So I would go through my Rolodex of
lawyers at different firms.
Not exact matches
I remember receiving a fine article last fall written by
lawyers at four
different firms worldwide about surviving the recession.
Now before you get all «cray cray,» we all know working as a
lawyer in a law
firm, is vastly
different from working
at a McDonalds or a tech start - up.
So you and I met the last guest I had too, we met
at Ernest Benson's small
firm boot camp and we started talking, and I always really appreciate these very nuanced conferences because any
lawyer that shows up
at these really sort of boutique conferences have a
different mindset about the way they approach their practice and the things that they're going to learn and the things that they're interested in.
With recent small -
firm victories
at the Supreme Court, looks like Biglaw will have to look for a
different approach other than criticizing solo
lawyers» competence to attract Supreme Court cases.
This column takes a slightly
different path from our banter
at that meeting but, in essence, rests on one of the same themes: the role of research
lawyers in
firms today.
I think that because I'm speaking with
lawyers, and
at the library, training them on
different substantive areas of law, but also helping them through their sort of practice management issues too, having that experience of running a
firm and knowing what it's like for them is obviously necessary.
While he articled
at a large law
firm he realized he wanted to do something very
different from the typical path of a corporate
lawyer.
Lawyers should get to know their individual competitors
at different firms who write regularly on the same topics they do.
But I still think a law
firm that wanted to really focus time and resources on this area could drop out of the matching program and set up a «Talent Bureau» for promising law students that looked
at different and more accurate criteria for future
lawyers.
While each
firm and
lawyer will have
different specific issues that they should be addressing
at this time of year, below is a list of six basic steps that any
lawyer can take to develop a sense of a fresh start this spring.
Although I generally hate
lawyers, the attorneys
at the Watkins
Firm are
different.
Market shifts over the last fifteen years have created a much
different career path for many
lawyers who might otherwise have had a traditional, stable existence
at a law
firm with an 8 to 10 - year partner track.
The student is given the opportunity to work with
lawyers in a variety of
different practice areas while,
at the same time, the
firm has the opportunity to assist the student in developing the skills that are necessary in becoming a good
lawyer and a valuable addition to the
firm.
Ruden's bankruptcy
lawyer, Paul Singerman of Miami - based Berger Singerman, said in court this week that
at various times ten
different firms had been in talks to acquire Ruden.
At breakfast on Thursday, I spoke with a few lawyers at small firms who were discussing the pros and cons of different apps, what they'd tested out, what had failed for them, and what they were now recommending to their colleague
At breakfast on Thursday, I spoke with a few
lawyers at small firms who were discussing the pros and cons of different apps, what they'd tested out, what had failed for them, and what they were now recommending to their colleague
at small
firms who were discussing the pros and cons of
different apps, what they'd tested out, what had failed for them, and what they were now recommending to their colleagues.
What makes the Ottawa
Lawyers at Delaney's Law
Firm different?
By getting information and discussing your particular case with professionals
at different firms, you can make a better informed decision about which
lawyer you would like to handle your case.
The
lawyers at Delaney's Law
Firm are no
different.
In fact, I had been
at three
different Am Law 200
firms, and most recently was with a 240 -
lawyer firm based here in St. Louis.
Looking
at a
lawyer's website will also give you a good idea of what type of law
firm they practice in (e.g., is it a small or large
firm, does the
firm only specialize in one area of the law or do they have
different attorneys working on
different topics).
And all of those things allowed us to have a margin that was comparable to the margins of traditional law, but
at the same time,
at half the price of what our
lawyers would be charging if they were operating under a
different and more traditional law
firm structure.
Put the name of every
lawyer 65 and older in a
different colour on your chart: they are high risk — great to have
at the
firm, but there's a chance they'll either want to retire, or may suffer a health issue.
I was with two
different law
firms, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and got no result until I was referred to the outstanding
lawyers at KBK.
When
firms like these work together, an international
lawyer says, «you're looking
at a very
different business model and a very
different cost basis.»