Managing partners and members of executive committees in the
more financially and professionally successful law firms that are organized into
substantive departments and / or practice groups for the delivery of legal services strongly support the concept of having practice leaders assume a major role in their firm's efforts to: (1) increase the productivity levels of all timekeepers within their practices, (2) increase the economic
contribution of their practices to the firm and (3) assume primary responsibility for communications to and from members of their practices about firm economics, priorities and business issues, as well as practice growth and client development initiatives.