Without large budgets to spend on experimentation or failed solutions, these small and
midsize firm lawyers feel hamstrung and remain skeptical that they can find and implement cost - effective solutions that their attorneys will actually use.
Not exact matches
Gibbons is one of only 20 law
firms nationwide to be named to the National Law Journal's inaugural «
Midsize Hot List», which recognized
firms with fewer than 300
lawyers that have found innovative ways to position themselves and demonstrated creativity and success in recruiting and retaining top talent, developing practice areas, managing operations and generally navigating the economic downturn more effectively than did many larger
firms.
One proven method of managing and mentoring younger
lawyers that has worked well in many
midsize law
firms is to set up a system whereby the associates work closely with several partners and, at the same time, are under the control of a single supervising partner.
It also includes
midsize regional
firms with contacts at Fortune 500 companies, according to several
lawyers, general counsel, and law
firm consultants.
The guide predicts first - year associates at small law
firms and
lawyers with one to three years of professional experience at small - to -
midsize law
firms should see greater - than - average salary gains.
Managing Partners in a great many
midsize firms in particular, agree that the following internal trends, over which
lawyer management may exercise total or some control, will continue for the next several years.
Don't forget that most
lawyers practice in small and
midsize firms.
Even in small and
midsize firms, the complexities of modern practice require
lawyers to be skillful managers.
Data Privacy + Security Team
lawyer Richard M. Borden contributed to the article «A New Focus on Law
Firm Cybersecurity,» published in the
Midsize Law
Firms Blog of the Legal Executive Institute (LEI), a Thomson Reuters legal resource, on January 11, 2017.
Now, all these years later, with the majority of litigation rapidly shifting from large law
firms to
midsize law
firms, I'm again hearing questions about why
lawyers should be helping other
lawyers with litigation graphics and more.
A recent article in the February 2011 issue of the Chicago Lawyer, entitled
Midsize Firms Often Offer Outside - the - Box Practices, features Chicago
lawyers working in unique markets such as restaurants and luxury goods, and specializing in such areas as fire and explosion law.