According to The Wall Street Journal, "Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, on Friday said that 45 partners have been asked to leave or accept other positions there as part of a restructuring".
According to thier own web site, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is among the largest law practices in the world, with
Does law firm success equal commitments + uncertainties + calibrated focus? (I didn’t say the formula would be simple.)
I hope top blogger Guy Kawasaki will not mind my using his entire question #7 from his post today featuring Michael Raynor, author of The Strategy Paradox.
Please take a moment to read it in its
Seth Godin explains this distinction simply with a post well worth reading: "The difference between strategy and tactics".
Punchline: My experience working with law firm leaders is that many are quickly seduced by discussions about tactics. Perhaps they are more familiar with tactics than strategy or simply enjoy debating tactics. The great firms
Lovells has more than 1600 lawyers in 26 offices worldwide and according to RollOnFriday "the firm has signed a deal with Cass Business School and from next month, lawyers who’ve been at the firm for around two years will take a two year business foundation course in the evenings. Once this is completed, they’ll spend
As a Managing Partner (or other member of the senior management of your firm), it is extremely important that you look beyond the incestuous offerings from inside the legal profession. Internal thinking sometimes has us gazing at our own navels. If you want a glimpse of the outside world but in a way that is
So, how many stars does your firm have?
Not sure?
You had better pay a visit to my friend and colleague Robert Millard at The Adventure of Strategy, and in particular, his post: Banks Use Star Rating to Force Law Firms to Compete
My view: The future does not care whether you like it or
Seth Godin’s blog post on Receptionists is 100% correct. When I was a managing partner, my firm required a receptionist for our largest office. I personally reviewed 215 applications myself and created my "A list", about 42 applicants, whom I invited for interviews late one afternoon. I asked 6 of my partners to help
Yesterday my wife, Bethany, and I visited the wisdom of Bruce Marcus (and his brilliant wife, Mana) at their lovely Connecticut home – those bricks you see behind us are the Marcus fireplace so I guess you could describe it as a "fireside chat". (He is the author of no less than 15 books, including
“Law Seven” and conclusion from my article: “The Seven Immutable Laws of Change Management 7)Turn a spotlight on your initiative and leave it on Many firms have fabulous meetings, sometimes in retreat venues where everyone participates in the creation of the master plan that will make the firm the “be all and end all”. All
“Law Six” from my article: “The Seven Immutable Laws of Change Management 6)Tell the world Do you know why betrothed people say their vows in front of friends and family to cement their commitment. It is the same reason a banker friend told me the bank does television commercials: “not just for our customers
