How
many practice group leaders, for example, view their primary role as making every member of their group as good and successful as they can be?
To encourage partners to become mentors and sponsors, the brochure concludes that
practice group leaders need to be held accountable for ensuring that work is distributed in an equitable and unbiased way.
Because department chairs and
practice group leaders read the evaluations and consider them when deciding partner compensation, partners know their answers are important.
I had previously held the role of State
Practice Group Leader of the Civil Liability team in Victoria and also lead the Superannuation & Disability Insurance national practice.
Geraint moved from a London firm to join Howes Percival in 1996, since then he has helped to develop a large and experienced litigation team in the East Midlands, before becoming the litigation
practice group leader for the firm on 1 May 2012.
She collaborates with the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and firmwide affinity groups and works closely
with practice group leaders, partners, and other key stakeholders to provide direction to diversity - related efforts.
«Barbara's tireless energy and commitment to serving the legal community make her a fantastic lawyer and advocate for our clients,» said Andrew H. Cox, Product Liability
Litigation practice group leader.
Partner and Government Investigations & White Collar Defense
practice group leader Dave Vicinanzo authored this column about the «Yates Memorandum» that revises the Department of Justice's policy that targets individual employees and executives in investigations, prosecutions and resolutions of corporate wrongdoing.
Leadership often falls to the lawyer with either the largest book of business or the strongest reputation — but the actual position of
Practice Group Leader doesn't normally confer much real power on a partner who didn't already possess it.
Government Investigations & White Collar
Defense practice group leader Dave Vicinanzo, partner Mark Molloy and associate Emily Crandall Harlan authored this column on curtailing an aggressive loss theory that held defendants to more than the government's loss in some fraud cases.
* Erik P. Doerring is a shareholder and the
Tax Practice Group Leader in the Columbia, South Carolina office of McNair Law Firm, P.A..
To provide a meaningful response, I went back through a decade worth of notes from
training practice group leaders, scrutinized the results from the psychometric data that I have had over 50 new managing partners complete as part of the First 100 Days Program, and reflected upon what I'd observed in working with hundreds of law firms over a couple of decades.
Daniel O'Keefe is Co-Managing Partner of the Orlando office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member and a
former Practice Group Leader of the firm's Real Estate Practice Group.
Twice a year I have the privilege of conducting a one - day master class for
new practice group leaders, usually held at the University of Chicago and hosted by the Ark Group.
She is managing partner of the firm's DC office,
deputy practice group leader of the firmwide labor and employment practice and chair of the systematic employment litigation practice.
Leading Practice Groups in a Time of Great Change is a new workshop designed to
give Practice Group Leaders the skills and understanding they need to effectively lead their groups to higher levels of performance and success in a world of increasing change and uncertainty.
After that, most firms will start to look at who might have some «leadership» or «management» talent, and maybe appoint them to
Practice Group Leader roles, or to a committee, or some other place where they might develop some management experience.
Entitled,
Practice Group Leader Position Responsibilities, this document covered EVERYTHING — from developing an annual budget to approving marketing expenditures and signing - off on quarterly WIP reports; from coordinating file distribution to workload management; and from circulating draft agendas in advance of meetings to coordinating the performance reviews of students and associates.
Practice Group Leadership — A
good practice group leader can drive new business to the firm, increase profitability, develop lasting client relationships and bring coherence and purpose to a diverse team of lawyers.
Thanks to some fine internal quarterbacking by Jeffrey Vicq, the firm had an ample number of Partners involved, including a
few practice group leaders, and a nice representation of practice areas.
Associates spoke on panels, elder statesmen talked about law practice in the early days,
practice group leaders presented their business plans, and a member of the Executive Committee gave a state - of - the - firm financial report.
Just 49 per cent of managing partners gave their practice groups a «very good» or «excellent» performance rating,
while practice group leaders got the higher ratings from 52 per cent of managing partners.
And, on that note, I would respectfully delete any reference to «Financial Management» for two reasons: I believe that these activities
lead practice group leaders into unconsciously behaving like policeman rather than coaches; and I think that much of this should be in the job description of the office managing partner or executive director.
Julia Holden - Davis is also a director of Globalaw and the construction and government contracts
attorney practice group leader for Gunster, a United States law firm with a primary focus on Florida business.
Additionally, Jules Brenner,
energy practice group leader for Strasburger & Price LLP, indicated that, «middle - market M&A, especially acquisitions and divestitures, have been extremely slow.»
«Sutherland is committed to being at the forefront among legal advisers in the post-Dodd-Frank derivatives regulatory regime,» said Energy and
Environmental Practice Group Leader Herbert J. Short, Jr. «With David and Michael on board, Sutherland has extensive depth and breadth in the newly regulated swaps markets.»
Takes ~ 10 to 20 hours of additional partner hours to manage fallout (10 to 20 hours x $ 600 + billable rate
x practice group leader, supervising partner, evaluation committee chair, employment lawyer) = priceless
This article includes Rochester labor and employment partner and
practice group leader Eric Paley as one of blockchain annuity startup Auctus» newest board members, in a move to enhance its financial services expertise.
Tune in once a month to Spanish - speaking radio station La Movida (1480 AM in Madison, WI) as bilingual Immigration Attorney and
Practice Group Leader Glorily A. López takes calls, texts, and Facebook Live...
Fredrikson & Byron Minneapolis, MN «There's an expectation that women will be successful here,» says Leigh - Erin Irons, co-chair of the associate hiring committee at this firm, where 43 % of
current practice group leaders are female.
Godfrey & Kahn Milwaukee, WI Lawyers here can flex and reduce their hours or telecommute; at regular intervals, they speak with advisors and
practice group leaders about how these arrangements are working.