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Compensating the Rising Star

James D. Cotterman

A young, dynamic partner is rapidly building a practice. She is active, visible, and well connected in the market. She aggressively pursues business opportunities. She is known for her keen intellect, is highly respected, and her work is first rate. Clients regularly comment on her ability to seamlessly blend pragmatic legal and business advice that advances their agendas in very positive ways. Other firms have periodically made runs at her beginning around her mid- to-senior associate years, but she began her career here and feels much attached to the firm.

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Closing in the RED ZONE - How Outside Counsel are Selected

Allan Colman, Managing Director, the Closers Group: [email protected]

What do inside counsel say about law firms? And are you one of the firms described as "dumb" or "spoiled" or "dull" or worse?

The RED ZONE - Selecting Outside Counsel Image

The RED ZONE - Selecting Outside Counsel

Allan Colman, the Closers Group

Buyers of legal services often hold attitudes unsuspected by law firms. These are often based upon needs which are unexployed by law firms. This article looks at the pressures GC's are under.

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<b>Online Exclusive:</b> Most GCs Not Licensed in Home State Image

<b>Online Exclusive:</b> Most GCs Not Licensed in Home State

Elizabeth Amon

Companies expect their general counsel to pay attention to all the little details, but some legal chiefs have fallen behind in keeping their own affairs in order. A survey by <i>The Corporate Counselor</i>'s ALM sibling magazine, <i>Corporate Counsel</i>, of the Fortune 250 found eight GCs who are not properly licensed in the state in which they work.

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The RED ZONE

Allan Colman, the Closers Group

Ever wonder how outside counsel is selected? Their decision making process is often complex, involving multiple concerns and pressures. Lawyers and marketing professionals need to identify what they are up against and how to improve the selection challenges. We will be focusing on these components for several weeks.

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Culture, Culture, And More Culture: A Recipe for Thriving Environments Image

Culture, Culture, And More Culture: A Recipe for Thriving Environments

Keith Halleland

Numerous adjectives are used to describe the average law firm today &mdash; good, bad, or otherwise. But somehow I don't ever hear 'vibrant' on the list. Why?

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Gaining Firm Acceptance of a Profitability Model: A Consultant's Point of View Image

Gaining Firm Acceptance of a Profitability Model: A Consultant's Point of View

Kris Satkunas

As law firms grow in size, and expand geographically and across practice areas, the use of firm-wide profitability tools has become a business necessity. But understanding the urgency to adopt or update a profitability model doesn't guarantee its successful implementation.

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Web Networks Reprogram Law Firm Marketing Image

Web Networks Reprogram Law Firm Marketing

Philippa Maister

Experts see social networks as the next wave of business opportunities to come from the Web ' opportunities that are being exploited by small startups and companies as large as The Coca-Cola Co.

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<i>Technology in Marketing</i>: What Law Firms Can Learn from How the Swiss Sell Cheese

Joshua Fruchter

Law firms don't sell cheese or perfume ' they sell expertise. So how does one provide prospective clients with a 'taste' or 'spray' of something so intangible? The same question could be asked concerning existing clients. Given the marketing axiom that it is more cost-effective to generate additional business from existing clients than to sign up new accounts, how does a firm cross-sell other areas of expertise to existing clients whose exposure to the firm has been limited thus far to a single practice area?

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'Attorney Man' Teaches Truth, Justice and the Marketing Way

Jennifer Wand

A new comic gives marketing tips in a humorous format.

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