by Bruce | February 4, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Leadership, M&A, Marketing, Partnership Structures, Strategy
Roughly speaking, there are two theories of history: That people shape events, or that events shape people. As a confirmed subscriber to the former theory, this American Lawyer profile of Bingham-McCutchen’s chair, Jay Zimmerman, tells the tale to me of...
by Bruce | February 3, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategy
One of the most promising and optimistic pieces I’ve read in awhile comes courtesy of John Smock, co-founder of Smock Sterling Strategic Management Consultants outside Chicago. Essentially a look-back at his twenty years of experience being a strategic...
by Bruce | January 31, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Partnership Structures, Strategy
"Law firms are being forced to run themselves along more ‘corporate’ lines than ever before," reports the FT, summarizing a PwC report on the top 50 UK firms during 2004. This new "strategic approach" may represent a departure...
by Bruce | January 29, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting, M&A, Marketing, Strategy
One-stop data shopping about the size and composition of the legal services industry? It’s here on one handy page put together by "Envision Agency," a new name to me, which describes itself as a "full service marketing agency specializing in...
by Bruce | January 27, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Cultural Considerations, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Ernie Svenson, one of the "Savvy Blawgers" and host of Ernie the Attorney, was just interviewed on JD Bliss about how he came to be a blogger, and among other points was this exchange: JDB: Has blogging been important to you as a means to address...