While rainmaking is probably one of many good reasons an individual is moved into an Office Managing Partner leadership role, the more distance from the day-to-day requirements for rainmaking, the more inevitable is the erosion of those skills.
While the resume remains a critically important document ' one that in most instances is hard to do without ' the art form of presenting oneself continues to evolve.
The following information and recommendations come directly from clients ' the consumers of your legal services.
Done right, creating activity reports can be more than a regurgitation of effort and achievement ' they can be crucial tools to identify trends and business opportunities ...
The information generated by web analytics is a valuable tool to help lawyers and law firms plan ' and continuously improve ' their content and their online content distribution campaigns.
To critics, natural gas may be associated with potential environmental hazards, which has predictably spawned a growing trend of litigation and regulatory scrutiny around the country.
In the author's words, "There appears to be an almost universal disregard to posing a proper question."
The age of ESI changed everything in terms of how quickly and easily documents are created and then stored. As a consequence, every corporate defendant in a product liability case today can expect to spend thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars producing documents in discovery.
Law firms are trying to shift from survival tactics to the "New Normal" by addressing, not only the challenges they face, but also the changes they may have to make. However, there are few precedents for addressing many of the concerns.
Not doing something how others expect it to be done or not getting the result others anticipate or assume will be had can give rise to resentment, loss of trust, and ruined client relationships.
