic, when the terms and meaning have all changed. In fact, the office must now provide benefits or an experience the lawyers and staff cannot get at home.