Edwin B. Reeser wrote this piece for the ABA Journal. He’s a business lawyer in Pasadena and has served on the executive committees and as an office managing partner of firms ranging from 25 to more than 800 lawyers in size. The last decade, particularly the last five years during the Great Recession, have generated […]
Law Firms in the Great Recession: Are They Missing the Point? Read More »
Los Angeles, CA LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm Newswire Service September 05, 2013 [wp_ad_camp_3] Operators in the Law Firms industry range from sole practitioners to full-service legal firms serving mostly corporate clientele. The industry experienced declines in revenue-generating activities as a result of the recession. Several factors contributed to a drop in industry revenue in
US Industry Market Research Report Shows Decline in Revenues for Law Firms Read More »
The American Lawyer midlevel associate survey saw those associates at third-to-five years giving their firms the best composite scores the survey has seen in a decade. But the women are less than happy. While law jobs have declined and the profession has seen major challenges in the wake of the GFC, those who have retained
Mid-Level Associates Happier than Ever – Except the Ladies Read More »
LawFuel.com – Best Law Firm News & Marketing Service – The Skadden Fellowship Program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Launched to commemorate the firm’s 40th anniversary in 1988, the Program provides two-year fellowships to graduating law students and judicial clerks who are dedicating their careers to providing civil legal services to the poor. [wp_ad_camp_4]
Slaughter and May is a traditional, if highly successful law firm by any measure. But it is now looking to alter the way in which it provides career progression for its lawyers by shaking up the old ways of doing things. Slaughters recently introduced a merit-based aspect to the traditional lockstep promotion system for lawyers
Law firm management may not be exactly the fulcrum of innovation and entrepreneurism, but there are some managers who have nevertheless extended the reach and success of their brands, undertaking global expansion and embracing innovation. Law.com has looked at some of the innovators who have ‘reengineered the law firm’ and developed new ways to
NEW YORK, Aug. 6, 2013 — LawFuel.com – The Law Firm Marketing & Newswire — Legal-Bay LLC, The Lawsuit Settlement Funding Company, had a record 2nd quarter funding attorneys and law firms in need of capital to assist with case cost funding, expert witnesses, cash flow for payroll, marketing expenses, and general working capital. Legal-Bay has been
Attorney Funding Helps Small Law Firms’ Cash Flow & Retention of Large Cases Read More »
MANCHESTER, England, July 23, 2013 – LawFuel.com- The Best UK Law Firm Newswire Service The UK’s top 50 law firms spend over £3 million a year with public relations agencies – new research out today reveals. The research, carried out Legal News Service (LNS) also finds: Failing to inspire the confidence of the partners and
UK’S Top 50 Law Firms Spend Over £3 Million a Year With PR Agencies With Mixed Results Read More »
Women lawyers in the US account for only about 15 per cent of the total, according to the National Association of Women Lawyers – and for some firms it is well beneath that figure. Yet other firms are making strong progress in advancing women lawyers, such as Reed Smith, which employs 400 women lawyers worldwide
Women in Law – They Don’t Need to Commit “Career Suicide” Read More »
LawFuel.com – The Web’s Best Law Firm Newswire – Akin Gump is to restructure itself into an all-capital partner system in January 2014, following a reportedly intensive internal review of the global firm. The change will mean partners will be put on a multi-tier system that combines a combination of both guaranteed and variable remuneration
Akin Gump to Restructure Itself as All-Capital Partner System Read More »
