Whatever compensation system a firm selects, it will work in the long run only if it has the confidence of all of the firm's partners. Based upon the author's experience, that confidence can best be won by providing a role in the process for all partners.
- November 21, 2008Michael E. Mooney
PRE - CLIENT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT I. Before beginning to pursue a current or recent client, lawyers need to ask and answer the following questions.
November 04, 2008Allan Colman, The Closers Group, Www.closersgroup.comMost law firm managers understand intuitively that the value of inventory (both WIP and A/R) degrades over time, but by how much and how quickly? The ability to understand and answer these two questions is the first step in preparing a realistic, forward-looking valuation model ' one that can identify opportunities and drive action.
October 30, 2008Derek SchutzIn Part One of this article, the authors covered ethical issues relating to e-mail. In Part Two below, they discuss ethical issues related to e-discovery and social networking and blogs.
October 30, 2008Frederick L. Whitmer And Benjamin D. GoldbergLAW FIRM MARKETING AND DIVERSITY concludes this series. Efforts to overcome a client's mis-understandings of the value diversity brings can be divided into two fundamental approaches. First, understanding the client. You know his/her predilections on a sensitive social issue. Because you know them, you are able to create a marketing message that balances the equation and maintains the relationships on both ends, with him and with other buyers who have very different predilections. Second, and on
October 03, 2008Allan Colman, Ceo, The Closers Group: [email protected]A primer on ethically contacting clients after a lawyer has left his or her firm.
September 29, 2008Jeffrey P. AyresSomeone is stealing electronic data from you ' right now. A person your firm or company has trusted for years is doing things that are making you suspect he or she is stealing. You don't know how or with whom, but you know something is wrong. What do you do? Where do you turn? How do you find out for sure?
September 29, 2008Ken Stasiak And Dave KennedyMalpractice Claims/File-Sharing Software
Malpractice Claims/Statute of LimitationsSeptember 29, 2008Law.com StaffFor Peter Wiley, the Walt Disney Co.'s European head of legal, these are interesting times. His employer, one of the most iconic companies in the world, is engaged in a drive to expand internationally and take the House of Mouse into the digital age.
September 29, 2008Leigh Jackson
