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Australian Law Firm Survey Shows Firms Shed ‘Worker Bees’

A review of Australian law firms found that 250 ‘worker bees’ were lost during the pandemic with the largest law firms losing over 2 per cent of their non-partner fee earners. The Australian Financial Review Law Partnership Survey found that the cuts followed the reduction of lawyers’ pay and pay freezes. Norton Rose Fulbright reportedly […]

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Growing Law Firm Tompkins Wake Uses ‘Lowndes Factor’ To Join Global Network

growing law firm Tompkins Wake

The merger of Lowndes & Co and Tompkins Wake has seen the growing law firm join the global Multilaw Group, which comprises 10,000 lawyers across 100 countries. Former Lowndes & Co principal Mark Lowndes has chaired Multilaw for a two-year term that terminated in 2013. He merged his firm with Tompkins Wake in September this

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The Criminal Lawyer-Turned-Author

Reina Vaai author

LawFuel’s recent article on alternative careers for those with legal qualifications saw huge interest – which might say something about the current law job market – but a recent article in Tagata Pacifika took a look at criminal lawyer-turned-childrens’ author Rein Vaai, who has published a series of books designed to encourage children to think

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Law Firm Bonus News: The Cravaths Bonuses Arrive At A Time of COVID ‘Thank You’ Bonuses

The gold standard for law firm bonuses is generally whatever Cravaths decides to do and now, once again, they’ve delivered in a COVID-ravaged legal sector even though a number of Big Law firms have been showing the way. Cravaths’ bonus list has not been earth-shattering, but very nice all the same. Cravath, Swaine & Moore

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The Power-Lifting, In-House Lawyer Who Dismisses a Harvey Specter Comparison & Rises To CEO

Patrick Gamble CEO Perpetual Trust Company

It was not difficult for in-house lawyer Patrick Gamble to shrug off a comparison made by a magazine article that the up-and-coming young legal operator was something of a Harvey Spector (pictured below) because of his sharp mind and sharp dressing. The proficient sportsman, who became a New Zealand Power Lifting champion in 2015 and

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The Splendour & Sustainability of Chapman Tripp – Who Said The Law Office Was Dead?

Chapman Tripp offices LawFuel

Chapman Tripp’s new digs in the Commercial Bay development spare little expense, as befits one of the country’s leading law firms who have made 2020 a year to remember (pandemic excepted). The firm, which undertook a mid-year ‘brand refresh’ will undoubtedly be establishing in tangible fashion far more than prestige, class and an appropriate level

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Russell McVeagh Works with EQC On New Natural Disaster Approach

Russell McVeagh has been working alongside the Earthquake Commission (EQC) on a project that will see EQC work in partnership with private insurers to improve customer experience and support New Zealanders through natural disasters in future. Announced last week, the partnership and new model will provide an improved, more collaborative approach to assist Kiwis claim for damages

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The Stealthy Tactic To Choose The Right SEO Keywords That is Guaranteed To Boost Your Law Firm SEO In The Next 30 Days

. . and yet hardly anyone is doing it How do you choose the right keywords for SEO as a law firm marketer? Okay, we’ve got your attention on this, but what should you be doing here that really works and which very few – if any – law firms and others using online marketing

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