PR Newsire (United Business Media) announced the top 20 Corporate Law Firms in America ranked by Directors and General Counsel:
The top 20 national corporate law firms for 2005, according to the
directors surveyed by Corporate Board Member (with their 2004 ranking in
parentheses), are:
1. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York (1)
I believe this is the most important story in the legal profession in your lifetime, even if you are a centenarian. It redefines the debate as to whether law is a profession or a business. According to today’s Financial Times UK edition,
“One in 10 of the 100 biggest law firms have indicated they
A HUGE thank you to Tom Peters for reviewing my upcoming book, The Successful Lawyer: Powerful Strategies for Transforming Your Practice and providing a commentary that will appear on the back cover. Candidly, my thank you was going to be strictly private but he generously mentioned my book in his June 9th post entitled Fall
Dan Mitchell of The New York Times is referencing the blogosphere in his new column, What’s Online. If The New York Times is not the establishment, who is. Yes, they have had their hiccups along the way, but the blogosphere finding regular representation in The New York Times is HUGE not only because it
At Edge International, we are very proud of our Innovaction Awards that we produce in concert with The College of Law Practice Management. 
A HUGE thank you to Prism Legal Consulting for their reminder of the approaching deadline (June 14) Awards (by firm size) will be presented in four categories: Client Service Virtuosos
Bashing lawyers is a popular pastime that I find as disgusting as any other form of bigotry. Almost all lawyers practice with courage and professionalism every day. So it is with pleasure that I pass on to you an account of the integrity and political bravery of a particular lawyer, and second US president, John
This isn’t entirely a joke. Some Managing Partners may think their appointment was divinely inspired but almost all report that their partners neither show an appropriate level of respect nor comply with many of their requests.
Well Managing Partners, you may not be alone. According to his religion, the election of the late Pope was
I am often asked if I can train practice group leaders or industry group leaders or department chairs to properly manage their respective charges. Often, these people are entirely unmanaged because the Managing Partner thinks that their supervision consists entirely of appointing them.
So, my questions for Managing Partners include:
Are you managing your managers?
Yes, police can pepper spray you… because what they do to the least of us , they do to all of us… I hope you feel a little uncomfortable – we all should… Want to see what I am talking about? Look at this: A rough ride
He showed them the receipt! It is sickening…
Andersen was the best of the best – training, growth, strategy – they were the role model – and then the scapegoat hunt happened in that great country with the best constitution in the world… that country that threw tea in the harbor… the country where people are innocent until proven guilty… that country stepped
