Sentences with phrase «interesting law firm management»

He had amazing stories to tell about interesting law firm management and operational issues — and the appropriate solutions to them.

Not exact matches

This includes cash from individual givers like Catsimatidis and D'Amato, from political action committees like the Teamsters» DRIVE Committee and the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Zuffa PAC, from real estate interests like Lemor Development Group and WG & Associates Management and Development, from law firms like Harter Secrest & Emery and Donaldson & Chilliest, and from the campaign accounts of fellow pols like Brooklyn State Senator Kevin Parker and New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne.

Obviously, I had no interest in speaking with American firms about American law for a Canadian publication, but I was always interested in U.S. firms that were doing something interesting on the practice management or business - model side, because these are universal issues for lawyers.

Despite this correlation, law firms in the United States generally have shown little interest in adopting formal knowledge management initiatives as part of their overall management strategies.

· Such technology is unlikely to get the buy - in and vote of top management / equity partners, due to the usual problems surrounding corporate governance of law firms and self - interest of those that hold the power and equity points (the partnership agreement), ergo;

Interesting case study on how niche human rights and personal injury law firm Leigh Day is using Linetime Liberate software, including workflow and matter management plus BI business intelligence reporting.

The Conflicts Essentials program is led by senior risk management consultants with decades of Am Law experience and available as an on - site service to law firms interested in reducing conflict - related risLaw experience and available as an on - site service to law firms interested in reducing conflict - related rislaw firms interested in reducing conflict - related risks.

This approach is particularly helpful at the law firm level, where risk management can sometimes be seen to be contrary to the perceived self - interest of individual lawyers... [more]

Yet firms spend thousands of hours and dollars seeking the Holy Grail for law firm management: equilibrium between «work - life balance» and business interests.

Ron Friedmann raises some interesting questions on baking knowledge management into law firm process.

Posts cover business law, legal practice management, big deals, suits and real estate in Canada, and other legal news of interest to Canadian business law lawyers, both in - house and at firms.

Gerry takes the issue from one of deposition training and makes an interesting observation about how the skill sets lawyers rely on to succeed in their profession really hurt the management of the business of the law firm.

Anyone interested in the future of legal services or in the management of a law firm should grab a copy of Lord Hunt's Review of the Regulation of Legal Services.

Next month in San Francisco, the College of Law Practice Management will meet to consider some interesting empirical studies on why law firms — especially in North America — seem so slow to innovaLaw Practice Management will meet to consider some interesting empirical studies on why law firms — especially in North America — seem so slow to innovalaw firms — especially in North America — seem so slow to innovate.

Because we're so interested in learning more about lawyers» goals and challenges when it comes to running their law firms, we're always looking for new opportunities to understand the law practice management challenges lawyers face.

Bacal's 325 - page tome provides interesting insight into the birth and demise of a national law firm, and it should be mandatory reading for anyone who aspires to be part of law firm management or works in Big Llaw firm, and it should be mandatory reading for anyone who aspires to be part of law firm management or works in Big Llaw firm management or works in Big LawLaw.

Ron observes that with trends in US law firms away from structured knowledge management, Canada may offer more interesting developments than south of the border.

This approach is particularly helpful at the law firm level, where risk management can sometimes be seen to be contrary to the perceived self - interest of individual lawyers in the firm.

The Law Practice Divisions Solo and Small Firm Interest Group is hosting Time Management for the Small Firm Lawyer: How to Manage Work and Live Stress Free on Thursday, March 19.

Already in use by the world's largest law firm, Doxly's secure legal transaction management system brings control and transparency to complicated legal workflows by combining centralized checklists, collaboration tools and task management options to help align attorney and client interests.

In addition to my advocacy practice, I provide legal opinions and practical advice to lawyers and law firms on their professional obligations, including confidentiality issues, law practice management, and conflicts of interest.

In our work with people who are actively tackling project management responsibilities in law firms, several have expressed an interest in organizing a roundtable where legal project management professionals can meet, share ideas and best practices, continue their own professional development and enhance the visibility and functioning of these roles.

An interesting, but not surprising, statistic brought out in the book was that only 12 % of senior law firm management believe that technology contributes to their law firms revenue growth.

While a significant part of his practice is dedicated to defending lawyers, financial advisors and insurance producers against malpractice claims, he also devotes considerable time advising lawyers and law firms on their ethical obligations and risk management tools, acting as outside general counsel to several of Chicago's many condominium associations, and representing the interests of family members and shareholders in disputes that arise within closely - held corporations... read full bio.

While a significant part of his practice is dedicated to defending lawyers, financial advisors and insurance producers against malpractice claims, he also devotes considerable time advising lawyers and law firms on their ethical obligations and risk management tools, acting as outside general counsel to several of Chicago's many condominium associations, and representing the interests of family members and shareholders in disputes that arise within closely - held corporations.

Dave is also interested in the systemization of practice management, and is co-author with Larry Port of the upcoming book, The Lean Law Firm, to be published by the American Bar Association in early 2018.

This annual event brings together some of the best offerings of the Practice Management Advisory Service and provides D.C. Bar members the unique opportunity to attend a full day of free seminars covering a wide range of topics that are of particular interest to law firm owners and managers but that are relevant to the entire legal community.

