Features
RFPs ' What's Important in 2011?
In 2010, law firms received on average three times the number of RFPs than they received in 2007. This means much more work for high-level partners and law firm marketers.
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What Are Law Firms Doing to Develop The Next Generation?
It's a brand new year. What are law firms doing to develop the next generation of successful lawyers and rainmakers in 2011 and beyond?
Features
ACC Value Challenge
We have all heard about the ACC Value Challenge and much has been done to help in-house counsel close the gap between legal budgets and value received from law firms.
Features
Letter from the Editor
A Note from the new Editor-in-Chief of Marketing the Law Firm
Features
2010 Litigation Trends Survey
In the 2009 Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Litigation Trends Survey, 42% of U.S. corporate counsel reported they expected an increase in the volume of legal disputes over the coming 12 months. The 2010 survey has proved them right.
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Succession in Leadership
Many firms that were formed in the late 1960s through the early 1990s are now facing a transition from their founding leadership to a younger generation. There are many problems and benefits that will be associated with this transition. This article discusses the issues and the approaches that a firm may take to make the transition effective and efficient with minimal disruption.
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Unsound Management Lowers a Firm's Income
Too many lawyers in private practice are frustrated as they attempt to achieve both their personal and professional objectives due to the absence of sound management and administration of their firms.
Features
Pitfalls of State and Local Taxation
Most firms file their partnership income tax returns in their domiciliary state and maybe another state or two if they feel they enter the state enough to warrant filing. There are nonresident personal income tax filing requirements that come into play as well. Generally, that's the accepted state and local tax filing approach taken by many firms. Unfortunately, that's not the full spectrum of filings that must be considered in this new age of state and local taxation.
Attorney Marketing in 2011
ATTORNEY MARKETING IN 2011 - At the end of the year, it is vital to successful lawfirm marketing to review what's been working and those tactics which need reinforcing. We spend a day with our clients strategizing and brainstorming: 1. Increasing client retention 2. Enhancing relationship building 3. Growing business development talent 4. Looking at the success ratio of pitches and proposals 5. Evaluating community, business and NPO particiipation 6. Updating the competition and economic…
Attorney Marketing in 2011
ATTORNEY MARKETING IN 2011 - At the end of the year, it is vital to successful lawfirm marketing to review what's been working and those tactics which need reinforcing. We spend a day with our clients strategizing and brainstorming: 1. Increasing client retention 2. Enhancing relationship building 3. Growing business development talent 4. Looking at the success ratio of pitches and proposals 5. Evaluating community, business and NPO particiipation 6. Updating the competition and economic…
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