Well, this is how law firm leaders should manage. Well, except for the "young person's game" comment: "James Fotenos knows he is playing a young people's game. "All the leaders at Greene Radovsky Maloney & Share are -- but the firm's founders and senior partners are well into their 50s and 60s. Though they say they have no intention of slowing down any time soon, they have...
Well, this is an unusual pairing! "Minneapolis attorney William Mauzy, one of the best-known criminal lawyers in Minnesota, has joined the high-profile law firm of Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi to bolster its white-collar defense practice. "Mauzy joins former U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones and government antitrust attorney Christopher Madel to focus on corporate crime, securities and...
More law firm merger news, this time in Philadelphia: "Pittsburgh-based Thorp Reed & Armstrong is in merger talks with Cincinnati's largest law firm, 280-attorney Dinsmore & Shohl. "While the talks have yet to produce even a letter of intent, Dinsmore & Shohl managing partner Clifford A. Roe said both firms are general service firms and a good fit for a merger. "'We're...
A good article found & submitted to The Estrin Report by Celia C. Elwell, RP: "Lawyers at small firms, especially solo practitioners, have resisted adopting practice/case management (CMS) software -- even though there's no doubt that it can help firms deliver faster, better and cheaper services to their clients. "The latest American Bar Association Technology Resource Center survey...
Well, I'd never heard of law firm help desks before, but it makes sense: "Keno Kozie Associates completed the design and implementation of the Gloor Law Group's entire IT infrastructure when the firm announced its formation in early 2006. The new environment includes Interwoven WorkSite document management, Summation iBlaze litigation support and Juris legal accounting as well as other law...
More bad news, also potentially bad for other people associated with the firm: "Last month, 110-lawyer Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro saw its managing partner, Terry Christensen, indicted on conspiracy and wiretap charges. "Christensen has pleaded not guilty. But the firm is in for a rough patch. And recruiters across Los Angeles say the charges hanging...
Hmm, more “paraprofessional” openings in SF? Read “we’re opening a new office” news from The Recorder: “After spending nearly a century tucked contentedly away on the East Coast, Boston's Goodwin Procter is following some of its rivals out to the Wild West. “The full-service firm has confirmed plans to open an office in San Francisco as early as this summer as part of its ongoing...
Want to let some of our readers know their firm might be acquired.... “New York-based Kelley, Drye & Warren is in advanced merger talks with the 82-lawyer D.C. firm Collier Shannon Scott, both firms confirmed Tuesday. “The firms have yet to sign a letter of intent, but both partnerships are expected to make a decision in the coming weeks, says Brad Mutschelknaus, managing partner of...
No kidding! "According to financial data provided to The Legal Intelligencer, Reed Smith saw a 21 percent increase in profits per partner in 2005, jumping from $662,000 in 2004 to $800,000 last year. "The firm said its revenue for 2005 was $563 million, a 12 percent increase over the $504 million in revenue in 2004. "Firm chairman Gregory B. Jordan attributed the improving...
We've discussed this topic before so it's quite surprising that so few employers have published policies on blogging! "Weblogs are booming, but the latest survey conducted by the Employment Law Alliance, a large network of employment and labor lawyers, is reporting that only about 15% of employers have specific policies addressing work-related blogging."It is estimated that as many as...