Of all the challenges faced by lawyers today, pricing and what their services are worth and – more importantly – how to actually value them, is a key issue keeping some lawyers awake at night. And so things are changing. The Washington Post reports that Crowell & Moring for instance has a director of client […]
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Well, its a job someone has to do and it looks like New York lawyer Tom Mullaney scored the gig. Representing beautiful women is just par for the course for the attorney who has built a practice around representing some of the world’s most notable beauties in their diesputes – a story we came upon
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The problem or issue of the rain-making, king-hitting “gorilla” lawyer, the ones that are the big billers and big earners, is something that most firms value of necessity. But is that a correct standpoint. Legal consultant Tony Williams is a princpal of London-based Jomati Consultants and has worked internationally as a worldwide managing partner of
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Law firms are “late developers in talent management” according to Mary Cranston, former chair of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and successful class action litigator and company director. Interviewed by LawFuel publisher John Bowie, Mary Cranston has established herself as an innovative pioneer in terms of diversity employment practices, starting with her role as Pillsbury
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Pop-up shops are all the rage in some metropolitan areas, but having a pop-up law firm is quite another thing. However, a DC architecture practice, Gensler have created “the law firm of the future” as an exhibit at the Association of Legal Administrators annual conference and expo in Toronto this week, showing fesatures including open
By Shayna Balch is a partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP, handling employers in employment and labor litigation matters before federal and state courts as well as before administrative agencies. This article was published by the Phoenix Business Journal on May 13, 2014. What you do and say outside of your place of employment
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(March 15, 2013) LawFuel.com – – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, today announced that it has been named “Law Firm of the Year: Canada” by Chambers and Partners, one of the world’s leading publishers of legal directories and trade periodicals. This is the fourth time Blakes has
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MIDLAND, Texas, March 12, 2013 LawFuel.com — Burleson LLP, the largest law firm in the country devoted specifically to the oil and gas industry, announced today that attorney Pat Long Weaver has joined the firm’s Midland location. The addition further strengthens Burleson’s litigation capabilities and underscores its commitment to delivering the most seasoned, energy-specific legal
Page Brings Financial Institution and Real Estate Finance Experience (March 6, 2013, New York, NY) – Reed Smith LLP today announced that Jeffrey S. Page has joined the firm’s Financial Industry Group (FIG) in the New York office. Mr. Page was formerly a partner at Riemer & Braunstein LLP in New York. “Lending activity is
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Skadden Arps has shown itself to be the biggest law firm brand in the annual Acritas US law firm brand index, compiled from a survey of over 700 general counsel. The Skadden win was for the second straight year and was followed by Jones Day, Baker & McKenzie and Latham & Watkins It appears that
