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Biglaw Meltdown: 100+ Lawyers Depart from Lewis Brisbois to Form New Firm

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, a major law firm, has experienced a significant walkout of at least 100 lawyers who have announced their intention to join a new firm called Barber Ranen. According to John Barber, the former chair of Lewis Brisbois’ employment practice, as many as 140 lawyers could eventually leave the firm to …

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Law Firm Mergers Set To Rise After The 2020 Pandemic Drop

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Law firm mergers are set to dramatically increase in 2021 after the pandemic, with some predictions indicating a four-fold increase in mergers is coming. A report from Altman Weil makes the prediction, showing mergers began a rebound in the first quarter of 2021 with 26 transactions which would break the number of mergers last year …

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Is David Boies Looking At Stemming The Tide of Departures?

The departures from leading legal boutique Boies Schiller Flexner have been significant, after more than 60 partners departed in recent times, including the co-managing partner Nicholas Gravante and the litigators Karen Dunn and Bill Isaacson. LawFuel has previously reported on the troubled firm and its partner departures. Bloomberg Law reports that name partner David Boies …

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Who Said 2020 Was Bad For Lawyers? World’s Highest Grossing Law Firm Set To Surge to $5bn on

The world’s highest-grossing law firm, Power Law firm Kirkland & Ellis, is on track to post record annual revenue of ~$5 billion for the 12 months ending in January, according to the Financial Times. Despite a sagging global economy, Kirkland & Ellis has surged with growth in its three main areas of operation —private equity, restructuring, and …

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Law Firm Branding

Baker + McKenzie Widens Branding Lead on Competitors Baker McKenzie has been named number one legal brand in the Asia Pacific region for the third consecutive year, according to the Acritas Asia Pacific Brand Index 2019.   The Firm has also grown their lead at the top of the table significantly. Awareness and favourability growth …

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While We Await Russell McVeagh’s Next Statement, Let’s Consider The WTF Jerk Lawyer Issue

From a special LawFuel contributor, a senior female lawyer. What is it about people with initials and delusions of grandeur. Some were blessed with grandeur – think of the presidential offenders,  JFK WJC or OBJ, before we even get to Trump and those with TWO initials (did I mention OJ?).  But others were lesser mortals …

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5 Reasons Why Law Firm Practice Management Processes Don’t Work

Managing law firms in an increasingly challenging, complex and competitive legal marketplace presents many potential obstacles.  LawVision principle Susan R Lambreth wrote this piece on how to fix issues relating to law firm practice managemnt structures. I recently got a call from a firm that wanted to talk about changing their practice management structure.  They …

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