Corporate lawyers expressed no interest in legal project management, online client services and depth and breadth of experience that law firms use to distinguish themselves.

Some interesting ideas here — sounds like it is related to the knowledge management with which law firms would be more familiar.

This is the first Canadian event of its kind and the fact that the conference is organized by the Canadian Bar Association and has both law firm and in - house counsel speakers suggests that the idea of applying project management principles to legal services has broad support and interest across the profession.

In an attempt to continue to spark interest in the legal sector in the field of risk management (and in recognition of recent shakeups such as the failure of a significant national law firm), I thought it was time to revisit the topic of risk management for law firms and set out some examples of practical steps that law firms can take in regards to risk.

A quick introduction for those of you who don't know about CLOC: CLOC is the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium — a volunteer - driven group made up of legal ops professionals (both lawyers and professional staff) who carry the full - time and multidisciplinary responsibilities of law practice management in legal departments; there's also a robust group of interested parties that orbit around the CLOC membership community — ALSPs (alternative legal service providers) and law firms, consultants, legal tech innovators, and managed service companies; the collective group that many CLOC - ers, led by co-founder Connie Brenton, refer to as their partnering «ecosystem.»

I discovered an interesting graph in a survey done on Law Firm Knowledge Management Priorities.

Vacate Your Office,» The article focused on the issue of mandatory retirement for law firm partners (including stripping them of their equity interests or management roles), and it featured the tale of antitrust lawyer A. Paul Victor, who was forced to leave Weil, Gotshal & Manges at the age of 68 (but recovered smoothly by moving to Dewey Ballantine).

Of particular interest to legal marketers is the new «UK 200: Financial Management» survey, which details the number of marketers at law firms, and ratios of lawyers to marketers — always a source of discussion in the community.

It's these last actions (announced in January) that are particularly interesting in how they expand BigHand's workflow capabilities to reach a broader array of law firm operations beyond the dictation process management process that has made up their core focus.

Investigations and Law Enforcement — Selected Duties & Responsibilities Build and implement investigations programs and security solutions to enable effective organizational administration, threat detection / elimination, conflict / issue resolution, and other critical discovery functions Utilize various technical applications, including cameras, A / V equipment, transmitters, recorders, and bugs, to generate valuable information and isolate parties responsible for criminal and civil malfeasance Create issue and security reports to enable development of new policies and procedures aimed at preventing further wrongdoing and protect valuable resources team Integrate investigative principles into corporate strategic mission, ensuring management and program accountability, proactive prevention of discrimination, case efficiency, and legal analysis Perform security and crime analyses of firm infrastructure against related compliance requirements as well as on - going vulnerability assessments to continuously mitigate risk Develop investigatory standard documents to serve as guide and rules resources to promote fair and legal probes Supervise related departmental staff, including performance plan development and assessment, technical oversight, personnel recruitment and training, staff discipline, and other pertinent functions Work as a member of the corporate incident response team in the execution of all related tasks, including incident response plan development, damage minimization, resource restoration, and firm integrity protection Communicate all issues and user feedback to members of management, law enforcement professionals, and other interested parties, generating situational reports and follow - up recommendations based on investigatory results Maintain a strong working knowledge of all software, hardware, applications, techniques, trends and other critical tools which aid in effective investigation React quickly based upon limited and confidential information, drawing upon extensive police and military experience in tense, complicated situations Collaborate in the preparation of necessary legal documents, including search and arrest warrants Assist management with various other duties as assigLaw Enforcement — Selected Duties & Responsibilities Build and implement investigations programs and security solutions to enable effective organizational administration, threat detection / elimination, conflict / issue resolution, and other critical discovery functions Utilize various technical applications, including cameras, A / V equipment, transmitters, recorders, and bugs, to generate valuable information and isolate parties responsible for criminal and civil malfeasance Create issue and security reports to enable development of new policies and procedures aimed at preventing further wrongdoing and protect valuable resources team Integrate investigative principles into corporate strategic mission, ensuring management and program accountability, proactive prevention of discrimination, case efficiency, and legal analysis Perform security and crime analyses of firm infrastructure against related compliance requirements as well as on - going vulnerability assessments to continuously mitigate risk Develop investigatory standard documents to serve as guide and rules resources to promote fair and legal probes Supervise related departmental staff, including performance plan development and assessment, technical oversight, personnel recruitment and training, staff discipline, and other pertinent functions Work as a member of the corporate incident response team in the execution of all related tasks, including incident response plan development, damage minimization, resource restoration, and firm integrity protection Communicate all issues and user feedback to members of management, law enforcement professionals, and other interested parties, generating situational reports and follow - up recommendations based on investigatory results Maintain a strong working knowledge of all software, hardware, applications, techniques, trends and other critical tools which aid in effective investigation React quickly based upon limited and confidential information, drawing upon extensive police and military experience in tense, complicated situations Collaborate in the preparation of necessary legal documents, including search and arrest warrants Assist management with various other duties as assiglaw enforcement professionals, and other interested parties, generating situational reports and follow - up recommendations based on investigatory results Maintain a strong working knowledge of all software, hardware, applications, techniques, trends and other critical tools which aid in effective investigation React quickly based upon limited and confidential information, drawing upon extensive police and military experience in tense, complicated situations Collaborate in the preparation of necessary legal documents, including search and arrest warrants Assist management with various other duties as assigned